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xxvi EXPLANATION OF TABLES IN PART II. 
with the greatest attention, assisted by the clergyman also, for the three 
following years ;— 
Number of Burials. 
Males. 
Females. 
Both. 
1811 
127 
132 
259 
1812 
160 
178 
338 
1813 
188 
189 
377 
Table E. is added from the returns to Parliament, under the Popula 
tion Act, partly because it contains the marriages, which Dr. Heysham 
has not given, and, partly, to prove the accuracy of that gentleman’s 
observations. It may also be of use in showing (as far as two parishes 
only can furnish the means of doing so) what dependence is to be placed 
upon the accuracy of the returns of Government. 
By these two Tables (D and E) it will be found that, in the 17 years 
ending with 1796, there were 
Baptisms. 
Burials. 
According to 
Males. 
Females. 
Both. 
Males. 
Females. 
Both. 
Dr. Heysham . , 
2298 
2162 
4460 
1829 
1994 
3823 
Govt, returns . . 
1864 
1772 
3636 
1798 
1946 
3744 
Omissions in latter 
434 
390 
824 
31 
48 
79 
And in 31 years, ending with 1810, the total number of burials in 
these two parishes was, according to 
Dr. Heysham ... . 7654 
The Returns to Parliament . . . 7457 
Amount of deficiencies on the latter 197 
From the baptisms of Dissenters, which are given separately in Dr. 
Heysham’s Table (D) for 15 years, ending with 1796, it appears that 
the defects in the number of baptisms returned to Government have 
arisen principally from the omission of these. 
The Doctor has also favoured me with separate statements of the 
burials in the township or chapelry of Wreay, and those of the Quakers, 
for 12 years, ending with 1808, by which it will be seen that these two 
form part of the omissions in the returns of Parliament.