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THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
The City Chamberlain is of opinion that the popu-
lation of Glasgow, as now extended, and suburban
districts still outside the boundaries, at 1st December,
1896, was as follows : —
Within the Municipal Boundaries,
Within Suburban Districts,
695,000
122,000
817,000
Total population within City and)
closely contiguous Suburbs, )
Population of the City from 1801 to 1891 (previous
to the extension of boundaries).
1801 1811 1821 1831 1841
77,385 100,749 147,043 202,426 255,650
1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
329,096 395,503 477,782 511,415 665,714
Natural Increase of Population within Extended
City for 18H6 :—
Births, 22,805 ; deaths, 16,342 ; nat. increase, 6,463'
Numbers on Lists of Parliamentary and
Municipal Voters, Year 1895-96.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Ward.
Parliamentary
Municipal
Municipal
ana -M uuic [ al.
only.
Voters.
1
6,931
1,437
8,368
2
8,892
1,654
10,646
3
8,'^23
1,296
9,519
4
3,724
960
4,684
5
8,020
1,268
9,288
6
2,441
550
2,991
7
1,4 66
133
1,598
8
1,917
148
2,065
9
3,009
532
3,541
10
4,893
1,029
5,922
11
10,244
2,869
13,113
12
4,188
1,037
6,225
13
4,411
750
5,161
14
7,780
1,308
9,088
15
5,023
1,230
6,253
16
5,105
883
5,988
17
3,021
487
3,508
18
759
273
1,032
19
1,714
371
2,085
20
1,756
584
2,340
21
594
101
695
22
1,226
657
1,883
23
817
196
1,013
24
3,479
479
3,958
25
2,609
205
2,814
102,241
20,437
122,678
For J
levised Municij.
lal Wards, witi
I Boundaries,
<fc., see
following pages
.
School Board of Glasgow.
Number of Voters on Electoral Roll for 1894
145,193.
Number and Rental of Premises in
Glasgow, 1895-96.
Dwelling-Houses,
Shops, Warehouses,}
Workshops, &c, jT
Railways, Canals, >
Gas, VVater, &c.,)
Number.
147,833
' 29,491
Rental.
£1,975,665
1,945,732
362,529
177,374 4,283,926
Parliamentary Divisions of the City.
One Member for each Division.
No. 1. — The Bridgeton Division. — The First and
Fourth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,652. Member
—Sir George Otto Trevelyao, Bart, M.P. (G.L.)
No. 2 — The Camlachie Division. — Tbe Second
Municipal Ward, and so much of the Third IWunici-
pal Ward as lies south of a line drawn along the
centre 'pf Duke Street. Electors, 10,191. Member —
Alex. Cross, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 3.— The St. Rollox Division. — The Fifth
Mimicipal Ward and tbe Third Municipal Ward,
except so much as is comprised in Division No. 2, as
therein de-!cribed. Electors, 14,944. Member —
Ferditand Faithful Begg, Esq., M.P. (C.)
No. 4. — The Central Division. — The Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, TweUth, and Thirteenth Municipal
Wards. Electors, 14,990, Member — John George
Alexander Baird, Esq., MP. (C.)
No. 5. — The College Division. — The Tenth and
Eleventh Municipal Wards. Electors, 15,137, Mem-
ber — Sir John Stirling Maxwell Bart., M.P. (C.)
No. 6. — The Tradeston Division. — The Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,128.
Member— Arch. C. Corbet, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 7. — The Blackfriars and Hutches ontoien
Division. — The Sixth and Fourteenth Municipal
Wards. Electors, 10,221. Member — Andrew Dry~
burgh Provand, Esq., M.P. (G.L.)
Total Parliamentary Constituency, 86,263.
Crossbill and PoUokshields, east and west, in the
eastern division of Renfrewshire, M. H. Shaw Stewart,
M.P. (C.)
Govanhill, in Govan parliamentary division, John
Wilson, M.P. (G.L.)
Hillhead and Maryhill, in Partick division of
Lanarkshire, J. Parker Smith, M.P. (L.U.)
Springbum, in north-west Lanark division, John
G. Holborn, M.P. (G.L.)
James Henby, Citg Assessor.