LIFE OF THE CAPITAL SHOWN IN FIGURES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXIX, Issue 10959, 27 December 1911, Page 7

LIFE OF THE CAPITAL SHOWN IN FIGURES.

LIFE OF THE CAPITAL SHOWN IN FIGURES.

The latest volume of London's own Blue Book—the year-book entitled "London Statistics for 1910-11," issued by the London County Council —contains an impressive multitude; of interesting facts and statistics. In its 637 pages all phases of Metropolitan life are shown through the medium of tabulated figures. . Greater London —an area of 693 square - miles has ; a population of ! 7,252,963, and the property therein is assessed at £60,496,000. The total Parliamentary electorate in the London County Council; area is 670,110, of whom 575,058 are householders, 88,657 lodgers and 6395 freemen of the City of London. In the County Council area there are 50 theatres, 48 music halls, 292 cinematograph theatres, besides skating rinks, concert halls, and dancing-rooms. There are 6778 on-licensed premises in the country, the borough with the highest number being;the City of Westminster with 626,J Stepney , coming next with 600, and Hampstead and Stoke Newington bring up the rear with 57 and 37 respectively. ' . Since the Licensing Act, 1904, came into opGration 483 on-licenses have been extinguished, the -average amount of compensation " awarded being. £2318. : The . 15,657: officers sand men: of the Metropolitan Police arrested ~ 112,642 persons in 1909. Of these 10,443 . were discharged, 81,108" .summarily convicted, and 4196 committed for trial, 659 of these being acqiiitted. In the remaining cases the charges were proved without the imposition of sentences. Other details relating to police work are as follow: Finger-print identifications 9960, dogs restored to owners 8025, property stolen £176,205, property recovered £42,896, missing persons restored to friends 1f,579, doors or- windows found open 27,364, runaway horses stopped 271. > V . Of the 23,208 fires attended by the Fire Brigade ,1131 were due to carelessness and five to arson. Loss of life "occurred in 77 fires. The number of convicted alieiis ex-, polled under orders made" in London during 1909 was 323. A penny rate produces £160,156 in the County of London. The Inst quinquennial valuation added £1.352,417 to London's rateable value. In 1907-8 —the last year for which figures are available —a gross expenditure of £26,982,444 was incurred by the various London authorities. In 1910 vessels whose tonnage totalled 13,260,000 entered the Port of London. No other port, but Hongkong approaches within millions of tons of these figures.