. Moray and Nairn. populations of areas belonging toMorayshire. Adjusting the figures to suit the presentarea of the county, we find that the population in 1801was 26,976. Only two intercensal decreases are reportedsince 1821, namely, a small decrease in 1891, and aconsiderable decrease, amounting to 1473, in 1911. Themaximum population, 44,800, was recorded in census of 1911 gives a population of 91 to thesquare mile. Lanarkshire, the most densely peopledcounty in Scotland, has 1633 to the square mile, whileSutherlandshire, our most thinly peopled county, has only10. As compared with
. Moray and Nairn. populations of areas belonging toMorayshire. Adjusting the figures to suit the presentarea of the county, we find that the population in 1801was 26,976. Only two intercensal decreases are reportedsince 1821, namely, a small decrease in 1891, and aconsiderable decrease, amounting to 1473, in 1911. Themaximum population, 44,800, was recorded in census of 1911 gives a population of 91 to thesquare mile. Lanarkshire, the most densely peopledcounty in Scotland, has 1633 to the square mile, whileSutherlandshire, our most thinly peopled county, has only10. As compared with the census of 1901, four of the 42 MORAYSHIRE six burghs in the county show a decrease. Elgin showsan increase of 3-0 per cent, and Lossiemouth an increaseof 7-8 per cent. The increase in Elgin is only whatmight be expected when we consider that, being one ofthe most attractive towns in Scotland, it is becomingmore and more popular as a residential town and as apleasure resort. The large increase in Lossiemouth is. Lossiemouth golf-links due almost entirely to its excellent golf-links. IndeedLossiemouth forms a typical example of what we maycall a golf town. Not only is its golf-course one orthe finest in Britain, but here also the visitor finds ahighly bracing climate, while to the antiquarian, thegeologist, the botanist, and the artist, the town is an PEOPLE—RACE, LANGUAGE, POPULATION 43 ideal centre. The apparent increase in the populationof Forres in 1911 as compared with 1901 is due to analteration of the burgh boundaries. Of the nineteen parishes in the county only four havea larger population than in 1901. These are Birnie(increase of seven), Drainie (containing Lossiemouth),Elgin (containing the burgh), and Alves. The largestdecreases are reported from Rothes, Cromdale, Forres,Knockando and Urquhart. The outstanding feature in the recent census returnsof the county is the uniform decrease in the agriculturalpopulation. This is largely due to migration to manu-facturi
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