GREAT BRITAIN. 



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The movement of population for the four 

 years 1871-1874 inclusive was as follows: 



The following table exhibits the ages of the 

 inhabitants of the United Kingdom, and the 

 rate per cent, of persons living at the different 

 age-periods : 



The following table shows the percentage of 

 mortality to the total population in twenty-five 

 cities of the United Kingdom : 



Th& number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom to different countries was as fol- 

 lows : 



In 1874 485,566 were remitted by settlers in 

 North America to their friends in the United 

 Kingdom. 



The number of persons belonging to each 

 religious denomination is estimated as follows, 

 on the basis of the census of 1871 : 



Enumerations of religious professions exist 

 in Ireland only. This country had, in 1871, 

 4,150,867 Roman Catholics, 667,979 Episcopa- 

 lians, 497,648 Presbyterians, 43,441 Methodists, 

 and 52,442 of different denominations. 



The nativity of the 22,712,266 inhabitants 

 of England and Wales was as follows : 21,692,- 

 165 were born in England and Wales, 213,254 

 in Scotland, 566,540 in Ireland, 25,655 on the 

 islands in the British seas, 70,812 in the British 

 colonies, 139,445 in foreign countries, and 4,395 

 on the high-seas. 



The " General Report of the Census of Eng- 

 land and Wales " gives the following estimate 

 of British Subjects residing abroad in 1871 : 



This table, made up from the different con- 

 sular reports, does not lay any claim to com- 

 pleteness, Norway, for instance, being omitted. 

 The figures for France are unreliable on account 

 of the German-French War. The French cen- 

 sus of 1872 gives the number of British sub- 

 jects resident in France at 26,003. 



The following table gives the population of 

 all the cities and towns having in 1871 more 

 than 40,000 inhabitants. Different statements 

 of the population of English cities are some- 

 times found to vary considerably, accordingly 

 as the city proper (0.), the city and suburbs 

 under one municipal government (M.), or the 

 parliamentary borough (P.), is meant. In the 

 following table they are distinguished, as above, 

 by 0., M., and P. Furthermore, I. denotes 

 Improvement Commissioner's District, and L. 

 Local Board District. 



London 8,254,260 



Glasgow (Scotl'd) 547,538 P. 



Liverpool 493,405 M. 



Manchester 851,189 M. 



Salford 124,801 M. 



Birmingham .... 343,787 M. 



Leeds 259,212 M. 



Dublin (Ireland). 246,326 M. 



Sheffield 239,946 M. 



Edinburgh (Scot- 

 land) 197,581 P. 



Bristol... . 182,552 M. 



