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If, however, we take the counties separately, and at the same time compare the results with those obtained in English counties, we find that if placed in the order of their decrease (in population between 1881 and 1891) they would stand as follows:
| per cent | |
| Montgomeryshire | 11.68 |
| Cardiganshire | 9.20 |
| Radnorshire | 7.58 |
| Flintshire | 7.01 |
| Merionethshire | 5.81 |
| Pembrokeshire | 3.59 |
| Brecknockshire | 3.44 |
| Anglesey | 2.57 |
| Huntingdonshire | 5.51 |
| Herefordshire | 5.18 |
| North Riding of Yorkshire | 4.62 |
| Shropshire | 4.39 |
| Lincolnshire | 4.29 |
| Rutlandshire | 3.84 |
| Cornwall | 3.76 |
It thus appears that it is in the Welsh counties that the rural depopulation has assumed the most notable proportions, and with the Welsh counties may be classed the border counties of Herefordshire and Shropshire.
(Royal Commission on Land in Wales, Report, 1896, p. 47 [Tip: daliwch Ctrl a chliciwch dolen i'w agor mewn tab newydd. (Cuddio tip)] )