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Chinese, though a considerable number of Tamils and other natives of India settled in the Straits Settlements. The total number of births registered in the colony in 1900 was 14,814, and the ratio per 1,000 of the population during 1896, 1897 and 1898, respectively, was 22-18, 20-82 and 21-57; while the number of registered deaths for 1896-1900 gave a ratio per 1,000 of 42-21, 36-90, 30-43, 31-66 and 36-25, respectively, the number of deaths registered during 1900 being 23,385. The cause to which the excess of deaths over births is to be attributed

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