THE SIZE OF LONDON.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 237, 15 August 1872, Page 7

THE SIZE OF LONDON.

According to the last cencus, London has a population of 3,883,092. This is more than the combined population of New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, St. Louis, Chicago, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco, Buffalo, and Alleghany City, Pa. To lodge this vast multitude, 777,000 dweelling are required, and the people consume annually about 4,480,000 barrels of flour, 420,000 bullocks, 2,075,000 sheep, 49,000 calves, 61,250 hogs, and one market alone supplies annually 7,043,740 head of game. This together with 5,000,000 gallons of ale and porter, 4,500,000 gallons of spirits, and 130,750 pipes of wine, 22,799 cows are required to supply the daily consumption of milk. The streets of the metropolis are about 2,900 in number and if put together would extend about 4,000 miles. They are lighted by 630,000 lamps, consuming every twenty-four hours 22,270,000 cubic feet of gas. The water system supplies 77,670,824 gallons daily, while the sewer system carries off 10,627,770 cubic feet of refuse matter. A fleet of 1,800 sail is employed, irrespective of railroads, in bringing in annually 5,250,000 tons of coal. Bituminous coal is exclusively used, and the smoke arising from this immense quantity is said to be so dense that it can be seen thirty-five miles from the city. To clothe the inhabitants requires 5,160 tailors, 50,400 boot and shoo makers ; and neai-ly 70,000 dress-makers and milliners. Berlin, according to the recent census, has a population of 827,013 ; Paris, in 1867, the year of the Exposition Universelle, 1,819,426 ; and Constantinople in 1864, 1,075,000.