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 126 statute acres 48,710, or 76½ square miles; giving 198 inhabitants to the square mile. The increase in the population is 31 per cent. in the whole 30 years.

The western division, comprising an area of 37 square miles, contained 194 inhabitants to the square mile in 1831. The increase in the population in 30 years, is 20 per cent.

The eastern division, comprising an area of 38½ square miles, contained 198 inhabitants to the square mile, in 1831. The increase in the population, in 30 years, being 41 per cent.

The greater increase of the population of the eastern, compared with the western division, in the same period, is, in some measure, attributable to its including the parishes of Great Malvern and Hanley Castle, places much frequented for the purity of the air and water, and for the romantic character of the scenery.

In the former of these two parishes, the increase in the population is 61 per cent. and in the latter 41. If we except them from the calculation, the increase in the eastern division, free from artificial causes, will be found 33 per cent.; a result still indicative of the more rapid increase of population in this, compared with the western division.