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COUNTY OF BANFF

Report by the County Medical Officer

For 1891

Population according to the Census of 1891, -- 36,862
Population estimated to middle of 1891, -- 36,868
Approximate Area in Acres, -- 399,000
Approximate Density of Population, .092 persons per Acre.

Extent. - The County of Banff, inclusive of the areas em-
braced within the Municipal Boundaries of Royal and Police
Burghs, extends to 403,484 Acres.
It is divided into 29 Parishes or Registration Districts, of
which one is purely burghal and seven are partly burghal and
rural.
The Boundary Commissioners have recently dealt with the
boundaries and áreas of several of these Parishes. As their
decisions did not come into force til the 15th day of May last,
not only have these Parishes been altered in extent, but, in two
or three cases, the number if the inhabitants, as shown by the
Census taken in April 1891, has been altered.
Population. - During the last decade the Population of the
County, exclusive of Burghs, has remained about stationary. In
the purely agricultural and rural districts, the Population has
in most cases decreased since 1881 ; but this decrease has been
counter-balanced by an increase in the coast villages.
Within the last few years four of the larger villages have
been formed into Police Burghs.
There are now two Royal Burghs and six Police Burghs
situated within the County, with a population of nearly 25,000
persons.
The Population embraced within the jurisdiction of the
County Council I have estimated at 36,868, as at 30th June last.
Of these, about 10,500 reside in villages.
Exact information on one point required by the Board of
Supervision, viz., the density of the population in the different
districts, I have failed to obtain, owing to the recent alterations