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 AREA AND POPULATION

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Dato of Eiiumeratiou Population Density per sq. mile i Date of Enumeration Poiiulation Density per sq. mile 1801 1811 1821 1831 1841 1,608,420 1,805,864 2,091,521 2,364,386 2,620,184 54 60 70 79 88 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891 2,888,742 8,062,294 3,360,018 8,735,573 4,025,647 97 100 113 125 135

The country is divided into 33 civil counties, grouped under eight geo- gra))hieal divisions. The following table gives the results of the census, excluding the military in ])arracks and the seamen on board vessels in the harbours, on April 5, 1891 : —

Divisions and Civil Counties Area in sq. miles Population Pop. per sq. mile Males Females Total 1. Northern. Shetland. Orkney Caithness. Sutherland 551 376 686 2,028 12,190 14,298 17,472 10,395 16,521 16,155 19,705 11,501 28,711 30,453 37,177 21,896 52-1 80-9 54-2 10-8 2. North- Western. Ross and Cromarty Inverness. 3,078 4,088 37,279 43,585 41,448 46,536 78,727 90,121 25-5 22 3. North- Eastern. Nairn Elgin Banff Aberdeen. Kincardine 195 476 641 1,955 383 4,284 20,368 29,547 135,185 17,524 4,871 23,103 32,137 148,851 17,968 9,155 43,471 61,684 284,036 35,492 46-9 91-3 96-7 145-3 92-7 4. East-Midland. Forfar Perth Fife. Kinross Clackmannan 875 2,528 492 73 48 125,414 57,826 90,527 3,160 15,834 152,321 64,359 99,838 3,513 17,306 277,735 122,185 190,365 6,673 33,140 317-4 47-5 386-9 91-4 690-4 i 5. West- Midland. Stirling Dumbarton Argyll Bute. 447 241 3,213 218 59,478 48,683 36,292 8,211 58,543 49,331 37,793 10,193 118,021 98,014 74,085 18,404 264 406-7 1 23 84-4 6. South- Western. Renfrew Ayr. Lanark 245 1,128 882 110,520 111,037 550,847 120,292 115,349 1 555,052 230,812 226,386 1,105,899 942-0 200-7 1 253-8