182 REPORT—1840, 
article of clothing, and received duplicates or tickets, each bearing a 
number on it, showing the order in which articles are received and 
registered. In seven days after I deposited another article of dress at 
each pawnbroker’s as before, and received in like manner duplicates 
or tickets, and in a few cases, where there was some doubt as to the 
numbers written on the tickets, which are not always very legible, I 
deposited a third article. The amount of money lent is calculated, on 
an average, at 3s. on each article, except in Dublin, and there it is 
found to be about 4s.” 
Mr. Porter then read the following table :— 
age 82 E z Profit after Print- 
SE/ Se. | ees 2S a ing Duplicates, a 
sS6| 58 | 8 s fe S28 and deducting | 
City or Town. |E.5|) 256 | 238 SEs 6 per cent. 3 
5&6 E as | 22° Ea, | for Capital, and . 
GSl Ae ges B.A 6 per cent. for a 
= Shen | 4 Stock. 
Armagh ......... 4 97,980|£14,697 | £408 5 0) £1,170 3 10 10,518 
Lurgan... 3| 43440| 6516] 181 00| 516 3 73| 2,842 
Newry, part of...| 2| 40,680} 6,102} 169100) 483 7 13 |4 Scenext 
Tanderagee ...... 1 15,540} 2,331 64 15 0 184 13 83 1,559 
Portadown ...... 1 14,940) 2,241 62 50 177 10 =93 1,591 
Markethill ...... 1 9,660} 1,449 40 50 11415 63 1,043 
Total in the C. 
spueyey } 12 | 222,240/£33,336 | £926 0 0) £2,646 14 2 
Newry, whole of| 7 | 120,000/£18,000 | £500 0 0) £1,425 15 6 13,135 
Belfast cys00c6e 0 35 | 737,280) 110,592 | 3,072 00} 8,760 19 12 | 67,388 
Dublin ............ 42 |8,820,200] 764,040 | 15,917 10 0} 56,107 11 3 | 265,316 
The poor of the county of Armagh, therefore, pay for duplicates 
nearly one thousand pounds annually, the poor of Newry five hun- 
dred pounds, the poor of Belfast above three thousand pounds, and 
those of Dublin near sixteen thousand pounds. The paupers’ pence 
charged by the pawnbrokers, in the county of Armagh, in twelve 
months, exceeded the county grants to dispensaries by the sum of 
1321. 17s. 6d. 
Paupers’ pence being: ......si.ssscc00s5...8920 0 @ eel! fee 
County grants to dispensaries............ 793 2 6 132 17 6 
And the estimated profits of the pawnbrokers within the county of 
Armagh, after paying for the printed tickets, and deducting six per 
cent. for interest on their capital, exceed the whole of the Grand Jury 
presentments for charitable purposes by 2600. 10s. 4d. 
PRM PITA ERY chess dct «satigwdeeene esse saesecedse £2,646 14 2 
Grand Jury presentments, viz. 
Warts TMapensanies:. |..i.. 0.0008 e c6793 2s 6 
County AMBrHIADG .5...5)..c0002.0-0 B98 B14 
District Lunatic Asylum, sinners paneamts 999 18s 
£2,386 3 10——260 10 4 
