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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. 



The sum raised by poor-rates in England and 

 Wales in 1878 was 12,585,677; the receipts 

 in aid amounted to 904,035, forming a total 

 receipt of 13,489,712. The gross rental dur- 

 ing the same period amounted to 150,980,- 

 679. The number of paupers was 805,080. 

 In Scotland the number of paupers on May 

 14, 1879, was 97,676, and in Ireland in 1878, 

 324,046. 



The following table gives the population of 

 the principal cities in July, 1879, according to 

 the estimates of the Registrar-General: 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom during the years 1853-1878 was as 

 follows : 



The number of emigrants from the United 

 Kingdom in 1878 was as follows : 



The receipts and expenditures from 1872 to 

 .1879 were as follows: 



The revenue for the year ending March 31, 

 1879, was as follows, showing a slight increase 

 in customs receipts, a large falling off in the 

 income-tax, and a slight decrease in stamp- 

 duties and some of the other items : 



The expenditures were as follows : 



Payments out of the Exchequer for services 

 charged on the consolidated fund : 



Interest and management of debt 21,516.372 



Terminable annuities 6,711.818 



Interest of exchequer bills 188.484 



New sinking fund 633,876 



Interest on loans by Bank of England 814,932 



Interest and principal of Exchequer bonds 



(Suez) 829,251 



Other charges on the consolidated fund : 



Civil list 407,108 



Annuities 156,621 



Pensions 157,045 



Salaries 94.459 



Courts of justice 637.80R 



Miscellaneous expenses 171.389 



Civil service 14,974,761 



Voted-supply services : 



Army services 17,653,478 



" " charsed on account of troops 



in India 1,080,000 



