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The Census of 1891 and Rural Depopulation, 
column A to twenty-six in column B of Table III., illustrates 
the manner in which the growth of the towns may disguise the 
depopulation of the country. Even the inclusion of urban dis- 
tricts with less than 5,000 inhabitants serves to remove Oxford- 
shire and Somersetshire from the list, and the inclusion of those 
with less than 10,000 causes the additional removal of Cam- 
bridgeshire, Devonshire, Gloucestershire, and Carnarvonshire. 
Table III . — Percentages of Decrease of Population in certain 
Counties in the last two Censuses. 
County 
A 
B 
O 
Montgomeryshire . . 
11-68 
12-77 
12-49 
Cardiganshire . . . 
9-20 
10-12 
9-53 
Radnorshire . . . 
7-68 
1012 
7-58 
Flintshire .... 
7-01 
10-30 
8-26 
Huntingdonshire . . 
5-51 
814 
5-51 
Merionethshire . . . 
6-15 
8-63 
6-88 
Shropshire .... 
4-18 
3-94 
4-08 
Herefordshire . . 
393 
6-48 
512 
Rutlandshire . . . 
384 
3-84 
3-84 
Anglesey ..... 
2-57 
414 
3-66 
Cornwall 
2-43 
4-45 
4-29 
Brecknockshire . . 
2-34 
5-26 
513 
Pembrokeshire . . 
200 
4-27 
3-61 
Oxfordshire .... 
. 
1-24 
+ 0-80 
Bedfordshire . . . 
— i 
3-59 
3-37 
Cambridgeshire . . 
— 
0-17 
030 
Suffolk 
— 
2-39 
1-17 
Norfolk 
— 
113 
0-65 
Wiltshire 

2-70 
261 
Devonshire .... 
— 
1-47 
0-87 
Somersetshire . . . 
— 
0-50 
+ 0-40 
Gloucestershire . . 
— 
1-21 
1-41 
Lincolnshire . . . 
534 
4-38 
Yorkshire, E. Riding 

3-40 
303 
„ N. Riding 
— 
7-65 
5-85 
Carnarvonshire . . 
— 
5-10 
0-02 
D 
E 
a 
d 
y 
11-68 
11-7 
2-81 
2-8 
14-2 
9-20 
11-7 
2-79 
3-7 
14-9 
7-58 
73 
6-23 
6-2 
133 
701 
70 
+ 
6-19 
+ 6-2 
22 
5-51 
5-5 
8-29 
83 
13 3 
5-81 
6-2 
+ 
1101 
+ 110 
+ 5 2 
439 
3-8 
0-48 
19 
6-5 
6-18 
3-9 
315 
32 
70 
3-84 
3-8 
1-62 
16 
6 4 
2-57 
2-6 
+ 
004 
___ 
2-6 
3-76 
2-4 
8-92 
8-9 
111 
3-44 
2-4 
4-90 
4 9 
7 1 
3-59 
4-9 
023 
27 
7-5 
+ 0-80 
1-9 
+ 
1-29 
41 
67 
2-55 
3-0 
+ 
1-78 
5-0 
7-8 
+ 215 
+ 11 
0-48 
53 
42 
0-56 
20 
+ 
1-82 
60 
7-0 
0-68 
20 
+ 
1-64 
15 
35 
2-14 
3-4 
+ 
102 
51 
83 
+ 2-45 
3-4 
+ 
038 
6-7 
100 
+ 1-85 
13 
+ 
1-68 
4-4 
64 
+ 0-25 
3-4 
+ 
7-42 
3-7 
7-0 
4-29 
5-8 
+ 
817 
21 
7-9 
2-41 
50 
+ 18-20 
1-4 
6-4 
4-62 
6-9 
+ 17-74 
14 
8-2 
+ 1-44 
4-2 
+ 1114 
+ 90 
+ 4-4 
A Percentage 
D = 
K= 
a= 
0 = 
» 
of decrease in registration counties, 1881-91. 
„ of rural districts by themselves in certain counties, 1881-91. 
„ of rural districts by themselves in certain counties, 1881-91, adding 
urban districts of uuder 5,000. 
„ of rural districts by themselves in certain counties, 1881-91, adding 
urban districts of under 10,000. 
„ of certain rural districts calculated according to Dr. Longstafb 
„ in registration counties, 1871-81. 
„ of rural districts on Dr. Longstaff's method, 1871-81. 
» n i> »> » 1871-91. 
