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The increase of population in the different countries, from 1871 to 1881, was as follows : 



The following table gives the area of the 

 United Kingdom in 1871, and the estimates of 

 the population by the Registrar-General (who 



does not include the islands in the British 

 waters, nor the soldiers and sailors abroad), for 

 1879, 1880, and 1881 : 



The number of emigrants from the United Kingdom during the years 1853-1880 was as follows : 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom in 1880 was as follows: 



According to the census of 1881, the popula- 

 tion of Ireland was divided as follows among 

 the different denominations : 



Koman Catholics 3,951,888 



Church of England 635.670 



Presbyterians 485,508 



Methodists 47,669 



Jews 453 



Others 88,656 



In the other parts of the United Kingdom 

 an enumeration of the different denominations 

 is not made. 



The cities with more than 40,000 inhabit- 

 ants, according to the census of 1881, were as 

 follows : 



( London 3,814,571 



J London, with sub- 



| urbs 4,764,312 , 



L West Ham 128.692 Dublin (Ireland) .... 839,579 



Liverpool 552,425 Leeds 809,126 



Glasgow (Scotland) . 5 1 1 ,532 \ Sheflleld 284,410 



Birmingham 400,757 



j Manchester 34 1 ,508 



1 Salford 176,233 



The growth of London since 1801 has been 

 as follows : 



1801... . 958,86311851... ..2,362.236 



1811 1,188,815 1861 2.803.989 



1821 1,878,947 1871 8,2o4.2(>0 



1881 1,654,994 1381 8,814,571 



1841 1,948,417 



