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I.—GENERAL STATISTICS.
AREA—8,382 Acres.
POPULATION 1921—56,014.
The above is the Census population as published in the
public press. Official details of the Census figures are not
yet forthcoming and will have to be included in the Report
for 1922. The population as estimated by the Registrar
General is 55,500, but the method of arriving at this estimate
is not stated and there seems no reason to suppose that the
Census figures in this district are misleading.
Number of inhabited houses 1921 (Census figures not
yet available).
Number of families or separate occupiers 1921 (Census
figures not yet available).
Rateable value, £573,272.
Sum represented by a penny rate, £2,144.
CLIMATE.
The year was a particularly dry one with a very hot summer.
During the summer some restrictions were placed upon
the use of water, but the supply was at all times sufficient
for essential purposes.
The following particulars have been extracted from the
Register of Rainfall compiled by Mr. Butler, Headmaster of
the Bell Lane School, and kindly furnished to me by him :—
Total Rainfall 17.67 inches.
Greatest Rainfall, September 11th 2.03 ,,
Wettest Month, September 2.71 ,,
Driest Month, July .07 ,,
Total number of Rain Days 120
Total number of Dry Days 245