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 CONSTITUTION AND (.OYEIINM KM -.

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England and Wales :

52 counties and Isle of Wight

198 cities and boroughs ....

3 universities ......

Total of England and Wales Scotland :

33 counties ......

22 cities and burgh districts

4 universities ......

Total of Scotland Ireland :

32 counties .....

31 cities and boroughs

1 university .....

Total of Ireland

Total of United Kingdom

Members 187 297 5

489

32

26

2

60

64

37 2

lo:i

652

It is stated in a Parliamentary paper issued in the session of 1869, that whereas the then existing distribution of representation left England and Wales to return 493 (now 489) members, Scotland 60, and Ireland 105 (now 103), the numbers, if regulated by population, would be 469 for England and Wales, 69 for Scotland, and 120 for Ireland : if regulated by contributions to revenue, 496 for England and Wales, 93 for Scotland, and 69 for Ireland; and if regulated by the mean of the two numbers, 482 for England and Wales, 81 for Scotland, and 95 for Ireland.

The following is a table of the duration of Parliaments of the United Kingdom, from the period of the Union : —

Reign

j Parliament

When met

When dissolved

] Existed

Y. M. D.

George III. .

1st

27 Sept. 1796

29 Jan. 1802

5 11 18

.,

2nd

31 Aug. 1802

24 Oct. 1806

4 1 25

3rd

15 Dec. 1806

29 Apr. 1807

4 15

VI

4 th

22 June 1807

24 Sept. 1812

5 3 7

»

5th

24 Nov. 1812

10 June 181 S

5 6 16

17

6th

4 Aug. 1818

29 Feb. 1820

1 6 25

George IV. .

7th

23 Apr. 1820

2 June 1826

6 19

>»

8th

14 Nov. 1826

24 July 1830

3 8 10

William IV.

9th

26 Oct. 1830

22 Apr. 1831

5 2S

„

10th

14 June 1831

3 Dec. 1832

1 5 20

»»

11th

29 Jan. 1833

30 Dec. 1834

1 11 1

i>

12th

19 Feb. 1835

18 July 1837

2 5

Victoria

13th

14 Nov. 1837

23 June 1841

3 7 9

14th

11 Aug. 1S41

23 July 1847

11 6

H

loth

21 Sept. 1847

1 July 1852

4 11 9 I

-

16th

4 Nov. 1852

20 Mar. 1857

4 4 16

11

17th

30 Apr. 1857

23 Apr. 1859

1 11 23

!!

18th

31 May 1859

6 July 1865

6 16

!>

19th

6 Feb. 1866

31 July 1868

2 5 25

»

20th

10 D°c. 18 68

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