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XIX.— POPULATION. 



THE population of Westmorland during the past century has in- 

 creased by 24,000 the ofhcial returns for decennial periods being 

 as follows, the increase or decrease per cent, being also noted : — 



The details of the 1801 census, however, do not correspond with 

 the above official figures. A Justice of the Peace wrote a pamphlet 

 on this subject in 1802, pointing out errors " amounting to a defect 

 of near 1,200 inhabitants in two parishes only." 



Census, i8oi. 



In a return made to the House of Lords of this census in 1805 

 the total population is given as 41,876. 



