An Abstract of the Bills of Mortality in Bridge-Town in Barbados for the Years 1737-1744. Communicated by the Rev. Mr. John Clark

XIII. An Abstract of the Bills of Mortality in Bridge-Town in Barbados for the Years 1737 ——— 1744. communicated by the Rev. Mr. John Clark. Read May 26. Bridge-Town, Barbadoes. | An. Dom. | Born | Males | Females | Baptiz'd | Buried | |----------|------|-------|---------|----------|--------| | 1737 | 52 | 26 | 26 | 77 | 208 | | 1738 | 81 | 41 | 40 | 106 | 250 | | 1739 | 91 | 54 | 37 | 119 | 244 | | 1740 | 91 | 49 | 42 | 123 | 242 | | 1741 | 68 | 33 | 35 | 95 | 261 | | 1742 | 87 | 42 | 45 | 130 | 296 | | 1743 | 92 | 43 | 49 | 126 | 252 | | 1744 | 89 | 46 | 43 | 120 | 166 | 651 334 317 896 1919 XIV. The Elements of a Short Hand, by Samuel Jeake Esq;. Read May 26. A Succession of new Short-Hands published without the Reason of their Construction, having put me on forming a Method founded on Nature, the only Guide to Perfection, I settled an Alphabet in the following Manner. Having