. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. the Atlaiitjc Oceait,yS Welles its and S. ?^^^^ ^?,J?-»- separated from the ailjacent island of Great Britain by theNorthern Channel, which at one point is only 13i , of the Scottish Vvm to enjoy;! I ,1 indulging in, ,.,, involves. The . II riiiv has been from the width, and St. Georges Chan- VI I, iimicn Dublin and Holyliead, and - inity. The largest diagonal line I I III. island, vi?.., from Tor Head, m I I I 111 Ciirk, measures 302 m. ; and the .,iie in \\ cxiord, to Erris Head, in Mayo,


. The American encyclopædia of commerce, manufactures, commercial law, and finance. the Atlaiitjc Oceait,yS Welles its and S. ?^^^^ ^?,J?-»- separated from the ailjacent island of Great Britain by theNorthern Channel, which at one point is only 13i , of the Scottish Vvm to enjoy;! I ,1 indulging in, ,.,, involves. The . II riiiv has been from the width, and St. Georges Chan- VI I, iimicn Dublin and Holyliead, and - inity. The largest diagonal line I I III. island, vi?.., from Tor Head, m I I I 111 Ciirk, measures 302 m. ; and the .,iie in \\ cxiord, to Erris Head, in Mayo, is The breadth of the country, from Dundalk uon IS 85 m.; from DubUn to the head of Galway liav liO m ; and the indentations of the coast by harbors anils of the sea, and mouths of rivers are so numerous, that scaJcely an acre of land in the country is more than oO m^ (rood navigation. Area 31, sq. ni., or If the of nuimrous hoc bays and the Irish Senel, which is ??somewhat Ic>that can be 111Antrim, to , from Cai210 m. in lengthto Ballyshanuon. Fig 240 — Lam. a Lnb the following as the estimated pop. of the 6 otiier principaltowns in 1877: GLtsgow, ,93:i; ,_U2,9jl; Aber-deen. 93,181 i Greenock, 70,192 ; Leith, &4,2oi 1 and Paisley, in 1877 the number of registered paupers and their de-pendant^ exclusive of casual poor, who were i ceipt ™1?in piirishesof Scotland, ivas 96,404, against in nuinlwr of criminal offenders committed for was:men 2 172; women, 505; total 2B77, of whic^h 2,010 wereconvicuid. The following table gives the number f rths,deaths, and marriages in each of the ten years ISbS to1877: - nent oven in Trelancurely land-lockinl,as the only naval -Ibor. Skull, Cape lBay arc all of Tears. Population. Births. Deaths. Marriages. 1868 3,188,12i ;,fi73 21,853 1W9 3,2115,481 113,39.^. 1870 115,423 1871 3,3!«.375 74,641 1872 3,;9,22R 118,873 E552 1«


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