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 POPULATION Scotland. Z7 Year Estimated Population Total Births Illegitimate Deaths Man-iages 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 4,093,959 4,142,691 4,155,654 4,186,849 4,218,279 127,110 124,337 126,454 129,153 128,823 9,400 9,058 9,146 9,287 8,984 79,641 71,112 81,864 70,634 79,061 27,145 27,561 28,380 30,256 30,966

The average proportion of illegitimate births in 1897 was 7'0 per cent., the rate varying from 3-5 percent, in Dumbartonshire, 3-8 in Shetland, 4*1 in Ross and Cromarty, to 13-1 in Dumfries- shire, 13-5 in Caithness and Elgin, and 14-1 in Wigtownshire. The proportion of male to female births in Scotland in 1897 was 1,044 to 1,000. Ireland.

Year Estimated Population Total Births Illegitimate Deaths Marriages 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 4,615,312 4,600,599 4,574,764 4,560,378 4,551,723 106,082 105,354 106,113 107,641 106,664 2,756 2,884 2,871 2,819 2,802 82,821 83,528 84,395 75,700 83,839 21,714 21,602 23,120 22,856 22,891

The average proportion of illegitimate births in 1897 was 2*6 per cent., the rate varying from 0*7 in Connaught to 3*6 in Ulster. The proportion of male to female births in Ireland in 1897 was 1,052 to 1,000. 2. Emigration and Immigration. There was very little emigration from the United Kingdom previous to 1815, in which year the number of emigrants was no more than 2,081. It rose gradually from 12,510 in 1816, to 34,987 in 1819. In the five years 1820-24 there emigrated 95,030 individuals; in the next five years, 1825-29, the number was 121,084; in 1830-34 it rose to 381,956; but sank again to 287,358 in 1835-39, Between 1815 and 1852 the total number of emigrants was 3,463,592 ; between 1853 and 1860 it was 1,582,475, of whom 1,312,683 were of British or Irish origin; between 1861 and 1870 it was 1,967,570, of whom 1,571,829 were of British or Irish origin ; 1871-80, 2,228,396, of whom 1,678,919 were British or Irish ; 1881-1890, 3,555,655, of whom, 2,558,535 were British or Irish; 1891-1897, 1,917,404 of whom 1,286,959 were British or Irish; and the total from 1815 to 1897 was 14,715,092. The total emigration of persons of British or Irish origin only, 1853-1897, was 8,408,925 ; 5,609,678, went to the