The details of the Scottish Census were published on Tuesday.
Of the total population of 4,882,288, it was found that 1,034,069 were living in the city of Glasgow, and 1,539,307 in the county of Lanark Edinburgh had a population of 420,281 ; Dundee had 168,217 inhabitants, and Aberdeen 158,069. The spread of English, even to the remote Highlands, continues. There a ere only 10,814 persons, almost all living in-Ross-shire, Inverness and Argyllshire, who used Gaelic and knew no English. On the other hand, 151,159 persons were returned as speaking both Gaelic and English. It would be a, mistake to suppose that the old Celtic language is dying, for, like Welsh, it is bettor taught and more carefully studied than ever before, though the younger people who know Gaelic, like the educated. Welsh, are bilingual.
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