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Increase of Passengers. — The increase of passengers by the canal 

 boats and railroads will be seen by the following statement : — viz. In 

 1836 by the swift boats on the Forth and Clyde Navigation and Union 

 Canal, 198,461, By the Paisley Canal, 423,186. By the Monkland 

 Canal, one boat making one trip per day, 33,400. By the Glasgow 

 and Garnkirk Railroad, 146,296. Showing an increase in two years of 

 251,427 passengers. Experience has shown that the estimate of pas- 

 sengers by coaches and steam-boats in 1834 was taken rather too low. 



Iron works in Scotland — quantity of pig iron made in the year ended 

 on 1st May 1836. 



Exclusive of the above furnaces there are 22 additional ones in a state 

 of forwardness, viz. 4 at Somerlie, 4 at Govan, 4 at Carluke, 1 at Shotts, 

 2 at Monkland, 4 at Coltness, 1 at Gartsherrie, and 2 at Calder. These 

 win make 79,560 tons, and the whole 56 furnaces will make 189,800 

 tons of iron annually. In 1825 the quantity of pig iron made in Scot- 

 land amounted only to 55,500 tons, of which 2,862 tons was exported 

 from Glasgow. In 1836, 23,792 tons were exported from this city. 



The above works are all in the neighbourhood of Glasgow excepting 

 five, and none of them are thirty miles distant from that city. 



Post-office. — On 17th November 1709, when the magistrates of Glas- 

 gow applied to Parliament for a riding post between their city and Edin- 

 burgh, the whole Post-office revenue of Scotland was under 2,000/. 



Revenue at the following Dates. 



July, 1781 



— 1810 



— 1815 



— 1820 



£ s. d. 



4341 4 9 



27,598 6 



34,784 16 



31,533 2 3 



Julv, 1825 



— 1830 



— 1831 



— 1832 



34,190 1 

 34,978 9 

 35,642 19 



36,053 



July, 1833 



— 1834 



— 1835 



36,481 0* 

 37,483 3 4 

 39,954 4 6 



Quarter ending 5th AprU, 1835, 10,019/. lis. 3rf. ; 5th July, 

 9,904/. 8s. 4rf. ; 5th October, 9,814/. 18s. Qd. ; 5th Januaiy, 1836, 

 10,215/. 6s. Zd. 



Bridewell. — In 1835-6 there were 1613 commitments, — viz. males 

 above 17 years of age, 738; ditto below 17 years, 213 ; females above 

 17 years, 589 ; ditto below, 17 years, 73. Persons committed during 

 the year, 1946; ofwhomliberated,1632; remaining on 2nd August 183 6, 



