St'at2Mic^. 
The number of the house of lords are indefinite 5 
the king can make as many as he pleases. 
In 1793 it was estimated that twenty Tour mil- 
lions of bushels of grain, valued at three mil- 
lions pounds, were made into drinks in G. 
Britain. — |C 5 “The consumption of grain for 
this purpose has greatly declined since that 
period, sugar being substituted for distillation. 
There were imported into England for the S 
years, 1802, 1803, 1804, lbs. of wool 
Of which there came directly from Spain, lbs. 
Annual average from 1804 to 1808 - 
The value of the wool imported in these years 
was 
Woolen cloth was never dyed and dressed in 
England until the year 1667. 
The annual consumption of silk in the various 
manufactures, which is chiefly imported from 
Italy and India, has been estimated at 11,460 
bales — of 140lbs. each — -lbs. 
The stock has latterly been shorti*--the 
above estimate is for the year 1807. 
The annual consumption ©f cotton is about 
lbs. fier ann. 
18,467,711?. 
16,986,644 
6,250,000 
/5,560,<l00 
1,604,400 
65,000,000 
Fro^i Fordyce’s Commitatus Angloruivi, 
Stastistics for 1801. 
There are in Great Britain including the army, navy 
Inhabitants » . . 10,979,039 
Of which under 15 » . - ^ „ 3,559,796 
From 15 to 60 - - - » » _ „ 6,744,847 
Volunteers of United Kingdom - ^ 700,000 
Militia of Great Britain 70,386 
Persons employed in England in agriculture - =- 1,524,227 
-in trade and manufactures 1,780,532 
InEnglandthere arc acres 34,271,000 
—In Scotland 19,565,540 
—Wales - - - ^ - 5,370,000 
There are in England scarcely 4 acres to each person, 12 acres 
to each person in Scotland, and nearly 10 to every person in Wales, 
about 5 acres to each person in Great Britain, three acres wel! 
Vultlyate’d are supposed sufficient for each person. 
