STATISTICS. Ill 



Library at Edinburgh, the four Scottish Universities, 

 Trinity College, and the King's Inns' Library, (total, 

 eleven,) each take, or rather extort, a gratis copy 

 (from a class* poor to a proverb) of every book en- 

 tered at Stationers' Hall, where one must be de- 

 posited to secure the copy-right. 



The Guards. 



The total charge, including clothing, &c. 

 for a year, of a regiment of life guards, con- 

 sisting of eight troops, of one farrier and 42 

 men per troop, and 274 troop horses, was, 



in 1821, 32,000 



Ditto, ditto, of a regiment of horse guards 30,188 

 Ditto, ditto, of a regiment of dragoons, 46 



rank and file, per troop 24.835 



Half Pay. 



In Feb. 1819, the half pay officers of the army 

 amounted in number to 7908, and the half pay of the 

 army of all descriptions to ,2,503,174. 



Dividends. 



An account of the number of persons who received 

 half-yearly dividends in A. D. 1823. 



Not above 5 92,223 persons. 



10 ..... 42,083 



.50 101,274 



100 26,410 



200 15,604 



300 5,170 



500 3,260 



1000 1,741 



2000 490 



Above . 2000 218 



Not including money in the Saving Banks, nor that 



* Authors. 



