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be at school, but who were not attending any, 133 gave the following 
as reasons for their non-attendance : 
35 Poverty. 
32 Irregularity of their employment. 
19 Want of decent clothing. 
6 The children living with their parents in boats on the river. 
13 Ill health of parents. 
15 Death of the father. 
2 Desertion of the father. 
11 Largeness of the family. 
133 
Of the 4735 minors who, at the date of this inquiry, had completed 
their education, such as it is, 823 were unable to read a whole sen- 
tence; 1870 were unable to write; and 2282 unable to cipher. In 
the same class of children, those who had been irregular attendants at 
school amounted to 1671. 
In a classification of the answers given by the heads of families, as 
to their religious denomination, no less than eighteen different Christian 
sects were enumerated ; and ten of these support their separate Sunday 
school. 
Proportion per cent. of the Sunday Scholars to the total Population. 
Manches-| Birming-| Liver- 
Hull, | Bury, | ter & Sal. Hptlans: Leeds, York, rie 8 pa 
1839*, | 1835*. ford 1838*, 1836}. 1836*. | jg3gt. |1835-6*. 
1834.5*, 
Church of England) 6:11) 7-67) 5:11 | 11:60 5:03 6:10 2:54) 2°75 
Roman Catholic...| O31) 0:78} 1:76 | —— 8:88 betioe Bey 
Dissenters ......... 6°66} 12:67| 9-97 4:38 5-91 6°59) 3:63 
0-18) 0:30 
Total...| 13-08} 21-12} 16°84 
15-98 | 1391 | 12-01, 9-31] 6-68 
Proportion per cent. of the Sects to the total number of Sunday Scholars. 
(Church of England| 46:75) 36:33) 30:33 | 72:56 36:13 50°79) 27-24) 41:11 
{Roman Catholic ...} 2°35} o: | 10-46 | —— 
63-87 aus 2:02) 4:56 
‘Dissenters ......... 50°90) 60:0) 59-21 | 27-44 49-21; 70:74) 54:33 
} 
i 
Total...| 100-00) 100-0 | 100-00 100-00 100:00 | 100-00} 100-00; 100-00 
On Pawnbroking in Ireland, and on the beneficial results which had 
followed from the establishment of a Mont de Piété, in connexion with 
a Loan Fund, at Tanderagee. By Mr. Porter. 
“In order to ascertain as nearly as possible the amount of business 
_ which is done throughout Ireland, I consider that one whole county, 
that of Armagh, in which I reside—one large trading town, such as 
Belfast—and the metropolis of Ireland, would furnish data on which 
to calculate, if necessary, the pawnbroking business of the whole king- 
dom. I therefore deposited at every pawnbroker’s in these places an 
* Inquiries conducted by the Manchester Statistical Society. 
+ Inquiry conducted by the Town Council of Leeds. 
+ Inquiry conducted by a Committee in Birmingham. 
