The number and class of electors in. each division in the United Kingdom is as follows : — England and Wales, population, 29,002,525; total electors, 5,038.818. Scotland, population, •4,025,647; electors, 647,178. Ireland, population, 4,704,750; electors, 729,473. , . Great Britain owns thirteen millions out of the twenty-four and a half million tons that the merchant vessels of the world measure up to. Of the 30,000 ships: afloat she has 11,660, so that her ships are not only far more numerous than those of any other nation, but of larger average size. There are only 138 of theso 30,000 vessels that can stf-r.in- at aisvouLutsn laic's ttml more a-n hour, and Great .Britain owns ninety of them;- France having fifteen, Germany fourteen, Holland and Belgium seven each, and the United States five. .
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5567, 16 May 1896, Page 5
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