Edit Statistical Account of the Isle Cumbrae 1794, - Population
Population.
The population of this island is nearly doubled within these 40 years. On the 1st of January 1793, there were in the Parish.
| Males - - | 247 | Persons under 60 years of age - | 474 |
| Females - - | 262 | - between 60 and 70 - | 018 |
| - | ------70 and 80 - | 010 | |
| In all - - | 509 | ----80 and 90 - | 006 |
| Families - - | 108 | --aged 96 - - - | 001 |
| Average of births for 10 years | 020 | - | |
| ----marriages, ------ | 004 | Total - - - | 509 |
| --deaths, | 008½ | - | |
| The return to Dr. Webster, in 1755 was | 259 | ||
| Hence there is an increase of | 250 |
Cattle, Commerce, Fish, Manufactures, Etc.
| The number of weavers is - | 4 | Number of loiners is - - | 03 |
| --tailors - | 5 | -- masons and quarriers | 16 |
There are at present, 33 horses, 350 black cattle, and 347 sheep. The prices of provisions are regulated by the Greenock market. The farmers find a ready sale for what they can spare, after supplying their families, among the seafaring people and tradesmen; who besides a ready market, save them the expence of carriage. The fish chiefly caught here are haddocks, cod, whitings, lyth, cuddies, mackerel, and a few herrings. Of shellfish, too there is some variety, but in no great quantity. No manufactures of any conequence have ever been attempted here. The chief obstacles, to any considerable exertion in that way, are the expence of fuel, the want of a sufficient run of water to drive machinery, and the ferry being often interrupted by storms. From 1600 to 2000 yards of course linen, however, and some linen yarn are exported from the island; with free-stone, to the value of fully more than 200 l a year.
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