SUMMARY.
THERE are 117 places in which inquiry was instituted by the Commissioners.
22 appear either not to have had municipal corporations in 1800,, or the e?i-
dence of their having had them is unsatisfactory.
95 appear to have had municipal corporations in 1800.
In 24 the Commissioners were unable to discover, in 1833, any existing members • of the corporations which had subsisted in 1800.
11* they found the corporations in actual decay, or in a condition of doubtful
existence.
60 they found the corporations still maintained.
95
Their total population is 894,503.
CHARTERS.
The corporations claimed to be governed, principally,
By Charter of Walter De Lacy in
„ Henry VIII.
,* Elizabeth „ James I.
„ Charles I.
„ Charles II.
.
„ William III.
.,
Anne : By prescription Bv Act of Parliament
Boroughs.
1 2 6 55 7 16 1 1 4 9 95 CORPORATE BODY.
In the 71 boroughs in which there are existing corporations or corporators They found the corporations composed of definite classes only in .
.
.
15
„ „ indefinite classes only in .
.13
„ ,, both definite and indefinite classes in 43 In boroughs in which the number is definite,
Corporators.
Corporators It is in 5 .
under 10.
j> 10
—15
abov< 3 10 and under 20.
boroughs where there' are
indefinite classes.
Corporators.
Corporators.
It is in 21 .
not exceeding 20.
}> 12 abo,i •e 20 50.
IS 5 » 50 100.
» 2 »* 100 200.
}> 5 it 200 300.
3} 4 }* 500 1,000.
}> 1
„ 1,000
'
2,000.
JJ 1
3} 2,000 3,000.
t> 1
—52 67
3,000 4,000.
Numbers not stated in 4 _,
71
71
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