nada comprise an able-bodied
militia of 160,000.]

It is taken from a French Canadian journal of talent and resources,
and agrees with the published authorities on this subject.

_Population of Lower Canada in 1831 and 1844._--The following table of
the comparative population of Lower Canada at the periods
above-mentioned first appeared in the _Canadien_.

1831. 1844.
Saguenay 8,385 13,445
Montmorency (1) 8,089 8,434
Quebec 36,173 45,676
Portneuf 13,656 15,922
Champlain 6,991 10,404
St. Maurice 16,909 20,594
Berthier 20,225 26,700
Leinster (2) 22,122 25,300
Terrebonne 16,623 20,646
Deux Montagnes 20,905 26,835
Outaouais 4,786 11,340
Montreal 43,773 64,306
Vaudreuil 13,111 16,616
Beauharnois 16,859 28,580
Huntingdon (3) 29,916 36,204
Rouville 18,115 20,098
Chambly 15,483 17,171
Vercheres 12,819 12,968
Richelieu 16,146 20,983
St. Hyacinthe 13,366 21,734
Shefford 5,087 9,996
Missisqoui 8,801 10,875
Stanstead 10,306 11,846
Sherbrooke 7,104 13,302
Drummond 3,566 9,374
Vamaska 9,495 11,645
Nicolet 12,509 16,280
Lothiniere 9,191 13,697
Megantic 2,283 6,730
Dorchester (4) 23,816 34,826
Bellechasse 13,529 14,540
L'Islet 13,518 16,990
Kamouraska 14,557 17,465
Rimouski 10,061 17,577
Gaspe 5,003 7,458
Bonaventure 8,109 8,230
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Total 511,919 678,590
In 1844 678,590
In 1831 511,919
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Augmentation in 13 years 166,671

The increase during the interval between the years cited is about
32-1/2 per cent. It would no doubt have been more considerable but
for the cholera, which in 1832 and 1834 decimated the population. The
troubles of 1837-8 likewise contributed to check any increase; as, at