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The Average Prices of Consols, of Wheat, of Meat, and of Potatoes ; also the 
Average Number of Paupers relieved on the last day of each Week ; and the 
Mean Temperature, in each of the Fourteen Quarters ending June 30th, 1868. 
AvEUAOF. Prices. 
PiUl'ERISM. 
Qaarters 
eudiug 
Consols 
(for 
Money). 
Wheat 
per 
Quarter 
in 
England 
Meat per lb. at Leadenhall 
and Newgate Markets 
(by the Carcase). 
Best 
Potatoes 
per Ton 
at Waterside 
Market, 
Southwark. 
Quarterly Average of the 
Number of Paupers re- 
lieved on the last day of 
each week. 
Mean 
Tempe- 
rature. 
and 
Wales. 
Beef. 
Mutton. 
In-door. 
Out-door. 
1865 
Mar. 3 1 
£. 
s. d. 
?8 A 
4^d. — jd. 
Mean 5|(/. 
bid— 'Id. 
Mean 63^. 
Mean 91s. 
142,329 
813,371 
0 
36-5 
June 30 
7^8 
40 6 
4ft/.— 63,/. 6irf.— 8irf. 
Mean 5|,f. Mean 7^;/. 
90s. — 115s. 
Mean 102s. 6d. 
125 ,846 
776,016 
56-2 
Sept. 30 
4^.— 7'i. 
Mean ^^d. 
6i(f.— 8|r/. 
Mean i^d. 
65 s. IOCS. 
Mean 85s. 
117,172 
719,589 
62*5 
Dec. 31 
1866 
Mar. 31 
88| 
87 
44 to 
6 
A\d.— -;d. 
4irf.~6|(/. 
Mean 5|6(. 
5 ^rf.— 8Jrf. 
Mean (>\d. 
Sid.-7ld. 
Mean 6§rf. 
60s. — 90s. 
Mean 75 s. 
Mean 72s. bd. 
129,036 
i3y>546 
725.259 
759,402 
46*0 
41-2 
June 30 
86J 
4() 6 
4f'/.-7'/. 
Mean 5^d. 
5.M.-8^</. 
Mean yd. 
60s. — 95s. 
Mean 7 7s. bd. 
i23»657 
734.139 
53-0 
Sept. 30 
881 
? I 0 
5i'/.-7l'/- 
Mean 6J</. 
S\d.—8ld. 
Mean 6^(/. 
75 s. 1 2 OS. 
Mean 97s. 6cZ. 
120,955 
717.553 
58-9 
Dec. 31 
56 8 
Aid.— id. 
Mean 5|rf. 
Sid.~7hd. 
Mean 6|rf. 
85 s.— 1 3 OS. 
Meanio7s.6tZ. 
133,979 
734,312 
46*2 
1867 
Mai'. 31 
60 7 
4|,f.— 7c?. 
Mean c^yl. 
5rf— 7H 
Mean b^d. 
115s. — 160S. 
Mean i^js.bd. 
147,620 
832,364 
38-9 
June 30 
64 0 
Aid.— kid. 
Mean 5J(i. 
Sid.--id. 
Mean 6|(/. 
135s. — 175s. 
Mean 155s. 
134,678 
779,629 
53*5 
Sept. 30 
65 4 
4|<Z.— 6|rf. 
5^. — jd. 
loos. — 155s. 
129,838 
743 J 977 
59*7 
Mean sjrf. 
Mean 6c/. 
Mean 1 2 ns.bd. 
Dec. 31 
1868 
Mar. 31 
94i 
93 
67 II 
72 2 
4|</.-6f6?. 
Mean f j?/. 
A\d.—(>}d. 
Mean 5^^. 
4i(/.— 6IJ. 
Mean ^^d. 
Aid.-6^d. 
Mean 5 p. 
iios.— 155s. 
Mean J^is.bd. 
125s — I7CS. 
Mean i47s,6d. 
146,237 
159.716 ; 
771,230 
860,165 
42-5 
41.4 
June 30 
94i 
71 10 
4Jd.— 6ffZ; 
Mean'55cZ. 
4f(Z. — -jd. 
Mean 5j(L 
1 30s. — 1 70s. 
Mean 150s. 
142,588 
800,944 
55-8 
PAUPERISM. 
The TOTAL numher of paupers relieved on the 1st January, 1868, in 655 
unions and single parishes under Boards of Guardians, in England and Wales, 
was 1,040,952, of whom 163,080 were in-door paupers, 877,872 were out-door. 
The total gives a proportion of 1 jiauper to every 19 persons in the population 
of those unions and parishes, as returned at the census of 1861, or a proportion 
equal to 5'2 per cent. The number of insane poor was 42,927. On the 1st 
Jan., 1867, the number of adult able-bodied paupers was 158,308 ; on the 1st 
Jan,, 1868, it was 185,630, exhibiting an increase of 27,322, or 17*3 per cent. 
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