Sittings Furnished By dissent. Total. (open) by the required. Church. 1801 5,157,671 2,559,345 1,577,143 4,136,488 Increase decennially:— 1811 737,598 55,250 286,407 341,657 1821 1,064,869 96,900 532,998 629,898 1831 1,100,005 276,250 555,239 831,488 1841 1,170,064 667,250 389,323 1,056,573 1851 1,167,807 1,197,650 304,766 1,502,416 Total 5,240,342 2,293,300 2,068,732 4,362,032 increase Total 10,398,013 4,852,645 3,645,875 8,498,520 Or, exhibiting the same results in a somewhat different form:— Sittings per Provided by By Dissent. Total. 1,000 of Church. population required. 1801 580 287 177 464 1811 580 257 183 441 1821 580 225 199 424 1831 580 214 212 426 1841 580 229 209 438 1851 580 270 203 473 Church loss since 1801, 17; Dissenting gain, 26: total Church loss, 43. Church gain since 1831, 56; Dissenting loss, 9; total Church gain, 65.