§ Mr. KINGasked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can state the numbers of the inhabitants of Scutari, Uskub, and Ardianople, distinguishing the numbers of the chief races and faiths in each case?
§ Sir E. GREYThe information required by the hon. Member is to be found in the page of the Annuaire Oriental, published in Constantinople. The figures contained in the 1912 edition of this work are:—
Adrianople, total population 83,008, of which there are, 40,437 Turks, 23,342 Greeks and Bulgarians, 15,416 Jews, 3,290 Armenians, and 500 Catholics.
Scutari, total population 45,000. No classification of inhabitants according to to their nationality is given.
Uskub, total population 70,000, of which there are 33,000 Turks, 10,000 Bulgarians, Servians and Greeks, 3,000 Jews, 1,200 foreigners.
I cannot vouch for the accuracy of these statistics, nor, at such a moment, are detailed statistics likely to be available.