Several additions have been made to the present volume: Lists of Hundreds and Poor Law Unions have been included in the Topography of each County, and also the Polling Places appointed pursuant to "The Ballot Act, 1872 ;" it is stated under each Parish in what Hundred, Union, and County Court District and Division of the County, as also in what Diocese, Archdeaconry, and Rural Deanery it is situate, and the College and University of every Beneficed Clergyman have een given as far as they can be ascertained. The Post Office Savings Banks and Government Annuity and Insurance Offices have been noticed; the names of the Parish Clerks are given under each Parish; lists of Farm Bailiffs of Gentlemen farming their own land are inserted; the population of each place, from the Census of 1871, is inserted throughout; and the new lines of Railways have been laid down on the County Maps, which have been corrected to the present date.
