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Newspaper
Nonconformist
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 15, 1871
Page
7
The piece argues that working classes seek church establishment and political reach through a State Church and Tory parish agents, framing it as a more effective aim than House of Lords resistance or Conservative factionalism.
The April 3 census will require every man woman and child in the British dominions to submit the official returns. England Wales and the colonies will need about 33 000 enumerators with strict rules on who qualifies and how births and deaths are recorded to avoid miscounts.
The article notes the challenges of counting rural and mining districts where cottages grow along lanes and by-roads. It explains efforts to record over twenty two million names and hopes the census will show England and Wales growing faster than elsewhere in Europe. It warns that greater power brings greater responsibility and risk of downfall.
A British commission led by the Earl De Grey and Ripon will travel to Washington to discuss points of dispute with a U S counterpart. Members include Thorn ton Rose Bernard and Lord Tenterden. Sir Stafford Northcote may fill Rose’s intended post. US appointees Fish Schenck Hoar Williams Nelson await Senate approval. The press forecasts a swift settlement.
The Army Estimates for 1871 72 rise by 2 886 700 over 1870 71 to 15 851 700 with increases across general staff divine service medical establishments militia and reserve forces procurement and fortifications. Decreases are minor and mainly transfers. Colonies total 1 855 706 1 with Canada Gibraltar and Malta noted in reductions and repayments expected.
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