( XXVIII ) 
Pauperism. 
The return of the immber of paupers in England and Wales at 
the beginning of the year shows that on the 1st of January, 18G9, 
the number was 1,040,569, being an increase of 64G6 over the 
number at the corresponding date in 18G8. The in-door paupers 
on the 1st January, 1869, were 168,417; the out-door, 878,152. 
The number of adult able-bodied paupers relieved was 183,162, a 
•decrease of 2468 on the number on the 1st January, 1868. Receiving 
in-door relief there were 29,826, receiving out-door relief there 
were 153,336. 
