TABLE II. Cornwall is now arranged into 17 Divisions for Petty Sessions, viz. 110 & 2 East, South div. 29,790 13,582 St. Germans 1st Tues. Middle div. 38,480 or Crofthole, 8,316 Callington, 1st Thurs. North div. 57,210 12,085 Launceston, 1st Tues. div. a Last Mon. West div. 32,460 11,548 Newlyn, Powder, West di 33,080 9,131 Ruan High 1st Mon. part 2, Lanes, Kerrier, East div 38,280 31,229 Falmouth, Nearest Tu Penwith, East di. 49,860 45,229 Camborne, tofull moon 1st Tues. 16 16 Kerrier, West div. 65,300 24,845 Helston, Every Sat. fortnight. Penwith, West di. 57,280 29,638 Penzance, 1st Friday. 205 with Scilly, 855,380 300,504| с (NOTE.) a Maker and St. Budeaux. 6 Boyton and Briderule. These four parishes are divided between Cornwall and Devon. Laneast is divided between the Hundreds of Lesnewth and East. d Including Lostwithiel parish, which should have been attached to the Tywardreth division, under 9th GEO IV. c. 43. e The five eastern Hundreds. f Deduct St. Enoder, acres 4,050, population, 1,124, and add the same to the remaining divisions, 11-17, and you have the Western Parliamentary Division. See the Table of Parishes, published October 25, 1832, which may be had bound up with this number. It should be remembered that there are now three general districts in Cornwall, differing only in a few parishes from each other. 1. The County. 2 The Parliamentary District. 3. The Archdeaconry. The whole comprise 206 entire parishes, and 2 divided; of which 201 entire, with the Cornish parts of Maker and Boyton, belong alike to all the districts. The following scheme will shew how the Districts are formed, with the contents of each. The 201 Parishes contain 1. County. 2 Par. District. 3 Archdeaconry. Acres. Persons. Acres. Persons. Acres. Persons. 848,820 298,217 854220 300,214 854,220 300,214 940 1,545 The Parliamentary District should have been made co-extensive with the Archdeaconry, which is one of the most perfect local divisions in the Kingdom, being nearly surrounded by water. The management of the poor, the regulation of the police, &c. &c. might be speedily improved without waiting for new Acts of Parliament, if Magistrates, Parochial Officers, and others, in all the seventeen Divisions, would adopt a regular and uniform plan, and act in concert with each other, without reference to particular jurisdictions. Each division should report its proceedings to the office of the Clerk of the Peace, or to some central office. The isolated situation of Cornwall affords many facilities for such an arrangement. It has been lately mentioned in Parliament that it is the intention of Government to establish a General Statistical Board. If so, the details should be collected, arranged, and printed, in each County, and a copy sent to London. The present mode of forwarding all returns to the Metropolis for arrangement, is both dilatory and expensive. For instance, the annual amount of the poor rates is not published till a year after date; whereas it might be readily ascertained, in each County, within a month after Ladyday. Unless the Provinces attend to their own Statistics, expedition and accuracy will seldom, if ever, be attained. Parliament seldom require more than the summaries of Counties. The parochial returns, from which the summaries are made up, should be registered in the respective Counties. The decennial Census of Great Britain, since its commencement in 1801, has been most ably digested and arranged, by Mr. Rickman, Clerk assistant of the House of Commons. Ireland should be submitted to the arrangement of the same person. Can there be any valid reason for dividing the Census of the United Kingdom? Under a proper system, such as is adopted in the collection of the Revenue, the amount of local taxation, and answers to any statistical inquiry, might be readily obtained from every place in the British Islands. It is at present very difficult, if not impossible, to find a statistical work, or official return, which embraces the whole of the United Kingdom, with its fair appendage, the Isles of Guernsey, Jersey, &c. We have no difficulty in obtaining such an entire view of the statistics of France. TABLE III. Cornwall. Summary of the Census of 1831, with other particulars marked thus *. (see p. 49.) *Hundreds, 9. Divisions, 17. Parishes, 205; viz. 201 entire, and 4 divided between Cornwall & Devon. *County Magistrates, Lay 54, Clerical 36, Total 90. *Highest Land, Brownwilly, in Simonward, above high water 1,368 feet. *Deepest Mine, Dolcoath, in Camborne, below the surface about 250 fathoms,-1500 feet. *Lat. of Bodmin, the centre of Cornwall, 50 30 N. Long. 5 0 w. Scilly Light-House, Lat. Area, English Statute Acres, 855,380. -Square Miles, (640 Acres,) 1,336 & 340 Acres. *Members of Parliament, 14. County Voters, 7,815. *Poor Rates, Total sum levied for year £120,898 £18,510 ending March 25, 1832, Occupations. Families chiefly employed in Agriculture, Families chiefly employed in Trade, All other Families, not comprised in Total of Families, Persons. Males, Females, 18,342 13,331 } 28,054 59,727 145,993 154,511 Total of Persons, 300,504 In 1801,-188,269, increase in 30 years, Males, 69,615, twenty years of age, viz.Agriculture,-Occupiers employing labourers, 4,606 Occupiers not employing labourers, 3,612 Labourers employed in Agricul- 16,238 ture, Employed in Manufacture, or in making Ma nufacturing Machinery, } *107 Employed in Retail Trade, or in Handicraft, as Masters or Workmen, Capitalists, Bankers, Professional, and other, educated Men, 15,2036 2,504 Labourers employed in Labour not agricultural, 22,661 Other Males, 20 years of age, (except servants,) 4,009 Male Servants, 20 years of age,. |