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stock would do well in laying by some of the dairies that are now 
coming to market whilst they can procure cool-made, good-keeping 
butter, and at reasonable prices. The present lull in the market is 
said to be, in the opinion of many who are experienced in the trade, 
but temporary, as, should warm weather set in, supplies will fall 
off and a reaction is sure to follow. The mild-cured department 
continues to be fairly supplied, and quotations have varied little 
during the week. 
firkins. 
Total receipts for week ending June 29, 1870 12,518 
„ „ June 30, 1869 11,353 
Excess for week ending Juno 29, 1870 1,165 
Qualities inspected to-day — Ists, 828; 2nds, 934; 3rds, 324; 4ths, 
25; 5ths, 2. This day's prices— Ists, 112s.; 2nds, 109s.; 3rds, 
102s.; 4ths, 99s.; oths, 75s. Mild— Ists, 116s.; 2nds, 113s; 3rds, 
105s." 
PAUPERISM. 
The annual return of the number of paupers in England 
on 1st January, 1870, shows that at that date the number 
was 1,085,198, being 1 in 18, or 5-4 per cent, of the actual popula- 
tion, and an increase — including 3 new unions — of 38,629, or 4 per 
cent., over the number at the corresponding date in 1869. The 
indoor paupers on the 1st January, 1870, were 109,471 ; the outdoor, 
915,727. 234,769 were men, 452,434 women, 392,126 children; 
496,615 were able-bodied, 536,370 not able-bodied, 46,344 insane, 
and 5430 vagrants. Of the able-bodied 57,234 were men, and 
136,855 women; and 302,526 children were relieved with their 
jxarents classed among the able-bodied adults. Of the not able- 
bodied, 157,452 were men, 290,244 women, 88,674 children ; and 
of the insane, 20,083 were men, 25,335 women, 926 children. Thei 
number of able-bodied adult paupers relieved was 194,089, an 
increase — including 3 new unions — of 10,927, or 6 per cent., over 
the number on the 1st January, 1869. 
