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Show The Population of London. Te population of London, according to the authoritative and careful calculations calcu-lations of Mr. Welton, published in the December (1900) issue of the Royal Statistical Society's Journal, amounted to only 1,000 000 in 1801. This figure had doubled itself by 1841; and in 1891 the total reached 5,442,000, and-by 1901 was probably 6 250 000. The area included, in-cluded, it should ba said, is not precisely precise-ly that of the census returns, so that the figures, though based upon the census, cen-sus, returns, differ considerably from them. But practically we may say that in the lapse of a century the inhabitants in-habitants of London multiplied sixfold This enormous population,' greater than that of many European states of the second class, is compressed within a space of about 130,000 acres or say 200 square miles. National Review ' |