§ MR. J. H. LEWIS (Flint Boroughs)To ask the Secretary to the Board of Education whether he can state what is the population of every local education authority in Wales and Monmouthshire.
(Answered, by Sir William Anson.) The population within the areas of the local education authorities in Wales and Monmouthshire according to the census of 1901, is as follows:—County Councils—Monmouth, 187,867; Anglesey, 50,606; Brecon, 54,213; Cardigan, 61,078; Carmarthen, 99,686; Carnarvon, 114,380; Denbigh, 116,616; Flint, 81,485; Glamorgan, 270,574; Merioneth, 48,852; Montgomery, 54,901; Pembroke, 72,041; Radnor, 23,281. County Borough Councils—Newport, 67,270; Cardiff, 164,333; Swansea, 94,537. Borough Councils—Carmarthen. 10,025: Neath, 13,720; Pembroke, 15,853; Wrexham, 14,966. Urban District Councils—Aber-tillery, 21,945; Ebbw Vale, 20,994 Aberdare, 43,365; Barry, 27,030 Llanelly, 25,617; Merthyr Tydvil, 69,228 Mountain Ash, 31,093; Pontypridd 32,316; Rhondda, 113,735.