350 



GKEAT BRITAIN AND IKELAND. 



The figures in the above table differ some- 

 what from the last official statement on the 

 area and population of the British Empire 

 (" Census of England and Wales," vol. iv., 

 1873), as it contains territories not enumerated 

 in the official census, and, in some cases, later 

 figures. (See Behm and Wagner, Bevdlkerung 

 der Erde, iv., Gotha, 1876.) The official fig- 

 ures are as follows : 



At the time this estimate was made the cor- 



rected returns for India were not at hand. 

 Another point of difference is that the native 

 states of India are not included, nor the native 

 population in the transatlantic colonies, nor 

 the different colonies added since 1873. 



The following table gives the area and popu- 

 lation of the United Kingdom according to the 

 census of 1871, as well as the estimates of the 

 Registrar-General (who does not include the isl- 

 ands in the British waters, nor the soldiers and 

 sailors abroad), for 1874, 1875, and 1876. The 

 islands not enumerated in the official work are 

 the Laccadives and the Ouria-Muria Islands in 

 Asia; the Northern Territory, Auckland Isl- 

 ands, Lord Howe's Island, Fanning Island, and 

 Caroline Island, in Australasia; and New Am- 

 sterdam and St. Paul in Africa : 



The number of emigrants from the United Kingdom during the years 1853-'75 was as follows : 



The movement of population for 1871 to 

 1875 was as follows : 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom in 1875 was as follows: 



The total number of emigrants from the 

 United Kingdom from 1856 to 1875 was 3,992,- 

 955. Of these 403,720 went to the North Amer- 

 ican colonies, 2,799,597 to the United States, 

 624,654 to Australia, 164,984 to other places. 



The number of persons belonging to each re- 

 ligious denomination is estimated as follows : 



