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Population.
The foUovnng Tables form a new and important feature in
the Post Office Directory : —
The Lists of the Population are taken from Parliamentary
Documents, and are therefore of authority. Is'o accurate
Census was made of Ireland previous to 1821, and in 1831
there are 10 Parishes in the County of Kerry, and 1 in the
County of Clare, the returns for which are still outstanding ;
an allowance, liowever, of 30,000 has been made for these
Parishes, which is probably very near the truth.
The Tide Table has been computed from data obtained
from a series of years' observations, and upon the principles
recommended by La Place, and as every calculation has been
separately examined, the results may be confidently relied
upon ; certain winds, however, accelerate, while others re-
tard the Tides in a small degree. The computations are in
mean time, or that which is shown by a properly-regulated
clock or watch.
The other Tables, which in many cases are indispensably
necessary, are deduced from the Jury Reports of the Coun-
ties of Edinburgh, Stirling, Lanark, and Linlithgow.
Jajies TaOTTEB.
10, North St David Street,
Edinburgh, May 1832.
Comparative View of the Population of the Counties of
Scotland in the Years 1801, 1811, 1821, and 1831.
The average rate of increase of the population of Scotland
between the years 1801 and 1811 was 14 per cent between
1811 and 1821, it was 16 per cent — and between 1821 and
1831, it WM 13 per cent.