The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-12 00:00:00

ELECTORAL STATISTICS.

This morning were published three parliamentary
returns bearing upon electoral statistics in boroughs. One
is a return obtained by Mr. Hunt of the several cities and
boroughs in England and Wales, arranged in order accord-
ing to the proportion of electors belonging to the working-
classes on the register ; showing the total number of elec-
tors ; the total number of persons of the working-clasies
on the register ; the proportion by way of percentage of the
latter to the whole number of electors ; and the number
of male occupiers at 71. and under 10!. gross estimated
rental. In 89 cities and boroughs the proportion of elec-
tors of the working-classes on the register to the total
number of electors exceeds 25 per cent. ; the average
in the boroughs referred to is 37.2. The number
of electors on the register for these boroughs
is 228,453, of whom 85,156 come under the description of
working classes. The number of male occupiers at 71.
and under 101., gross estimated rental, is 100,452. In 27
boroughs the proportion of working-class electors exceeds 20
per cent., and is less than 25 ; the average is 22.8. Here the
number of electors on the register is 85,892, of whom 19,570
are working men. The number of male occupiers at 71. and
wider 10/. gross estimated rentals 27,711. In 34 boroughs
the proportion of electors of the working class exceeds 15 per
cent., and is less than 20 ; the average is 17.3. The num-
ber of electors is 81,783, of whom 14,125 are working men.
There are in these boroughs 37,890 male occupiers at 7/.
and under 101. gross estimated rental. In 50 boroughs the
proportion of working class electors is less than 15 per cent.,
the average being 10.5. Out of the 92,949 electors9,7s2 are
working-men. The number of male occupiers of the de-
scription above given is 40,347. The total for England and
Wales is as follows :—Out of 489,007 electors on the regis-
ter 128,603 oome within the description of mechanic., arti-
sans and other persons supporting themselves by daily
manual labour, being a proportion of 26.3 to the total
1 number of electors. The number of male occupiers at 71.
sad under 10/. gross estimated rental, is 206,400.
Through Mr. Banks Stanhope we obtain a return in
respect of each parliamentary city or borough of the gross
estimated rental of the property for which the male occu-
piers enumerated in Return Eof Electoral Returns, 16,56,
are assessed acoordiug to the several classes of assessment
mentioned in the gross estimated rental columns of Return
N. The totals of England and Wales are as follows :-
488,0371. at 41. and under 51., 724,3521. at 51. end under
6/., 846,4571. at 61. and under 71., 702,753/. at 71. and
under 8/. ; 583,810/. at 8/. and under W., 405,953/. at 91.
and under 10/, and 25,888,348/. at 10/. and upwards.
Mr. Darby Griffith has procured a return of the number
of voters in every borough and city in England and Wales
in which there was a contest at the bat election, with the
number of working-class voters in such boroughs, he.
There were only three contests in the Welsh boroughs. The
total number of voters for England and Wales in the
boroughs referred to is 366,726, of whom 99,068 are of the
working class. The number of electors in these boroughs
who voted for any candidate at the last election was
167,140.