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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED RIKGDOM

United States, 868,099 to British North America, 1,399,375 to Australasia, and 531,773 to other places. The following table exhibits the number of persons, natives and foreigners, emigrating from the United Kingdom to British North America, the United States, and Australasia, and the total number — the latter tigui'e including the comparatively small number going to other than these three destinations (46,167 in 1897) — in each of the last live years : —

Year To British North America To the United States To Australasia Total 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 23,633 22,357 22,590 22,669 27,553 159,431 195,632 154,496 132,048 123,543 11,151 10,809 10,710 12,396 11,020 226,827 271,772 241,952 213,280 205,073

Of the total in 1897, 122,317 were males, and 90,963 females. The following shows the number of British and Irish emigrants to places out of Europe in the last two years with the increase or decrease ( - ) : —

Year

1897 1898

Increase or Decrease - 3, 994

English

94,658 90,664

Scotch

16,124 15,575

549

Irish

35,678 34,391

1,287

Total United Kingdom

146,460 140,630 - 5,830

In the year 1897 there were 155,114 immigrants, British and foreign, which, deducted from the total of 213,280 emigrants, left an excess of 58,166 emigrants. The number of immigrants of British or Irish origin in 1897 was 95,221, which, deducted from the total of 146,460 emigrants of British or Irish origin, left an excess of 51,239 emigrants. The number of Irish who emigrated from Ireland in 1896 was 38,995 ; in 1897, 32,535 ; the total number from May 1, 1851, to December 31, 1897, was 3,722,658. Religion. — I. England and Wales. The Established Church of England is Protestant Episcopal. Its fundamental doctrines and tenets are embodied in the Thirty- nine Articles, agreed upon in Convocation in 1562, and revised and finally settled in 1571. But though the Protestant Episcopal is the State religion, all others are fully tolerated, and civil dis- abilities do not attach to any class of British subjects. The Queen is by law the supreme governor of the Church, possessing the right, regulated by the statute 25 Hen. VIII. c. 20, to nominate to the vacant archbishoprics and bishoprics, the form being to send to the dean and chapter of the vacant see the royal licence, or conge d'elire, to proceed to the election, accompanied by