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General Plan of London, Map of Environs,

Plans of Public Buildings, Museums and Gardens, Railway Stations,
Views of Public Buildings, and Places of Resort.

Plan of London, engraved expressly for this work from the most recent
and best authorities.

Map of the Environs, extending from Windsor to Greenwich, etc.
Index Map of London.

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Ground Plan of the South Kensington Museum

Ground Plan of the Zoological Gardens

THE ENVIRONS.

Map of the Environs of London-Windsor, Gravesend, Crystal
Palace, Richmond, Hampton Court, etc., etc.

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LOND

ONDON, the capital of the British Empire, lies upon both banks of the river Thames, some fifty miles from its mouth. Its latitude may be roughly taken at 51° 31' N. It extends into four counties, but the largest portion is in Middlesex. It returns sixteen members to the Commons' House of Parliament, four elected by the City of London proper, two by the City of Westminster, and two each by the boroughs of Marylebone, Finsbury, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, and Lambeth, the two last of which are on the south side of the river.

POPULATION.-According to the census returns of 1861, the population of the metropolis amounted to 2,803,921 persons, living in 360,237 houses, spread over 78,029 acres of ground, or about 121 square miles.

The following table shews the population of the different districts of the metropolis :

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With the local government of this vast body, 7000 persons are connected. During the ten years between 1851 and 1861, the population has annually increased at the rate of 1722 per

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