§ MR. J. MACVEAGHTo ask the Secretary to the Local Government Board whether, having regard to the fact that the population of Ireland has decreased from 8,175,124 in1841 to 4,387,887 on 30th June, 1906, he can state, for purposes of comparison, the population of England and of Wales, respectively, in 1841, and the estimated population of England and of Wales, respectively, in 1906.
(Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The population of England and Wales at the periods referred to were as follows:—
| Enumerated at the Census of 1841. | |
| Persons. | |
| England | 14,997,427 |
| Wales | 911,705 |
| Persons travelling on railways and canals not apportioned to counties | 5,016 |
| 15,914,148 | |
| Estimated to the middle of 1906. | |
| England | 32,715,922 |
| Wales | 1,831,094 |
| 34,547,016 |