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ranged from Is. 4f7. to 6s. 8d., the average amount in the pound of the poor-rate on 

 the assessable value of propei"ty during the whole 40 years being .3s. S^rf. 



Mr. Chadwick stated that he had been imable to obtain from the Manchester 

 Gasworks the necessaiy figures to enable him to institute a comparison between 

 the years 1840 and 1860, as to the quantity of gas produced, the gas-rentals, profits, 

 &e. He coidd therefore only fru'nish a few figures, which might be foimd of 

 interest : — 



The Gas-Rentals were in 1843 £52,800 



„ „ „ 1850 85,800 



„ „ „ 1860 154,600 



In 1860, the price of gas per 1000 cubic feet was 3s. 8cl. to 4s. within the city, 

 and 6d. to 8d. extra outside the city ; the gross amoimt of the gas-profits was 

 £64,779 ; the total number of gas-meters in use in the city was 30,328 ; and the 

 number of street-lamps, 7116. 



In 1840, the quantity of water supplied by the Manchester and Salford Water- 

 works Company was If million gallons per day. In 1860, the quantity of water 

 supplied by the Coi-poration was 11^ million gallons per day. In 1840, the amount 

 received for water supplied was £22,400 ; in 1860, £72,000. The amoimt paid for 

 the Old Waterworks by the Corporation was £538,000 ; and the amoimt expended 

 in New Waterworks, £827,000. Total cost of Watei-works, £1,365,000. 



The Manchester Markets were pm-chased by the Coi-poration from Sir Oswald 

 Masley, in 1846, for £200,000, — the value of property since piu'chased, and im- 

 provements efiected, being £63,000. The balance owing to Sfr Oswald Mosley and 

 other parties on mortgage, in 1860, was £161,000. The annual income from the 

 markets when pm-chased in 1846 was about £10,000 ; in 1860 the annual income 

 exceeded £20,000. 



A table showing the work done by the Paving, Sewering, and Highways Com- 

 mittee of the Manchester Corporation for the last thirty years was then produced : — 

 Number of streets and covu'ts paved, flagged, drained, &c., 1502 ; length of streets, 

 60 miles ; area flagged and paved, about 205 acres. Main sewers constiaicted, 88 

 miles ; cross sewers and eyes, 49 miles ; total about 137 miles. The number of 

 siphon-traps which had been laid in streets, passages, yards, courts, and houses 

 were 12,299. [Mr. Chadwick stated, as an addendum to these tables, that the 

 cost of paving and sewering an area of 960,400 yards of streets in Manchester, from 

 1830 to 1860, had been £311,623 9s. ; whHst in Salford, from 1844 to 1860, 232 

 streets had cost £61,546.] 



The criminal statistics of Manchester showed the number of persons appre- 

 hended, and how disposed of, for each year from 1841 to 1860. It appeared that, 

 whUst in 1841, with only 317 police officers, there were 2962 convictions out of 

 13,345 an-ests ; in twelve months, 1859-60, with 617 as a police force, 4900 were 

 convicted out of 7387 arrested. From a retui-n prepared by Captain Lane, the 

 governor, it appeared that in 1851 there were 303 prisoners in the city gaol. The 

 cost per head per day was 19|rf. ; the net earnings of the prisoners, £162 in the year, 

 leaving the net cost per head per day, after deducting earnings, 19Jf/. In the yeax 

 ending March, 1861, the average number of prisoners was 508 ; the cost per head per 

 day, 12|(/. ; the net earnings of the prisoners, £2776 for the year, leaving the cost per 

 head per day, after deducting earnings, 9^d. Two tables related to the local Courts 

 of Eecord, showing the actions instituted and their results (in Manchester. 1858-60 : 

 total writs issued 10,475, for £136,188 ; in Salford, 5792, for £71,834). Mr. Chad- 

 wick then referred to a brief and curious statement of the history, objects, and 

 powers of the Court Leet for the Hundred of Salford (now nearly obsolete in ftmc- 

 tions), with its public stocks and other chastisements and penalties against " eaves- 

 droppings, waifs, and iiTegiilarities on public commons ; "' " rogues, vagabonds, and 

 sturdy beggars," " card- and dice-plajang, and suchlike unlawful games." 



The charitable and benevolent institutions of Manchester and Salford were then 

 noticed. Booth's and the other Salford Charities. Manchester Eoyal Infirmary 

 and Dispensary : in 1840, 19,231 patients, income £8415 ; in 1860, 25,437 patients, 

 income £13,779. Limatic Hospital : in 1840, 74 patients, income £2629 ; in 1860, 

 109 patients, income £6073. Chorlton-on-Medlock Dispensary: in 1840, 2095 

 patients, income £487 ; in 1860, 2242 patients, income £366. Sti Mary's Hospital : 

 in 1840, 3455 patients, and £1019 income ; in 18G0, 4067 patients, and £1212 in- 



