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 FINLAND — POPULATION

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Russia has consuls at Belfast, Hull, Liverpool, Ne\7castle, and Plymouth ; vice-consuls at Aberdeen, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff and Newport, Chatham and Sheerness, Cowes, Dover, Dublin, Dundee, Exeter, Falmouth, Glasgow, Gloucester, Goole, Grimsby, Guernsey and Jersey, Harwich, King's Lynn, Leeds, Leith, Lerwick, Londonderry, Lowestoft, Manchester, Milford, Peterhead, Portland, Portsmouth, Queenstown and Cork, Ramsgate, Rochester, Southampton, Sunderland; vSwansea and Llanelly, and Yarmouth,

2. Of Great Britain in Russia.

Ambassador. — Right Hon. Sir George Buchanan, G.C.V.O., K.C.M.G., C.B. ; appointed 1910.

Councillor. — R. J. O'Beirne, C.V.O., C.B.

SeerdariGS. — E. Phipps. Neville Henderson, and Hon, T. Spring Rice.

Military Attache. — Lt.-Col. A. W. Fortescue Knox.

Naval Attaeh^.—Commv. A. C. H. Smith, R.N., M.V.O.

Consul. — A. W. W, Woodhouse.

There are also British Consuls-General (C. G. ), Consuls (C), or Vice- Consuls at Abo, Archangel, Baku, Batum (C. ), Berdiansk, Fredrickshamn, Cronstadt, Helsingfors, Kiev (C. ), Kerch, Li ban, Mariupol, Moscow (C), Narva, Nicolaiev, Novorossiisk, Odessa (C.G.), Pernau, Poti, Revel^ Riga, Rostov, Sebastopol, Taganrog, Theodosia, Warsaw (C), Windan.

FINLAND.

The Government of Finland and her relations to the Empire have been described under the heading of Local Government, and its area and population are given with the area and population of the Russian provinces. Of the total area 10 "83 per cent, is under lakes. In 1890 the postal administration of Finland was subjected to the Russian Ministry of Interior

Population.

Years

1906 1907 1908 1909 1910

In Towns In Country

410,807 425,087 438,564 445,998 456,873

2,523,049 2,549,717 2,574,285 2,625,254 6,658,324

Total

2,933,856

2,974,804 3,012,849 3,071,242 3,115,197

Men

1,456,478 1,477,231 1,496,933 1,524,235 1,546,694

Women

1,477,378 1,497,573 1,515,916 1,547,007 1,568,503

In 1910 the present population consisted of 2,565,742 Finns, 344,364 Swedes, 7,339 Russians, 1,794 Germans, 1,660 Laps, etc.

Of the total population there were at end of 1910 : — Lutherans, 3,057,627 ; Greek Orthodox and raskolniks, 52,004 ; Roman Catholics, 423 ; Baptists, etc., 5,143.

The chief towns, with population, of Finland are (1910) : — Helsingfors (with Sveaborg), 147,218; Abo, 49,691; Tammerfors, 45.442; Viborg, 27,508 ;Uleaborg, 19,802 ; Bjorneborg, 16,921'; Nicolaistad (Wasa), 21,819 ; Kuopio, 15,845.