Chapter III: Appendix: To Chapter I

NUMBER OF PERSONS SPEAKING GAELIC AND ENGLISH, AND GAELIC ONLY, IN SCOTLAND IN 1891 AND 1901. ┌───────────────────┬───────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────────┐ │ County. │ │ Gaelic and │ │ │ │ Population. │ English. │Gaelic only. │ ├───────────────────┼─────────┬─────────┼───────┬───────┼──────┬──────┤ │ „ │ 1891. │ 1901. │ 1891. │ 1901. │1891. │1901. │ ├───────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────┼───────┼──────┼──────┤ │Inverness │ 89,317│ 89,796│ 44,084│ 43,179│17,276│11,721│ │Ross and Cromarty │ 77,810│ 76,135│ 37,437│ 39,235│18,577│12,171│ │Argyll │ 75,003│ 73,083│ 36,720│ 34,224│ 6,042│ 3,313│ │Lanark │1,046,040│1,337,886│ 22,887│ 26,695│ 84│ 101│ │Sutherland │ 21,896│ 21,239│ 14,786│ 14,076│ 1,115│ 469│ │Perth │ 126,199│ 123,276│ 13,847│ 11,446│ 304│ 78│ │Renfrew │ 290,798│ 268,459│ 8,435│ 5,585│ 63│ 40│ │Edinburgh │ 434,159│ 487,702│ 6,308│ 5,745│ 19│ 75│ │Caithness │ 37,177│ 33,623│ 4,068│ 2,865│ 76│ 20│ │Dumbarton │ 94,495│ 113,627│ 3,556│ 3,040│ 36│ 14│ │Bute │ 18,404│ 18,641│ 3,482│ 2,713│ 29│ 20│ │Nairn │ 10,019│ 9,291│ 2,487│ 1,325│ 53│ 10│ │Elgin │ 43,453│ 44,749│ 2,263│ 1,860│ 12│ 2│ │Stirling │ 125,608│ 141,847│ 1,840│ 2,021│ 2│ 10│ │Ayr │ 226,283│ 254,165│ 1,827│ 1,654│ 14│ 16│ │Aberdeen │ 281,332│ 303,908│ 1,534│ 1,331│ 8│ 8│ │Forfar │ 277,773│ 283,736│ 1,461│ 1,303│ 8│ 13│ │Fife │ 187,346│ 218,347│ 726│ 840│ 6│ 3│ │Banff │ 64,190│ 61,440│ 639│ 499│ 3│ │ │Haddington │ 37,485│ 38,656│ 575│ 459│ 7│ 7│ │Linlithgow │ 52,808│ 64,796│ 486│ 575│ 2│ 5│ │Clackmannan │ 28,432│ 31,994│ 215│ 170│ 1│ 1│ │Dumfries │ 74,221│ 72,564│ 201│ 176│ │ 1│ │Roxburgh │ 53,741│ 48,804│ 177│ 132│ │ │ │Kincardine │ 35,647│ 40,896│ 116│ 103│ 1│ │ │Berwick │ 32,406│ 30,793│ 89│ 74│ │ 1│ │Orkney │ 30,453│ 27,727│ 88│ 70│ │ │ │Selkirk │ 27,353│ 23,356│ 73│ 57│ │ │ │Peebles │ 14,761│ 15,066│ 70│ 72│ │ 1│ │Kirkcudbright │ 39,985│ 39,335│ 69│ 98│ │ │ │Wigton │ 36,062│ 32,593│ 68│ 84│ │ │ │Shetland │ 28,711│ 27,736│ 67│ 52│ │ │ │Kinross │ 6,280│ 6,981│ 56│ 55│ │ │ │Persons on Board │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Ship in Scottish │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ Waters │ │ 9,856│ │ 887│ │ 6│ ├───────────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼───────┼───────┼──────┼──────┤ │ Total │4,025,647│4,472,103│210,677│202,700│43,738│28,106│ └───────────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴───────┴───────┴──────┴──────┘

In the census of 1901 the schedule restricts the entries in the Gaelic column to persons over three years of age. According to the previous census the number of persons under three years of age amounted to 7½ per cent of the whole population. This must be taken into account in order to institute a fair comparison between the returns of the Gaelic-speaking population in 1891 and 1901.