Population.
CUiet.
Population. Cities.
13,241
Elmira
15,863 Concord
N e w A l b a n y . . . 15,603 Des M o i n e s . . . . 12,635
11,447
Augusta
15,389 Jackson
Cohoes
15,357 G e o r g e t o w n . . . . 11,384
11,162
Newport
14,081 Aurora
\ 11,031
Burlington
14,930 H a m i l t o n
11,049
Lexington
14,801 Rockford
Burlington . . . . 14,387 S h e n e c t a d y . . . 11,026
Galveston
13,848 R o m e
U,000
Lewiston
13,600 Waterbury
10,828
\lexandria — 13,570 Macon
10,810
Lafayette
13,598 Madison
10,709
W i l m i n g t o n . . . 13,446 Altoona
10,660
Haverhill
13,092 Biddeford
10,492
Minneapolis .., 13,060 P o r t s m o u t h . . . . 10,492
Sandusky
13,006 Biddeford
10,282
Salt L a k e
12,851 Hannibal
10,125
Keokuk
12,766 Ogdensburg.... 10,076
Pond d u L a c . . 12,764 Stockton
.' 10,066
Binghampton.. 12,692 Council Bluffs. 10,020
Oskosh
12,663 Z a n e s v i l l e . . . . 10,011
Vicksburg
12,443 Akron
10,006
S a n Antonio.... 12,256
C E N S U S R E T U R N S OF G R E A T
TAIN.
BRI-
F r o m t h e preliminary census reports of
t h e Registrar General of England, Ireland
a n d Scotland, w e take t h e following returns
of population :—
1871.
England and Wales
22,704,108
Ireland
5,402,759
Scotland
3,358,513
31,465,470
Islands in the British seas, a r m y
and navy, and m e r c h a n t seam e n abroad
341,638
Total population
31,817.108
This total population is divided into 15,549,271 males, and 16,267,837 females. If we take
the residents of the three kingdoms simply,
t h e females are also in e x c e s s . . the numbers
being 15,276,159 m a l e s , and 16,188,321 females.
Mr. Graham, t h e Registrar General of
England, remarks in his report that the e x cess o f 925,761 females, over m a l e s in the
British Islands, is accounted fo*r by t h e a b sent males in the Colonies
and elsewhere ;
a n d states that ;< those w h o s e e k
to
" e x t e n d the sphere of labour for w o m e n ,
" will find therefore in Australia and A m " erica a m o s t fruitful field for such of the
" sex as are willing to play a part in the foun" dation of the great states of the future.
The population of the United Kingdom is
increasing at t h e rate of 705 persons
d a i l y ; arid in addition 46S persons emigrate
d a i l v ; the daily Increase from birth*, being
4,173.
The decennial rate of increase per c e n t
for t h e period between 1801 and ls71 WHS 8.60.
The annual rate of increase per cent. 8,".. F. ,v
the previous ten years th_> decenniai im-rea^e
per e3ut was o u l y 5.71; and the annual only
.56.
T h e emigration from the British Is'.anls
has been very large; almost as large as t h e
increase w h i c h the census s h o w s . Th.? t w o
following statements show the figure of th*»
' e m i g r a t i o i a n d increase for t w e n t y y<-us .—
I
!
EMIGRATION.
F r o m 1851 to 1861
F r o m 1831 t o 1871
Total inn» years
2,054,578
1,674,894
.3,729,172
INCREASE OF POPULATION.
From 1851 to 1861
1,594,893
F r o m 1861 to 1871
2,524,637
4,119,530
If t h i s large emigration had not taken
place, t h e ratio of increase would h a v e been
m u c h more than doubled ; that is, providing
profitable e m p l o y m e n t could h a v e been
tbund tor all the outgoers i n . the m o t h e r i s lands ; w h i c h is however, doubtful.
The m e a n annual Birth-rate, in the United
Kingdom per 1,000, from 186l t o 1870, w a s
33.39, and m e a n annual death rate 21.24. For
t h e three Kingdoms separately it w a s for
the s a m e period :
Birth-rate. Death-rate.
England and W a l e s . .35.07
22.42
Scotland
34.93
21.98
Ireland
26.12
16.32
In France the birth-ra te by the last returns
w a s 28.35 per thousand, and t h i s o n l y exceeded the death-rate, w h i c h w a s 23.72 by
2.63 per. 1,000, m a k i n g the natural increase
barely 0.26 per cent.
The great increase of population in Great
Britain is m a r k e d b y great increase of e v e r y
branch of c o m m e r c e a u d manufactures.
The total value of merchandise imported
during t h e last decade, exceeded t h a t of the
previous decaede 61 per c e n t ; t h e value of
exports 49 per c e n t ; t h e tonnaze of regis- tered vessels 29 per c e n t ; t h e value of coal
a n d m e t a l s produced 34 per c e n t ; and the
m o n e y s deposited in Savings B a n k s 54 per
cent.
In the average of three years 1863-70, as
compared w i t h t h e corresponding three
ye*rs of t h e previous d e c a d e ; t h e increase
of cattle imported into Great Britain w a s
120per c e n t ; beef 6 per c e n t ; bacon 208 p
c . ; pork 41 p. c . ; fish 107 p. c. ; w h e a t 65p
c . ; flour 8 p. c. ; other k i n d s of corn 63 p. c
rice 113 p. c . ; potatoes 56 p c . ; butter 72
p._c. ; eggs 178 p. c.
T h e increase in m e c h a n i c a l force h a s been
prodigious. I t m a y be expressed by the fact
of " the coal produced annually, w h i c h in 10
years 1858-60 to 1567-9 rose from 72,343,704
tons to 105,023,065 tons."
The following is a s t a t e m e n t of t h e p o p u lation of cities and t o w n s of England, of over
10,000 inhabitants by t h e census of 1871 :—
London
3,888,092 I p s w i c h
v nrmouth
K i n g s t o n on
Thames
15,257 N o r w i c h
Reigate
15,916 Kings L y n n
Chatham.
4t,135 Salisbury..
Maidstone —
26,198 Poole
Canterbury..
20,961 W e y m o u t h . . .
Dover
28,270 Exeter
Margate
12 031 P l y m o u t h
Hastings
- N ? ^ ftevonport...
10/753;Barnstable..
Lewes
90,0l3iTiverton
Brighton
Portsmouth . 112,953iTruio.
54,Oi7 P e n z a n c e
S'MK.Iidnipinii,
14,705 Taunton
Winched": 32,313 B r i d g w a t e r —
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v indif.r
JI , IM • .Bath
Avi^s-mry...
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7.>)lBristol
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Hl,5'i l' H o u c e s t e r . . . .
j Northampton
41,0Wi tt troM! •
1;
.420 Cheltenham .
I Bedford
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'Cambridge .. 3 yJ74 S• htvretr
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IColchesier.... 26,361 Stafford
'Bury St. Ednvuvl
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43,136
41,792
80 390
16,459
12,867
10,129
13,257
34.646
63,030
50,094
11,636
10,025
10,<99
10,406
15,466
12,101
.52,524
182.524
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