No. 2.-RAINFALL in each MONTH in each of the 11 DISTRICTS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (1881-1915); and in all DISTRICTS together in 1881-1915 and each YEAR from 1911 to 1925.

(Compiled from Returns furnished by the Meteorological Office.)

Eastern Counties

1'81 1'54 1'69

154 193 2.01
1'50 1'81 2.01

2.52

2 32 2.20 1.89 2.64 2:32 2.28 2 13 185 189 1'73 2 09 2.20 2:44 2.56 1.93 2.91 2.52 2.76 2.20 205 205 169 177 1.89 2.17 2.32 2 13 3 46 3:07 3.11

2.60 1.73 2 95 2.32 2.28 25.00 24'01

27.01

27.91

North-West and N., Wales 3 03 2 52 2 56 2:05 2.28 2.40 3:03 3.62 2.76 3.82 3.66 3.74
South-West and S. Wales 3.58 3'03 2.99 2.36 2.24 2.36 2.95 3.31 2.80 4 57 4.22

35°47

5'00

39.41

3.52 2 62

1913

4'28 1.67

1914

2.41

1915

3.85

3.16 2.68 2 69 2.15 2.28 2.36 2.85 3.28 2.61 3.72 363 3.89 35.30
1'86 3 03 2:01 2.17 1.80 2 58 1.60 2.15 2.33 3.26 4:55 6:03 33 37
4.03 102 1.85 4 37 3.23 5.40 1.83 3.65 3.25 4.87 39.64
3'94 3 27 278 2.11 1.10 1.50 267 3:51 4 02 2 76 33 61
3.82 4'15 1'61 1'91 1'65 3 25 2.83 1.99 2.12 4.33 6.53 36.60
4 42 163 1.97 1'84 1.38 4.21 2.73 1.92 291 284 602 35.72
4.39 2.82 2.39 3.27 2.46 2.26 3.09 1.88 5.71 4.37 3.66 39.44
1.26 2.55 2.04 2.41 2.38 2.28 5.74 2.41 5 45 3 64 2'11 34'58
3.50 3.32 1'46 1*66 2 21 1.44
3.91 2 78 6 18 347 3:04 4.42 37 39
4.04 2.04 3.58 2'41 1'24 2 14 1.73 3.04 2.55 2.24 3'14
4.47 2'70 3.47 3.39 3'02 2.04
4.21 2.39 2 56 2.76 2.67
4.45
15 091 307 119 199 0'54 2.13 3:58 177 2.80 2.62
28 74
3'93 3.49 2.13 2.68 196 1.72 3.84 3.33 2.88 1:53 207 4'02 33.58
4 96 174 2.55 2.41 1.06 2.90 4.30 3.53 4.91 3.65 3.68 38.77
131 1 23 2:54 4:06 2.52 4.02 3 67 4 49 3'97 2.86 487
3'23 4.22 1.51 3'03 3.90 0'47 276 2.86 3.33 3.52 2.34 3.50

1

5.38 33.53

3.45 37 13

3.69

39'13

34 67

No. 3.-MEAN DAILY SUNSHINE during each MONTH in each of the 11 DISTRICTS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND (1881-1915); and in all DISTRICTS together in 1881-1915, and each YEAR from 1911 to 1925.

(Compiled from Returns furnished by the Meteorological Office.)

MEAN, 1881-1915:

Scotland:

North and Islands
Eastern Counties

West and Isle of Man

England and Wales:

North-East Counties

Ireland:

North

South

Eastern Counties
Midland Counties
South-East Counties.
North-West and N. Wales
South-West and S. Wales -

60366

.

1.54

0.61 3.05

5.36 5.17 4.18 3.69 3.49 2.50 1.22
5'09 4.70 4.06 2.80 1.73
1.04 3.63
6.16 6.32 5.73 4'99 4.24 2.68 1.59 0.96 3'67

1.39 2.53 3.87

3.93

5'02

1.70 2.66 3.87
1.42 2.34 3.47
168 2.64 3'94 5'65
1.32 2.34 3.56 5.21
1.67 2.63 3.96 5'53

5.22 6.10 6.20 5'87 5.27 4.61 3.03 1.87 1.20
5'55 6'65
6'58
6.86
6'05 5.15 3.33 2.12 1.33 4.32
5.87 6.20 5'86 5'43 4.51 2.88 1.79 1.16 3.82
6.90 7.20 6.96 6'48 5'43 3.44 2.15 1'44 4.49
6.27 6'51 5'90 5'19 4'46 2'85 1'73 1'04 3.89
6'58 6.79 6'39 6'04 4'96 3.27 2'14 1'42

4'28

SUNSHINE.

5.88 5'54 4'67 4'29 3'85 2.87 1'95
6.47 5.99 5'22 4'97 4'45 3'27 2.21

1'16

3'87

2'79 3'82

1.42 2.40 3.63 5.19 6'18 6.26 5'68 5'19 4'47 2.99 1'86
1.66 2.33 3'47 4.52 7.06 7.04 8.29 6'77 5'85
1'25
2.94 2'01
4'43
1.22 1.94 3.17 6.65 5.21 4.61 4'50
3'24 1.21 0'73 3.26
1.03 1.99 3.56 4.17 5'28 5'87 4.75 5'10 3'71 2.99 2'05 1'15 3'47
1.03 2.27 3.29 7.12 5.37 7.04 5'01
1.31 2.44 3'60 5.08 6.93
1.40

5'98 5'46 2.61

4'03

1'89 1:30
2.45 1'00 3'97

7:00 5'26 4'69 5'25 2'59
2.43 2.45 5'57 5.33 5'03 4'86 5'20 3'61 2.23 1.58 1.22 3'41
1.04 2.20 3.18 4'54 5'84 7.03 6'59 4'39 4'07 3'47 1'45 1.46 3'77

1'46

4'46 2.39 2.18 1.18 3'87
4'84 3'80 1983 1.20 3.94
3.81 3.42 1.72 1.20 3'52

1.86 3.74 5.01 6.23 7'05 6'22 4'67
3.33
1.43 2 19
6'20
4.44 6.88
5'13 5'95
2.46 3.51 3:47 5.83
6.62 4'31 4.30
1'09 2.22 3.32 6.74 (a)
(a) (a) (a) (a)
(a) (a) (a) (a) (a)
1.42 1.93 4.38 4.81 5.15
1.40 2.37 3.39

(a) (a) (a)
(a) (a) (a)

(a)

(a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) (a) 1.37 (a)

(a) (a) (a)

5'23 5'43 4'22 3'95 2.87 1'71 1.26 3'53

5.27 5.00

8.17 5'42 4'61 3.92 2'94 2.83 1'55 3.91

1'20
1.47

(a) Values for all the Districts of the British Isles are not available for these months.

3.51

A 2

3.96

POPULATION.

No. 4.-POPULATION of each DIVISION of the UNITED (Compiled from the Census Reports for each

27-28 May. 29-30 May. 6-7 June. 30-31 Mar. 7-8 April. 2-3 April.

Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands. Thousands.

(a) A Census of Ireland was not taken in 1921; estimates of population for Ireland and the United Kingdom for that year are shown in Table No. 5. Preliminary figures for the Irish Censas, taken in 1926, were as follows:Northern Ireland. 608,205 648,117 1,256,322

Males
Females
Persons

Irish Free State.

1,506,916

1,465,886

2,972,802

No. 5.-ESTIMATED POPULATION of each DIVISION of the UNITED (Compiled from the Annual Reports of the Registrars

(a) For the years 1915-20 the estimates relate to the civil population only.

1919.

2,314

2,506

4,820

2,203

2,149

4.352

20,385
24,214

44,599

18,322

19.411

37,733

1,943

2,083

4,026

1920.

2,337

2,527

4.864

2,319

2,386

4,705

2,210

2,151

4,361

1901,

31 Mar.-
1 April.

22,129

24,343

46,472

1921.

2,348

2,535

4,882

2,174

2,298

4,472

2,209

2,145

4,354

2,200

2,259

4,459

22,632

24,491

47,123

20,102

21,356

41,459

1922.

KINGDOM as at the Middle of each Year from 1911 to 1925.
General for each Division of the United Kingdom.)

2,358

2,546

4,904

619

650

1911,

1921, 2-3 April. 19-20 June.

1,269

(b)

21,202

23,129

44,331

(b)

2,309

2,452

4,761

2.192

2,198

4,390

21,946

23,275

45,222

Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands Thousands
18,602

15,868

17,582

18,075

18,225

18,342

18,545

19,559

19,665

19,811

19,933

20,061

20,201

20,288

35,427

37,247

37,887

38,158

38,403

38,746

38,890

(a)

(a)

1923.

2.348

2,535

4,882

2,357

2,545

4,901

(a)

609

650

1,259

(b)

(a)

1924.

2,347

2,534

4,882

608

650

1,258

(b)

ENGLAND AND WALES:

Males.
Females.

Persons.

SCOTLAND:

Males.

21.308

21,500

23,256

23,385

44,563

44,886

(b)

(b)

(b) Excluding the Irish Free State.

IRELAND:

1925.

POPULATION.

UNITED KINGDOM:
Males.
Females.

Persons.

Females.
Persons.

2,353

2,540

4,893

608

649 1,257

(b)

21,563

23,477

45,010

(b)

Males.
Females.
Persons.

ENGLAND AND WALES:

Males.
Females.

Persons.

SCOTLAND:
Males
Females.
Persons.

IRELAND:
Males.
Females.
Persons.

UNITED KINGDOM:
Males.
Females.

Persons.

MOVEMENT OF POPULATION.

No. 6.-TOTAL POPULATION in CENSUS YEARS; NATURAL INCREASE and NET LOSS by MIGRATION in each INTERCENSAL period, in each DIVISION of the UNITED KINGDOM, from 1871 to 1921.

(Compiled from the Census Reports for each Division of the
United Kingdom.)

(a) No census was taken in Ireland in 1921, but the provisional figures for the censuses of 1926 of Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State show that the population of the whole of Ireland decreased by 161,095 persons or 37 per 1.000 between 1911 and 1926.

(b) Including deaths of non-civilians which occurred outside England and Wa' es, estimated at 577.000.

(c) Including deaths of non-civilians which occurred outwith Scotland, estimated at ,000.