70 
£o is. od 
The total amount received on account of Building 
Grants to December 31st, 1874, is ........ 4154 0 0 
For apparatus, books, maps, and diagrams...... 181 2 6 
For Annual grants, exclusive of the years 1863 
and 1864, which are not given in the blue 
books to end of 1874 amount to.....,.... 29938 19 
Total amount received from Government in Edu- 
cational Grants exclusive of grants to 
evening classes 1S .....0...0. aieleteisisteisvaxere 34274 1 7 
e 
The annual grants to schools in 1870, the year prior to the 
establishment of the School Board, amounted to £1,704 8s. 11d., 
when the average attendance was 3,317. In 1874 the grants 
amounted to £3,081 9s. 5d., being an increase of £1,377 5s. 6d., 
or 80 per cent., and the average attendance was 4,694, the in- 
crease being 1,377 or 41 per cent. I have not been able to 
ascertain the figures for 1875 as the blue book is not yet published, 
but I have no doubt it will show a very satisfactory increase on 
the above. . 
I have obtained the following statistics relative to the num- 
ber of Licensed Houses. 
In 1824, when the population within the present municipal 
limits was about 11,000, there were 25 Licensed Houses, being 
one in 440 of population. In 1845, when the population had 
increased to about 27,000, the number of Licensed Houses, had 
increased to 123, being one for every 219 of population. In 1869 
the population was about 40,000, and the number of Licensed 
Houses was 186, being one for every 215 of population. At the - 
present time there are 167 Licensed Houses, and taking the 
population at 47,000, it gives us one house for every 281 of 
population. 
The returns of pauperism are as follows for the various 
periods specified. I have not been able to get an earlier return 
than 1849, and I purposely avoid the exceptional years of the 
Cotton Famine. The returns refer to the two townships of 
Burniey and Habergham-Haves :— 
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. gs 3s caemer\ 
Year ending bd eq A 2.9 
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ae = > = 
March 25...... 1849 302 2342 688 3332 
a ay eiteine 1860 138 839 no return 967 
4 septa s 1870 442 4263 7962 12667 
Sept. 29...... 1875 425 2963 20 3408 
The enormous increase in the number of vagrants in 1870 is 
very noticeable. The policy adopted by the Board of Guardians, 
by which vagrancy has been practically stamped out of this 
