TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17316, 30 November 1921, Page 10

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Letters submitted to. the Editor for nublication must be written in ink,, on one side of the paper only, and writers must send their Ml »»«» » n * "J* dresses in detail; whether it be intended that these shall be printed or must say distinctly whether or rot their letters axe being, or have been, submitted to other J °The Editor cannot undertake to return or preserve any letter which for anv reason is unsuitable for publication, to acknowledge unsuitable letters (although this will be done where it appears to bo necessary), or to enter into any correspondence concerning letters submitted for his consideration. J E.—The administrative County of! London is 117 square miles in extent. Its population, according to the 1921 census, was 4,483,249, as against 4,521,685 in 1911. a decrease of 38,436. <Jr«ater London, or the Metropolis under the Metropolitan and City Police, includes the whole of the Counties of London and Middlesex and parts of the Counties' of Kent! Surrey, Essex, and Herts. It is niado ug of. all parishes of which any part is within 11 miles of Charing Cross, or of which the whole is within 15 miles from Charing Cross. Greater Londoiris <593 square miles in extent. Its population (1921 census) ia 7,476,168, as against that of 7,251.358 in 1911, an increase of 224,810. sThe actual City of London has a night population *of only 13,706. The day population of the "City" is over 364,000, while over 1,000,000 people enter the "City" daily. Other large English cities are (1921 census): Birmingham, 919,438: Liverpool. 803,118; Manchester, 730,551; Sheffield, 490,724; Leeds, 438320. The City of New York comprises five boroughs— Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn. Queens, and Richmond. The total, area of the five boroughs and of the incorporated City of New York ia 314.76 square miles. The population, according to the 1920 census, is as follows: Manhattan. 2,284,103; Bronx. 732.016; Brooklyn, 2,018,356: Richmond, 116,531: Queens, 469,042. Total, 5,620,048. Other large Americaln cities are: Chicago, 2,701,212; Detroit, 993.678; St. Xiouis, 773,000; Cleveland, 796,836: Baltimore. 733,826: Boston, 747,923; Pittsburgh, 588,193; Los Angeies, 575,480; San Francisco, 508j410; Washington (capital), 437.670. Other large cities of tho world are: Berlin, 1,900,000; Buenos Aires, 1,637,000: Calcutta, 1,222,000; Glasgow, 1,1117428; Mexico City 1,000,000; Osaku T Japan), 1,500,000; Paris, 3,300,000; Rio de Janeiro, 1,200,000; Shanghai 1,100.000; Tokyo, 2,400,000; Vienna, 2,400,000.