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It is the seat of Government of both State and Church, the centre for
the learned professions and the Arts and Sciences. It is the capital City
of the Empire contained within the County of London. It follows that
while there are few local industries in the accepted sense offices, large
shops, hotels, restaurants, theatres, cinemas and clubs being so conspicuous
a feature of this City provide in large measure employment for the
occupied population. By far the greater proportion of the occupied
population does not reside in Westminster but flocks in daily in hundreds
of thousands from the suburbs to places of employment in the City.
Unemployment.
The upemployment figures show a slight increase amongst adults
but reveal an encouraging reduction in juvenile unemployment as
compared with the figures for 1934. I am indebted to the Manager of
the local Ministry of Labour Employment Exchange for the figures set
out in the following table :—

Meteorological.
The following note is extracted from a letter appearing in "The Times"
of January 3rd, 1936, by Mr. W. G. Cochran, of the Rothamsted Experimental
Station, Harpenden, Herts.
The average weather during 1935 was milder and sunnier than usual,
but there were greater variations within short periods than in the two
previous years. Eight months had mean temperatures above the
average, but there were remarkably cold spells in May and December.