, 1874-07-15
TIE ENGLISH cENsus OF 1871.

The number OF British subjoots in all parts Of |
tho world ia, according tho last official consus, |
2s4, 7G2,593. Thia vast number embraces all va-
rietiea Of tho human family from tho Anglo
saxon to the Esquimaux, Tho English posaos- !
siona eoyer m aggregate area Of 7,7G9, 40 |
square miles, or enough to make forty Statea OF |
tho azo of Frauce. It has in Europe supera-
oial cxtout Of 1al, $50 square miles; in Anorica,
Of ,488o34; In Africa, Of 23d,8G0; in Asia, Of
oG4, ,10s, and In oooanica, Of 1900, ,722. Great
Britain aud ireland havo q population Of
3l,845.37o, besides which tho Empire has In
Europe population Of 176,2ls. The English
colonioa IN America havo a population of $780,
$50; In Central America, Of 1,063,8 In
South America 1t haa population OF losa than
100000. Britiah India hns 4 population Of 19t,-
07,070, distributed among 487. .061 villages. Brit
ish India has fifteen oitioa with about l00, 600 n-
habitants. In Australia, England has 1900 900
subjects.
1t appears from the rsturns Of tho cenaus that
the population of the United Kingdom has
doubled in sorenty years. Tho inoreaas has not
boen the SANG in all parts. It has everywhere
Kept pace With tho increaso Of tile supply Of Ia
Dor. In England, where thu demand for labor
Laa been greatost, tho population has almost
troblod. In Scotland 1t las doubled. In ireland
it Is stationary. In 1901 tho population Of Iro-
land was 5.21G,33l. According to tho last
oonsun 1t is 5,412,s77. Tic increase Of tho
population from 1921 to 1881 was ii per
cont; from 1881 to 1871, IS per cont; from
1871 to 1861 per cont; from 1851 to
1861, 10 por cont; and from 1861 to 1871, II per
cont. The cause Of tho decline In the rate from
1871 to 1851 uas tho cholera and the potato.rot.
Tho emigration from Great Britain between 1861
aud 1870 was 1,674, ,594.
Some Of tho marriage statistics given In thu
census report are not little strange. In En-
gland and Wales, ,betwoen 1861 and 1871 the num-
Der Of mGles married. at tho ago Of IL was 35,-
200. and the number Of females 1G4, DOS. When
tho consus was talon tloro wore OF these "a
wilowcrs and 111 widows. There wero mora
marriages at tho age OF 20 than at any other
ago. Tho numbor OF rnalos married. at that ago
wau 55A, 124, md Of females 6G9.917. To these
a"lapsA' n410' 10 aoooo ''o'o Auo' "no o'A''
women marflod accona t'n'e AZ tno ago OF ~
E1ghtoon ola nacaoioss ana s"o olu maaos
engaeeo Ii masramony ~ LILO ago OF
rs; besides 857 widoHers and 45 widows.
There wero aIBo old bacnelora and 2 old
n'a'ds nafflea IN England a. the ago OF ~, anu
12o "1oo"oss &na WIDOWS 1heso were u
caaos III "n1cn LUG "o'nan "aa ~ Seasa olaoF
than her husband mud ~ caaea in "hsoh tho dif~
forenca reached W yoars. LEO caHes In Which
"omon hsSo 1narSaed men very much older than
themselves aro moro numorous' Thus 2,os6
"onen nao n'aff1eo mon 81 seafs oldor snan
thomsolVea; oas, oo Soafs older, aud w. 7o yoara
older. four'niths OF all tho marriages we're con"
tracted between tho agea OF ~ ana So' Ihe aV-
efase @se 'o' n'@'eH "u8 ~ aoa 4of Ao'na''S ~
10 ovofy Anhdfoa GnGiEsh married. "omon
oet"een tao agea o' ~ ana W 1noee aro oosa an
nua!ly ~ children. Ii 1871. there weEo con-
tracted 100, liz marragou. len years before, tho
number was 183, ,706. On April 2. 1871, thero
wora oil coup!os living together, and 270,~
51e oascs In nhich they llyod apart, G5, 1C4 Of
thoaa being husbands engaged in the army or
| navy. This avoraGe duration Of married life WAS
25 yoa1a. In 1871 thoro waa no person
living In England rho Ind ',oen married earlier
than 1902. OF tho II. COO marriagoB contracted
| In that year, ali but ono was dissolved by tho
| death Of ono or both parties. There wors 2ss
caseB whore married life had laated al1ty years,
and B,757 in which it had lusted lfty.
In 1901 lhere we're in England 1853 persons to
tho hquaro ,nilo; III 1871, 800. In tho days Of
| Elizabeth ll.ero wsro only 49,
There wero in the United Kingdom 81, ,1B9
| blind neoplo. There waa ono blind porson to
every 1,l05 OF tho population, aud LOGS persons
blind from birth. TLs nunbes Of idiots was
20, 462, anl Of tinsano ga5o7. It took In 1871
about a4e, 600. 900 to support thu paupers Of