110 STATISTICS. 



Parish Relief. 



In 1803, tlie numbers in England and Wales who 

 received parish relief, were as follows : 



In workhouses 83,468 



Out of workhouses, permanently relieved 336,199 



Occasionally relieved 305,809 



Children of persons relieved .... 315,150 



Total . 1,040,716 



x Poor Rates. 



The amount of poor rates in England 1 ~ ^ 5 ^ 



in 1815 was j ' ' 



1822 5,418,815 



1826 . 6,966,000 



Saving Banks, 



5th April, 1821, 



Total received up to this date 3,726,793 



Paid back 219,072 



On the 5th Jan. 1822, there was standing in the 

 names of the Commissioners, on account of the Saving 

 Banks of England only, 5,877,000. 



On the 12th April, 1823, the deposits of Saving 

 Banks paid into the Bank amounted to 7,323,179. 



Copy Right. 



The British Museum, Sion College, the Bodleian, 

 the Public Library at Cambridge, the Advocates' 



general prices, and every other presses more or less on particular 

 classes. The true reason of its being so unpopular and so diffi- 

 cult of collection is, that it puts the honesty of human nature to 

 too severe a trial. 



On the 5lh Jan. 1814, the income tax produced 14,316,816; 

 the expense of collection was only 306,158, or about 2 : 2s. 

 per cent. In 1823 the average expense of collecting the cus- 

 toms and excise was 7 per cent. 



