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LOCAL AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS, &c.
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THE BRITISH EMPIRE— POPULATION, &c.
Great Britain —
England and Wales,
Scotland,
Islands in the British Seas.
Army, Navy, &c; ,
Ireland,
Total of United King.,...,
Population.
1801.
8,892,536
1,608,420
10,567,893
5,395,456
15,963,349
1811.
10,164,068
1,805,864
12,047,455
5,937,856
17,985,311
1821.
11,999,322
2,091,521
14,180,351
6,S01;827
20,982,178
1831.
13,896,797
2,364,380
16,364,893
7,767,401
24,132,294
1841.
15,914,148
2,620,184
18,658,372
8,175,124
26,833,496
1851.
17,927,609
2,888,742
143,126
*162,490
21,121,967
6,552,385
27,674,352
COLONIES AND FOREIGN POSSESSIONS.
Population.
Extent in
square miles
In Europe, Gibraltar, Malta, Goza, Heligoland,
Asia, British India, including the Presidencies of Bengal, Madras,
and Bombay, with Sinde, and the Punjaub, India beyond
the Ganges, Aden, and the Islands of Penang, Singapore, &c,
Ceylon, Hong Kong, and Labuan,
Africa, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Mauritius, Sierra Leone, Cape
Coast Castle, Acra, Gambia, St. Helena, Ascension,
North America, Canada, Hudson Bay Territory, New Brunswick, Nova
Scotia, Cape Breton, Prince Edward Island, Newfound-
land, Vancouver Island, British Columbia,
South America, British Guiana, comprehending Demerara, Essequibo, and
Berbice, Falkland Islands,
West Indies, Jamaica; the Windward Islands — Barbadoes, St. Vincent,
Grenada, Tobago, St. Lucia, and Trinidad ; the Leeward
Islands — Antigua, St. Christopher, Montserrat, Nevis,
Anguilla, Dominica, Virgin Isles; Bahamas; Bermudas;
Honduras, .
Australasia, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia,
Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, N. Zealand, Norfolk Is.,
159,658
131,990,901
1,806,360
1,086,745
3,264,624
114,159
863,942
1,179,038
122
837,412
24,769
131,995
654,865
89,000
76,391
679,460
Totals of Colonies and Foreign Possessions,..,
protected states and tributaries.
Ionian Islands,
Tributary and Protected States in India,
140,465,427
227,230
48,376,247
2,494,014
1,041
627,910
189,068,904
3,122,695
These figures show the numbers of the Army, Navy, and Merchant Seamen belonging to Great Britain,
but out of the country when the census was taken.
LOCAL AND COUNTY INSTITUTIONS FOR GOVERNMENT, LAW, &c.
MAGISTRATES AND TOWN COUNCIL
OF GLASGOW.
THE HON. PETER CLOUSTON, LORD PROVOST.
Andrew Gemmill, ~)
James Brown,
James Couper,
William Whyte,
James Wilson,
John Blackie, jnn.,
William Rae Arthur,
William Govan, jun.
James Lumsden, Dean of Guild.
Adam Maclellan, Deacon Convenor.
David Dreghorn, Treasurer.
James Graham, Master of Works
J- Bailies.
J
Town Clerics.
John Ure, Bailie of the River and Frith of Clyde.
James Raeburn, Depute do.
William Bankier, Bailie of Provan.
Angus Turner, )
Alexander Monro, S.S.C., )
John Strang, LL.D., City Chamberlain. ,
Daniel Macallum, Accountant.
John Carrick, Superintendent of Works.
John Lang, Procurator Fiscal.
Alexander Young, and John M. Hill, Assessors in
the Police Courts, within the Northern, Southern,
Eastern, and Western Districts.
James Donaldson and Andrew M'D. Houston,
Assessors under the Lands Valuation Act.
James Donaldson, Assessor under the Registration
of Voters Act.