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the population is greatest in the large 

 cities is not borne out by the facts. It 

 is found that, taking urban districts, those 

 above 100,000 show a less rate of increase 

 than those below ; e.g.^ the rate of increase 

 in London (considered as one district, with 

 a population of over 4! millions) is only 

 7*3 per cent., whilst in 211 districts, with 

 populations between 3,000 and 5,000, the 

 rate of increase is 8*6. The maximum rate 

 of increase is, in the moderate-sized towns, 

 between 50,000 and 100,000^ viz., 23*2 per 

 cent. Between 20,000 and 50,000 the rate 

 -is 20*3, between 10,000 and 20,000 it is 

 18*4, and between 5,000 and 10,000 it is 

 14*4 per cent. 



These figures seem to show that there 

 is a certain process of decentralisation going 

 on, and it seems probable that in the course 



1 It is usual to take 100,000 as the minimum, to rank as 

 a city, 



