18 SEPTEMBER 1830, Page 13

COMPARISON OF THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE PAYS BAS WITH

EACH OTHER.

THE country has three great courts of justice,—that of the Hague, that of Liege, that of Brussels, dividing-the country under these three courts into three departments. The court of Liege will em- brace the provinces of Liege, Namur, Limbourg, and Luxembourg; the court of Brussels will comprehend the provinces of Southern Brabant, Hainault, Antwerp, and the two Flanders ; the court of the Hague, the ten provinces of the North, which we commonly call by the name:of one of them, Holland. The two first comprise that which is called Belgium.

Lands. Lands Ground Canals Superficies. Cultivated. Cneultivated. built on. and Roads.

Court of the Hague... 2,860,888 1,931,376 789,322

8,062

132,128 Liege

1,753,578 1,289,913 406,979 4,783 51,903 Brussels . ...• 1,583,671 1,492,347 87,462 12,886 50,976 Total of Belgium ..... 3,337,249 2,722,260 494,441 17,669 102,879

Here, by means of merely looking at the bottom line and the top, we can make a direct comparison between Belgium and Holland, under the important points of superficies, cultivation, buildings, and canals. The provinces of the North (Holland) are better supplied with canals than the South (Belgium) ; but those of the South are the most extensively cultivated. The five provinces under the court of Brussels have but few unproductive lands, and they are more built upon than all the rest of the country put toge- ther. This circumstance is closely connected with the amount of Mean Population in ltta6. Inhabitants by 100 setters.

1 Birth.

Hague ...2,289,000 80 27 Leige..... 1,150,900 66 30 Brussels.. 2,648,400 167 29 Belgium.. 3,799,300

On observing this table, it will be seen that the Northern pro- vinces produce the most rapidly, but do not preserve well. The contrary happens in the country under the ;court of Liege : the generations there do not succeed each other so quickly. We will now compare the taxes, as taken from the General

Total Tales. Taxes By Head. By Sect. Taxes

Provincial Revenue.

Rea

Ye` rsonal.�

Hague 36,681,670 16.02 12.90 8,601,756 3,742,324 1,098,036 Liege 8,635,190 7.50 4.98 1,805,145 665,257 418,604 Brussels 30,243,271 11.42 19.09 5,987,953 2,817,350 1,056,284 Belgium 38,878,461

7,793,098 3,482,607 1,474,888

Thus it will be seen, that the taxes are almost evenly divided between the countries, although the population of Belgium is so much greater. The provincial revenues, however, press most heavily on Belgium ; they exceed those of Holland by almost a fourth. The Belgians complain grievously that they should be taxed for the debt of Holland. The table is in florins.

The following table arranges the taxes in a form which throws more light on the subject.

Exports, Imports, Taxes Direct. Duties, Excise. Stamps. Posts. Turnpikes. Newspapers, Journals.

Hague.... .1,322,815 9,730,115 121,719 1,175,581 111,042 83,339

3,064,939 12,935 191,880 201,325 1271

Liege.. 295,767

Brussels..... 872,194 9,643,935 64,400

617,015

705,934 49;829 Belgium .. 1,167,961 12,707,874 77,335 808,895 957,459 62,400

It may be remarked, that Flanders, Antwerp, Hainault, and Southern Brabant, (under Brussels,) pay two-thirds of what is paid by the Northern provinces, or Holland, for imports on real pro- perty, personal, stamps, post, and newspapers ; and as much as they do for excise, export, import, ; and seven times as much for barriers or turnpikes. These data for judging the great question of the separation of Holland and Belgium, are drawn from the very valuable statistical researches of M. QUITELOT' Director of the Observatory at Brussels. A great deal of information with respect to the general statistics of the Netherlands may be found in a valuable article in the 10th No. of the Foreign Quarterly Review; • the writer of which has also made large use of the works of M.QUITELOT. population, as may be seen below.

Statement of Accounts laid before the King for 1826.

Inhabitants for I Death. I Marriage.

Children in 100 Marriages.

38 125 46 44 137 46 40 138 48