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PARIS.
The following Notes convey some idea of the extent and resources of the
French capital:--
By the last census, 1827, the _population_ of Paris was 890,000.
_Bread_.--In Paris, 830,000 persons consume 227,760,000 pounds in a year.
_Printing_.--There are in Paris 80 printing establishments; 600 presses
going; and 3,000 journeymen printers in constant employ.
_Deaths_.--The _annual mortality_ is 21,033; average of _suicides_ 200, of
whom the greater number are single persons; and on an average, a death
occurs every twenty minutes. Upwards of 1,100 children die annually from
small-pox.
_Lamps_.--The city is lit with 4,533 oil lamps, with 12,672 wicks.
_The River_.--The river Seine where it enters Paris is 510 feet broad; at
the Pont Neuf 864 feet, and where it leaves the city 400 feet broad.
_Hospitals_.--The income of the hospitals is 9,762,154 francs, or about
L406,756.; the average cost to government for a day in the hospital, is
about 11-1/2_d_.
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