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more than counter-balanced towards the end of the year by the
influx of Belgian workmen employed at the Pelabon Works in the
eastern portion of the district.
The public parks and recreation grounds are not only extensive,
but well distributed throughout the district, the total acreage (199
acres) being composed of the following:—Marble Hill, 66½ acres;
Moor Mead, 11¾ acres; The Green, 7½ acres; Radnor House
Gardens, 3¾ acres; and Murray Park, Whitton, 9 acres, which was
opened during the year.
The rainfall amounted to 26.47 inches as compared with 21'56
inches in 1913.
VITAL STATISTICS.
Population.
Estimated to Midsummer, 1914 32,000
At census, 1911 29,367
„ 1901 20,991
„ 1891 16,026
Up to Midsummer, to which time the estimate of the population
was made, there had not been any marked increase in the population,
which has been estimated at 32,000.
The estimated populations of the different wards to the middle
of 1914 were :—
South 6,130
East 8,203
West 8,867
Central 6,755
Whitton 2,045
Whole district 32,000