﻿GREAT BRITAIN. 



OBEAT BRITAIK. 



7« 



Europe; but at the aame time it must be obeerred th&t the quantity 

 of iBin doe* not differ materialljr from that in other partn of i^uroj>e. 

 Thia apparent coutnuliction i« explained by obaerviug, that during 

 the latter mouths of the year a drinling tmin i« very common in thia 

 ialand, and that it it nearly impoiaible to form a true estimate of the 

 whole quantity which fertiliau the soil and imparts to vegetation 

 the frtahnaas and lustre which are admired by travellers. 



Pupitlalioa. — Since 1801 there ha* been a decennial Census of the 

 population. The result of the different enumerations is given iu the 

 subjoined taUe : — 



Date 







IdsBdiinl 



Decennial 



of 



Eaglaad. VTalsa. 



BootUlul. 



the British Total. 



Rale of 



Oniiu. 







««.. 1 



Increase, 



1801 



8,3ia.fi)» »41,«;; 



1,608,430 



78,000! 10,478.9361 





imi 



9,5iS,u3l «ll,}Si 1,809,864 



80,000! 13,930,130! 



14 percent. 



1811 



n,tai,K83 7 18,313 it,0»l,»SI 



89,308 14. 181,363 



1« 



18SI 



13,090,3331 806,274 3,304,386 



103,710 16,364,893 



14 



1841 



14,997,437 91 l,70i ,3,610,184 



114,040 18,633,336 



IS* .. 

 llj .. 



I8il 



16,931,888 1,003,711 1 3,866,741 



143,136 2»,039,477 



In 1851 the proportion between the sexes was — males, 10,223,558 ; 

 females, 10,735,919. 



In the oohimns which follow are given the area of the dtScreDt 

 counties of Ku),'liuid, Wales, and Scotland, with the population of 

 each in 1801, 1821, 1841, and 1851 ; alao the estimated area of the 

 Islands iu the British Seas, with the population of each in 1821, 1831, 

 1841, and 1851. 





Areata 

 Bumte 

 Acre*. 





Population. 







1801. 



1»I. 



IS41. 



1811. 



EnKlantl : — 









Bedfurd 



393,383 



03,393 



84,033 



107,936 



134,478 



Berlu . . 



430,338 



110,480 



133,639 



161,739 



170,064 



BnekinRham 



464,930 



108,133 



133,133 



156,439 



163,721 



Cambridge . . 



323,861 



89,346 



122,387 



164,439 



183,403 



Cbetter 



707,078 



192,303 



370,098 



395,660 



433,724 



Cornwall . . 



873,600 



162,381 



261,043 



342,136 



335,348 



CumberlaRil 



1,001,373 



117,330 



136,124 



178,038 



193,492 



Derby . . . 



638,803 



161,567 



213,631 



273,202 



396,084 



DcTon . 



1,657,180 



310,308 



438,417 



333,939 



467,098 



Dornet . . 



632,023 



114,433 



144,930 



175,054 



184,107 



Dorham 



631,476 



149,384 



193,511 



307,961 



390,997 



Kaaez . . 



1,060,349 



327,681 



289,424 



344,979 



169,318 



Oloaenter . 



803,102 



330,721 



336,190 



431,495 



448,803 



Hereford . . 



334,823 



88,436 



102,669 



113,371 



113,489 



Hertford 



301,141 



97,391 



129,731 



156,660 



167,398 



Unntingdon . . 



330,866 



37,368 



48,946 



58,549 



64,183 



Kent . 



1,041,479 



308,667 



427,224 



549,353 



615,766 



Laacaater . . 



1,319,331 



673,486 



1,052,648 



1,667,054 



3,031,336 



Lelonter 



314,164 



130,081 



174,371 



315,867 



230,308 



Unooln . . . 



1,776,738 



308,623 



283,038 



362,602 



407,222 



WddlMex . 



180,168 



818,139 



1,145,057 



1,376,636 



1,886,476 



Moamouth . . 



868,399 



43,368 



75,801 



114,868 



147,418 



Norfblk 



1,834,301 



373,479 



344.166 



411,664 



441,714 





630,338 



111,333 



161,097 



199,238 



111,380 





1,349,399 



168,078 



213,589 



266,020 



303,568 



Nottingham . 



326,076 



140,330 



186,873 



349,910 



370,427 



Oxford . . . 



472,887 



111,977 



138,324 



163.127 



170,439 



Butland 



03,803 



16,300 



18,487 



31,303 



23,983 



Salop . . 



836,033 



169,248 



108,311 



325,830 



329,341 



Oomenet 



1,047,210 



378,377 



353,789 



435,399 



443,916 





1,070,216 



319,190 



282,897 



354,683 



405,370 



Staflbrd 



738,468 



143,691 



345,972 



509,473 



608,716 



BnSolk . . . 



947,681 



114,404 



171,341 



315,073 



137,213 





478,793 



368,381 



199,417 



584,036 



683,082 1 



Buaaez . . 



934,831 



139,471 



211,338 



300,-O7S 



836,8441 



Warwick 



363,946 



106,798 



374,483 



401,703 



473,6131 



Wratotoreland . . 



483,433 



40,803 



51,359 



36,434 



38,287 1 



vruu . 



863,093 



181,820 



319,374 



256,280 



254,221 



Worcester . . 



473,163 



146,441 



194,074 



348,460 



176,936 



York, Rait Riding 



768,419 



111,193 



154,641 



194,936 



330,983 



Tork. Citjr . 



3,720 



16,846 



31,711 



38,843 



36,303 



York, Nurth Hiding 



1,330,131 



138,917 



188,178 



204,701 



315,314 



Tork, West Riding 



1,708,036 



373,168 



809,163 



1,161,380 



1,124,494 



Walea:— 













Aacicaejr. , . 



19>,4M 



13,806 



43,061 



30,891 



47,327 



Btmom 



460,138 



11,333 



43,836 



33,603 



61,474 



CatdlgBa. . . 



441,387 



41,936 



57,784 



68,766 



70,796 



OasraartlMa 



606,811 



67,117 



90,330 



106,116 



110,613 



Ossrasi ma ^ . 



S7e,l?( 



41,311 



38,099 



81,091 



87,870 



DHiMfk . . 



S»6,031 



60,199 



70,438 



88,478 



91,481 



ruat . . 



114,903 



19,469 



38,893 



66,919 



68,146 



Oamoittn . 



t47.4»4 



70,879 



101,073 



171,188 



111,849 



MerieMtb . . 



183,191 



19,306 



14,181 



19,111 



18,843 



MoatgeinerT 



481,311 48,184 



60,143 



69,607 



67,115 



ranhroke . . 



401,691 36,180 



71,788 



88,044 



94,146 



Radnor 



171,116 19,113 



13,311 



13,438 



14,716 



leoUasd:— 











Akardaaa . . 



I.UO.dS 111,063 



133,049 



1(1,187 



111,011 



Aqyl*. . . 



1081,116 81,177 



97,116 



•7,171 



l»,}9l 





Araala 

 Btatot* 

















Aeras. 



ISOl. 



lUl. 



IMt. 



1131. 



aootlaad— OmMmwA 



1 











AJTT . . . 



640,146 



64,307 



117,199 



164,336 



189,«3« 



Banff . 



439,219 



17,116 



41,661 



49,679 



34,171 



Berwick . . . 



! 309,373 



30,306 



31,384 



34,418 



16,117 



Bute . 



109,173 



11,791 



13,797 



14,740 



IS, 608 



Caithncsa . . 



435,708 



11,609 



29,181 



16,143 



M,T09 



Clackmannan 



39,744 



10,838 



13,363 



19,133 



11,931 



Dumbiirtoa . . 



189,844 



20,710 



37,117 



44,396 



43,101 



Domfrles . 



733,813 



34,397 



70,878 



73,880 



78,111 



Edinburgh . . 



134,300 



111,497 



191,314 



124,444 



339,4S3 



Klgin or Uorajr . 



340,000 



37,760 



31,198 



35.013 



38,939 



Fife . 



313,011 



93,741 



114,346 



140,140 



133,346 



Forfar . . . 



468,740 



99,043 



113,335 



170,453 



191,264 



Haddington . 



184,937 



19,986 



33,117 



35,886 



36,386 



Inverness . . 



3,723,501 



71,673 



89,961 



97,799 



96,300 



Kincardine . 



i 252,250 



36,349 



29,118 



33,075 



34,396 



Kinross . . . 



' 49,531 



6,725 



7,763 



8,703 



8,934 



Kirkcudbrixbt 



' 610,734 



29,211 



18,901 



41,119 



43,131 



Lanark 



: 631,719 



147,693 



144,387 



436,972 



410,169 



Linlithgow . . 



1 64,373 



17,844 



33,683 



16,871 



10,113 



Nairn . 



1 117,500 



8,111 



9,368 



9,217 



9,93< 



Orknrjr and Shet- 

 land 

 Peebles . . . 



988,873 



46,814 



33,114 



61,064 



63,311 



236,488 



8,733 



10,046 



10,499 



10,738 



Perth . 



■ 1,814,063 



125,483 



138.247 



137,447 



138,660 



lUnfrew . . . 



150,000 



78,501 



112,173 



145,072 



161,091 



Ross snd Cromarty 



3,016,375 



56,318 



68,762 



78,684 



83,707 



Roxburgh . 



460,938 



33,711 



40,891 



46,013 



51,«41 



Selkirk . . . 



170,313 



4,388 



6,617 



7,990 



•,«0« 



SUrling 



294,874 



40,825 



64,376 



83,047 



66,117 



Sutherland . . 



1,107,188 



23,117 



31,840 



34,761 



13,791 



Wlgton 



336,736 

 Area in 



13,918 



13,340 



19,193 



41,169 





Population. 

















Islands in the British 



Acre*. 



1811. 



1811. 



1141. 



1811. 













Seas:— 













Irlc of Man . . 



180,000 



40,081 



41,000 



47,975 



31,387 



Island of Jersey , 



40,000 



28,600 



36,481 



47,344 



37,010 



Island of Guem. 













acy 





10,101 



14,149 



16,649 



>«.?>; 



Islands sdjacent 













to Guernsey ; — 













Alderncy . 



32,000 



— 



1,044 



1,018 



3,111 



Uerm. 



38 



177 



38 



4< 



Jelhou . . 





9 



14 



6 



S 



Lc March ant 













5 



— 



Great and 













Little Serk J 





m 



341 



713 



(to 



The statistics relating to Ireland will be given in the articia 

 Ibmlakd. 



Colonia. — The colonies and foreign nossessions of Qrent Britain, 

 with their area, date of accession, annual revenue, and population (as 

 far as knowu) are given in the followiug table : — 





Date 



^ 







OstsoT 



Colony. 



of 

 Acces- 

 sion. 



Araala 

 8q. MUcs. 



Annosl 

 Rereaue. 



PopnUUon. 



Oeosos' 



(when' 

 known) 



Europe :— 







£ 







Olbralur 



1704 



I 



10,000 



15,611 



1(S( 



MalU, Goio, and 



Comino . 

 Ionian Islands . . 



1800 



133 



117,718 



134,864 



1649 



1815 



1,097 



99,011 



116,698 



1(41 



IleligoUnd . 



1807 



4 



— 



1,113 



1641 



Asia :— 













Ceylon . . . 



1795 



34,664 



411,806 



1,617,849 : 1851 



llong Kong 



1843 



10 



11,331 



37,048 1841 



Labuan . . 



1846 



40 



1,798 



1,480 1 1841 



Singapore 



1819 



130 



40,091 



49,043 , 1841 



Aden 



— 



— 



— 



12,000 1 1840 



Terrltorlca of Eaat 

 India Company . 



1611 



1,300,000 



19,927,036 



140,940,000 — 



Africa :— 











Cape of Good Hope . 



1806 



301,000 



221,334 



300,446 1841 



Natal . . 



1843 



20,000 



— 



116,000 1840 



Mauritioa 



1810 



700 



111,844 



180,823 1841 



GambU . . . 



1C31 



13 



8,414 



4,093 1851 



Gold Coaat . 



1730 



8,000 



6,740 



300,000 1852 



Sierra Leone . . 



1787 



14,000 



19,886 



44,401 1841 



St. Helena 



1654 



47 



17,177 



5,490 1841 



Ascension . . . 



1813 



16 



— 



— — 



Fernando Po . 



— 



—. 



— 



•~- — 



Beyehelles . . . 



1810 



80 



~ 



7,000 — 



