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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

cost of administration, Such towns, having over 1,500 inhabitants, maybe constituted urban sanitary districts. The Isle of Man and the Channel Islands are not bound by Acts of the Imperial Parliament unless specially mentioned. The Isle of Man is administered in accordance with its own laws by the Court of Tynwald, con- sisting of the Governor, appointed by the Crown ; the Council for Public Affairs, composed chiefly of ecclesiastical and judicial dignitaries appointed by the Crown ; and the House of Keys, a representative assembly of 24 members chosen on a property qualification for 7 years by the 6 * sheadings ' or local subdivisions, and the 4 municipalities. The Channel Islands are administered according to their own laws and customs, each by a Lieut. - Governor, with judicial and other functionaries ; and a ' States ' Assembly, partly elective. Jersey has a separate legal existence. Guernsey, Alderney, and Sark have a Lieut. -Governor in common, but otherwise their governments are separate. Area and Population. I. Progress and Present Condition. The population was thus distributed at the census, taken April 5, 1891 :—

Divisions Area in sq. miles Males Females Total Population on April 5, 1891 England Wales. , . . Scotland Ireland .... Isle of Man. Channel Islands Army, Navy, and Mer-\ chant Seamen abroad/ Total 50,867 7,442 29,785 32,583 227 75 13,291,402 761,499 1,942,717 2,318,953 26,329 43,226 224,211 14,192,088 757,536 2,082,930 2,385,797 29,279 49,008 27,483,490 1,519,035 4,025,647 4,704,750 55,608 92,234 224,211 120,979 18,608,337 19,496,638 38,104,975

The following table gives the population of those divisions at each of the four decennial censuses previous to 1891 : —

Divisions 1851 1861 1871 1881 England .... 16,921,888 'l8,954,444 21,495,131 24,613,926 Wales .... 1,005,721 1,111,780 1,217,135 1,360,513 Scotland .... 2,888,742 3,062,294 3,360,018 3,735,573 Ireland .... 6,574,271 5,798,967 5,412,377 5,174,836 Isle of Man 52,387 52,469 54,042 53,558 Channel Islands 90,739 90,978 90,596 87,702 Army, Navy, and Mer-"\ chant Seamen abroad/ Total, United Kingdom 212,194 250,356 216,080 215,374 27,745,942 29,321,288 31,845,379 35,241,482