GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



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The following table gives a complete list of the English colonies and possessions : 



The colonies and dependencies of Great Brit- 

 ain embrace about one seventh of the land of 

 the globe, and a fourth of its population. 



The movement of population for 1875 to 

 1879, according to the " Statistical Abstract of 

 the United Kingdom," No. 26, 1864-1878 (Lon- 

 don, 1880), was as follows : 



The number of owners of land in Great Brit- 

 ain, exclusive of the metropolis, is as follows : 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom in 1879 was as follows : 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom during the years 1853-1879 was as 

 follows : 



