TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION F. 623 
_ Established Church. In that year therefore a census of religious worship was 
suggested and obtained, but nothing of the kind has been tried since. 
In 1861 a very numerous and important deputation waited on Lord Palmerston, 
_who admitted that he thoroughly concurred in the propriety of having a Creed 
Census, but stated that the Government could not afford to give offence to a large 
number of their supporters. In 1871 and 1881 the matter seemed to be given up, 
and no prominent agitation took place on the subject. 
But in 1881 the new Diocese of Liverpool was constituted, and a new Bishop 
was consecrated and set apart for it. It appeared therefore to be an unusually 
opportune period for making a census according to creed, apart from the Govern- 
ment altogether. 
To this proposal all the usual objections were made, as that it was uncalled for, 
and the Government had not thought it necessary; that it would bea very ex- 
pensive undertaking ; that the people would not reply to our inquiries; that the 
results would not be authoritative, however honestly procured; and that people 
would not give credit to the results when they had been obtained. To all this it’can 
now be replied that not one of the objections urged turned out to be true, and that 
the whole diocese was carefully enumerated, people of all classes and creeds kindly 
and courteously affording their aid ; that the labour was spread over a period of about 
nine months, and was mainly in the hands of a few trained and trustworthy enume- 
rators. The city was first completed, and as it was found to contain more than 
one half the population of the diocese, the incumbents in the more distant parts did 
not press their objections. 
The result for the city was as follows :— 
per cent 
Church of England “ . ; : . 264,668 = 53 
Dissenters and others . 4 : C 77 08; 80L =—- LFS 
Roman Catholics . : A : ; . 140,115 = 281 
Religion unknown : . F : : 5,898 = 11 
otaley 6 . 499,042 = 100 
These were the parochial or resident people only, but the Government. census, 
which included non-residents who merely slept in the city on a particular night, 
amounted to 53,383 more, of whom a large number were sailors, travellers, 
tramps, &ce. 
For the whole diocese the numbers were as follows :— 
per cent. 
Church of England . “ : “ » 574,795 = 56:7 
Dissenters and others : : ‘ . 194,814 = 19-9 
Roman Catholics 4 = F 3 ~ 200,015 = 23°5 
Religion unknown, 4 ‘ 3 6,639 = 6 
Total : . 1,013,763 = 100 
This leaves 71,131 or 6°5 per cent. for the ‘ floating population,’ the Government 
census amounting to 1,084,884, As the possibility and facility of obtaining such a 
census has thus been demonstrated in reference to so large a percentage of the gross 
ee it is to be hoped that in future the benefits of it will be extended to 
mgland and Wales, as they are already to Ireland and the colonies, 
i MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24. 
The following Papers were read:— | 
1. Lhe Growth of Barrow-in-Furness, §¢. By Hype Crarks, F.S.S.' 
This paper was the application of one laid before the Mechanical Section, so ag 
to illustrate various local topics, as the foreshore question, the development of the 
