In the former year London contained 1.700.000 inhabitants. in the latter. 3.800.000. increase. 2.100.000. So that the growth of London during the last thirtyeight years alone largely exceeded the total growth it had attained during the previous thousand years. In 1878 the emigration of British subjects to America. Australia. and all other places comprised 112.902 persons. The number who embarked at our ports for those places was much greater. but it consisted largely of emigrants from Germany and other Continental states. who took their way through this country for the convenience of passage. On the other hand the number of immigrants in 1878 was 77.951. many of them being returned emigrants. so that. on the balance. the yearly exodus from the United Kingdom is much smaller than is generally imagined. Trade.-In 1840 the foreign trade of the United Kingdon (combined exports and imports) amounted to �172.133.000. eqpivalent to �6 9s. lljd. per head of the population. In 1878 it amounted to �614.255.000. or �18 38. 6d. per head. a marvelous rate of increase.
Keywords matched
immigrants emigrants emigration