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in the last t'ii years 621,288, or 

 18*9 per cent., the total number being 5,45 



.ran average "I -V:!2 < "'ii | mill -> In .-arli hoii-e, 

 1 .Y.'is in iss'i. 'I'),,, iiiiinhaliited houses 



tied fr..m n;. ii i to :;s.itir. TIM- number ..f 



familie> is 0,140,900, showing an incrva-enf ."ii:;,- 

 !H per cent., which is considerably below 

 :ie ..I in. I'M-, of population, making the 

 l*e number of individuals in a family 4*7, 

 i Mi in I .ssi. The population increased at 

 I In- hiirhot rain in the counties surrounding 

 London and the mining counties, and at the 

 iii-xt highest in manufacturing districts and 

 counties, while in the rural counties the increase 

 \MI^ much smaller orthere was an actual decrease. 

 There are <!2 towns in England and Wales with 

 more than 50,000 inhabitants. London is re- 

 turned at 4,211,050, against 8,815,544 ten years 

 Mowing an increase of 10-4 per cent. Liv- 

 erpool comes next with the only decrease, from 

 .V)2..V>s io :. 17. 11(5. Manchester is returned at 

 :.o:,.::.i;{ : Birmingham, 429,171 ; Leeds, 867.50G; 

 Shetlield. :i2-1.2.|8; Bristol, 221,605; Bradford, 

 2!<;.::;i; Nottingham, 21 1,984; West Ham, 204,- 

 {02; Kingston-upon-Hull. 1!!),!)98: Salford, 198,- 

 i::o ; Xewcastle-on-Tyne, 180,345; Portsmouth, 

 l.Vi.255; Leicester, 142,051; Oldham, 131,463; 

 Sunderland, 130,021; Cardiff, 128,849; Black- 

 burn. 120,004: Brighton, 115,408; Preston, 107,- 

 :.;:;; < royden, lo2.0<7: Norwich, 100,904 ; Birk- 

 enhead, 99,184; Huddersfield, 95,422; Derby, 

 !' 1. 1 40 ; Swansea. 90,423 ; Ystradyfodwg, 88,350 ; 

 Burnley, 87.058; Gateshead, 85,709; Plymouth, 

 si. 17!); Halifax, 82,804; Wolverhampton, 82,- 

 020 : South Shields, 78,431 ; Middlesborough, 75,- 

 510; Walsall, 71,791 ; Rochdale, 71,458; Totten- 

 ham, 71.836; St.Helen's, 71,288: Stockport, 70,253; 

 Aston Manor, 68.039 : York, 66,984; Southamp- 

 ton. 65,:i2">: Leyton, 63.100; Willesden, 61,266; 

 Northampton. 61,016; Reading, 60,054; West 

 Bromwich, 59,489; Merthyr Tydvil, 58,080 ; Ips- 

 wich. 57,260: Bury, 57,206; Wigan, 55,013; 

 Hanley, 54.846; Devonport, 54,736; Newport 

 (Mon.), 54,695; Warrinsrton, 52,742; Coventry, 

 52.720; Hastings, 52,340 ; Grimsby, 51,870; Bath, 

 51.s.i:{, and Barrow- in -Furness, 51,712. The 

 growth of London was much less than in the 

 preceding decade, the improved traveling facil- 

 ities having encouraged people to go beyond the 

 registration district to reside. The population 

 of the outer ring, which embraces 370,924 acres, 

 while the inner London or registration district, 

 covers 77,410 acres, increased from 950,178 to 

 1,435,457, or nearly 50 per cent., making the pop- 

 ulation of greater London 5.656,909, against 

 4,7(1(1.061 in 1881. The day census of the city of 

 London made the number of employers and em- 

 ployed 301,381, against 261,001 in 1881, while 

 1.121,708 persons entered the city during twenty- 

 four hours, against 7!)7.. ")('.:? in 1881. The ino'-t 

 remarkable growth was seen in Tottenham. 95 

 per cent, in ten years, in Willesden 121-9 per 

 cent., and Leyton, 183-5. The increase in the 

 population of Manchester in the ten years was 

 104,995; the growth of Nottingham was 13,328, 

 or only 14 per cent., as compared with 115 per 

 cent, in the previous decade; that of Cardiff was 

 47..Y_'2, or 57 per cent. ; that of Birmingham was 

 2!.n;-> : Leeds. 59.980; Sheffield, 40,7'.M; : New- 

 castle, 42.143; Hull, 30.027; Bradford, 27,900; 

 Portsmouth, 32,139; Leicester, 20,205; Salford, 



: nldlmm. 20,067; Blackburn, 16.482; 

 Huddersflcld, 18,815; D.-rby, 1H.:W8: Birker.- 

 head, l.V.lll; Bristol, IfiJTOj Norwich, : 

 Tin- decrease in Liverpool in only apparei, 1 

 pie having abandoned the restricted municipal 

 area to seek cheaper residence sites outside the 

 registration district. 



The census returns for Scotland make the total 

 population 4,033,108. The increase was 2'.< , 

 which was at a lower rate than in any previous 

 decade, only 7-90 per cent., with the exception of 

 1801-71, since 1801. In the ten years before it 

 was 875,000. There was an increase of 12-63 per 

 cent, in the principal cities, 20-51 percent, in the 

 large towns, and 6-20 per cent, in the small towns, 

 while in the rural districts of the mainland the 

 population decreased 0-55 per cent, and on the 

 islands 3-41 per cent. Glasgow within the mu- 

 nicipal limits has a population of 565,714, show- 

 ing an increase of 10-62 per cent. ; but with in- 

 clusion of the suburbs the city has over 700,000 

 inhabitants, the increase having been at the rate 

 of 30 per cent. Edinburgh's growth was at the 

 rate of 11-46 per cent., the population number- 

 ing 261,261. Dundee had 155,640 inhabitants, 

 an increase of 9-26 per cent. ; Aberdeen, 121,905, 

 an increase of 16-02 per cent. ; Greenock, 63,498, 

 a decrease of 4-97 per cent. ; Leith, 69,696, an 

 increase of 14-55 per cent. ; Paisley, 66,427, an 

 increase of 19-39 per cent. The population of 

 Scotland is divided into 1,951,461 males and 

 2,081,642 females, the former having increased 

 in the decade at the rate of 8'45 per cent, and the 

 latter at the rate of 7-52 per cent. There were 

 814.444 inhabited and 51,714 vacant houses, 

 against 739,005 and 59,697 in 1881. 



The total population of Ireland, according to 

 the preliminary returns, was 4,706,162 persons, 

 of whom 2,317,076 were males and 2,389,086 fe- 

 males. This shows a decrease of 9-10 per cent., 

 the highest rate since the famine period, when 

 there was a falling off between 1841 and 1851 of 

 nearly 30 per cent., the population having pre- 

 viously grown steadily from 5,395,456 in 1801 to 

 8,175,124 in 1841. In the decade 1851-'61 the 

 decline was 8-10 per cent. ; in 1861-'71, 6-83 : in 

 1871-'81, 4-40. in the female population the de- 

 cline during the last decade was 9-6, and in the 

 male population 8-5 per cent. In Munster the 

 decrease was 12-2 per cent.; in Connaught, 11-9 

 per cent. ; in Lemster, 6'5 per cent. ; and in 

 Ulster, 7*2 per cent. The only counties show- 

 ing an increase are Dublin, 2*4 per cent., and 

 Antrim, 1*4 per cent. During the decade the 

 natural increase of the population of Ireland, or 

 surplus of births over deaths, has been 267,653, 

 while the total emigration has been 768,105. Un- 

 like Great Britain, Ireland has no objection to a 

 religious census. The returns show that 8,549,- 

 745 persons, or 75-4 per cent, of the population, 

 are Roman Catholics; 600,830, or 12-8 per cent.. 

 Protestant Episcopalians; 446,687, or 9-5 per 

 cent., Presbyteiiaiis ; .")."),235, or 1*2 per cent., 

 Methodists: and 53.065, or 1-1 per cent., belong 

 to other persuasions, including 1,798 Jews and 

 1,702 who refused to give information. During 

 the ten years the Roman Catholics have decreased 

 10-4 per cent., the Kpiscopalians 6'4 per cent., 

 and the Presbyterians 5-1 per cent., while the 

 Methodists have increased 13-1 per cent., and the 

 Jews 280-9 per cent. In Ulster the Protestants 



