BRITISH CENSUS.
o NEARLY FOUR MILLION IN- • CREASE. hollowing shows the population of Great Britain, as [disclosed by the recent census:— ' ‘ ‘ . ; f England and! Wales. • , , - Inc. or 1001 19H i) ef . i .‘32,527,843 36,075,000 plus 3,518,157 Scotland. 7 4,472,103 4.759,445 plus 287,342 Ireland. 4,458,775 4,381,951 minus 76,824 Total. 41,458,721 45,216,396 plus 3,758,775 In those totals the whole population of the United Kingdom is not given, as the inhabitants, of the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, and the Army, Navy, and merchant seamen abroad are not included. This means the addition of approximately another half-million to the total. The figures for the four previous censuses were (000 being omitted) • 1861 1871 1881 1891 England and Wales 20,066 22,712 25,974 29,002 Scotland 3,062 3,360 3,735 4,025 Ireland 5,798, 5,412 5,4 4 4,704 U. K. 20,321 31,845 35,241 38,104 The three cities whose totals have been supplied in cable messages compare as under:— 1901 1911 Inc. Gr. L’clon 6,581,372 7,252,963 671,591 Edtnb’gh 316,479 320,315 3,838 Glasgow 735,906 784,455 48,549
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 105, 24 June 1911, Page 3
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