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THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
The City Chamberlain is of opinion that the popu-
Sation of Glasgow, as now extended, and suburban
districts still outside the boundaries, at 1st December,
1896, was as follows : —
705,000
128,000
833,000
Within the Municipal Boundaries, ...
Within Suburban Districts,
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
329,096 395,503 477,732 511,415 565,714
Natural Increase of Population within Extended
City for 1896 :—
Births, 24,027 ; deaths, 14,386 ; nat. increase, 9,641.
Numbers on Lists of Parliamentary and
Municipal Voters, Yeak 1896-97.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Ward.
Parliamentary
Municipal
Municipal
and iluiiicipal.
only.
Voters.
1
5,836
1,136
6,972
2
5,097
1,303
6,400
3
5,055
933
5,988
4
5,127
1,023
6,150
6
4,095
748
4,843
6
4,394
416
4,810
7
3,799
358
4,157
8
5,652
1,097
6,749
9
3,602
839
4,441
10
1,977
153
2,130
11
2,307
311
2,618
12
2,161
353
2,514
13
4,504
738
5,242
14
4,268
1,061
6,329
15
3,777
1,488
5,265
16
5,253
1,193
6,446
17
6,392
1,280
7,672
18
5,807
914
6,721
19
4,982
1,241
6,223
20
5,118
904
6,022
21
4,253
677
4,930
22
3,090
789
3,879
23
2,273
675
2,948
24
2,285
866
3,151
25
3,689
531
4,220
104,793
21,027
125,820
School Board of Glasgow.
Number of Voters on Electoral EoU for 1897
150,852.
Number and Rental of Premises in
Glasgow, 1896-97.
Number.
DweUing-Houses,
Shops, Warehouses,)
Workshops, &c, )
Railways, Canals, )
Gas, Water, &c.,j
150,570
30,535
Rental.
£1,985,482
2,035,564
411,529
181,105 £4,432,576
Parliamentary Divisions of the Citt.
One Member for each Division.
No. 1. — Tke Bridgeton Division. — The First and
Second Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,930. Member
— Sir Charles Cameron, Bart., M.P. (G.L.)
No. 2. — The Camlachie Division. — The Third and
Fourth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,182. Mem-
ber—Alex. Cross, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 3.— The St. Rollox Division. — The Fifth
and Eighth Municipal Wards and parts of the Sixth
and Seventh Municipal Wards. Electors, 15,171.
Member— Ferdinand Faithful Begg, Esq., M.P. (C.)
No. 4. — The Central Division. — The Tenth,
Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Muni-
cipal Wards. Electors, 15,217. Member — John
George Alexander Baird, Esq., M.P. (C.)
No. 5. — The College Division. — The Fifteenth,
Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Municipal Wards. Elec-
tors, 15,422. Member — Sir John Stirling- Maxwell,
Bart., M.P. (C.)
No. 6. — The Tradeston Division. — The Nineteenth
and Twentieth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,100.
Member— Arch. C. Corbet, Esq., M.P. (L.U.)
No. 7. — The Blackfriars and Hutches ontoiim
Division. — The Ninth, Eighteenth, and part of
Twenty-first Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,393.
Member — Andrew Dryburgh Provand, Esq., M.P.
(G.L.)
Total Parliamentary Constituency, 87,415.
Crossbill and Pollokshields, 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 Lanaii division, John
G. Hoiborn, M.P, (G.L.)
James Henry, Citi/ Asseisor,