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THE CITY OF GLASGOW.
Tlie City Chamberlain is of opinion that the popu-
lation of Glasgow, as now extended, and suburban
districts still outside the boundaries, at mid-summer,
1893, was as follows : —
Within the Municipal Boundaries
and Suburban Districts,
785,000
Population of the City from 1801 to 1891.
1801 1811 1821 183(1 1841
77,385 100,749 147,043 202,426 255,650
1851 1861 1871 1881 ■ 1891
329,096 395,503 477,732 511,415 :564,975
Natural Increase of Population within Extended
City for 1892 :— '
Births, 22,820 ; deaths, 15,220 ; nat. increase, 7,600.
Numbers on Lists of Parliamentary and
Municipal Voters, Year 1892-93.
Males.
Females.
Total.
Ward.
Parliamentary
Municipal
Municipal
and Municipal.
only.
Voters.
1
6,627
1,368
V,995
2
8,672
1,549
10,221
3
7,553
1,081
^,634
4
3,835
886
4,721
5
7,792
1,177
8,969
6
2,232
503
2,735
7
1,491
121
1,612
8
1,917
129
2,046
9
2,945
517
3,462
10
4,891
947
0,838
11
9,523
-2,579
12,102
12
4,059
1,012
5,071
13
4,289
692
4,981
14
7,329
1,194
8,523
15
4,829
1,128
5,957
16
5,074
868
5,942
17
2,728
418
3,146
18
706
222
928
19
1,599
296
1,895
20
1,609
475
2,084
21
541
78
619
22
1,164
592
1,756
23
810
171
981
24
2,520
377
2,897
25
2,415
160
2,576
97,150
18,540
H5,69j0
Note. — Wards 1-16 include Mnnicipaland Par-
liamentary Voters ; 17-25 Municipal alone.
School Board of Glasgow.
Number of Voters oh Electoral Roll for 1891,
141,152.
Number and> Rental of Premises in
Glasgow, 1893.
Dwelling-Houses,' ,
Shops, Warehouses,) '
Workshops, &c, y
Piailways, Canals, ")
Gas, Water, &e., )'
Number.
142,985
28,348
Rental,
£1,851,473
1,876,109
331,175
171,333 4,058,757
Parliamentary Divisions of the City.
One Member for each Division.
No. 1. — The Brldgeton Division. — The First and
Fourth Municipal Wards. Electors, 10,459. Member
—Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bart., M.P. (G.L.)
No. 2. — The Cai/ilachie pivision. — The Second
Municipal Ward, and so much of the Third Munici-
pal Ward as lies south of a line drawn along the
centre of Duke Street. Electors, 10,004. Member —
Alex. Cross, Esq., M.P. (U.L.)
No. 3.— The St. Rollox Division.— The Fifth
Municipal Ward and the Third Municipal Ward,
except so much as ig comprised in Division No. 2, as
therein described. Electors, 14,013. Member —
Sir Jas. Morse Carmichael, Bart., M.P. (G.L.)
No. 4. — The Central Division. — The Seventh,
Eighth, Ninth, Twelfth, and Thirteenth Municipal
Wards. Electors, 14,701. Member — John George
Alexander Baird, Esq., M.P. (C.)
No. 5. — The College Division. — The Tenth and
Eleventh Municipal Wards. Electors, 14,414. Mem-
ber— Chas. Cameron, Esq., BLD., LL.D., M.P. (G.L.)
No. 6. — The Tradeston Division. — The Fifteenth
and Sixteenth Municipal Wards, Electors, 9903.
Member— Arch. C. Corbet, Esq., M.P. (U.L.)
No. 7. — The Blachfriars and Hutches ontown
Division. — The Sixth and Fourteenth Municipal
Wards. Electors, 9561. Member — Andrew Dry-
burgh Provand, Esq., M.P. (G.L.)
Total Parliamentary Constituency, 83,055.
Crossbill and PoUokshields, east and west, in the
eastern division of Eenfrewshire, 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. (U.L.)
Springbum, in north-west Lanark division, G. A. L.
Whitelaw, M.P. (C.)
Jam^S Henry, City Assessor.