142 
REPORT—1854. 
Of Grodno. 99,592 
Ekaterinoslav . 0,139 
Kiev . 103,326 
Kovno . 82,664 
Kurland. 23,486 
Livonia . 532 
Minsk . 88,880 
Mohilev. 83,715 
Podolia. 150,485 
Poltava. 1G.140 
Tauris . 4,110 
Kherson . 22,424 
Tshernigov . 18,400 
1,054,407 
Karait. 
Of Vilna. 424 
Volhynia . 320 
Kovno . 337 
Tauris . 4,198 
Kherson .. 446 
5,725 
XV. TSIGANI. 
(gipsies.) 
Spread over the whole empire, and 
to be found in different propor¬ 
tions in every one of the Govern¬ 
ments. Total number .48,247 
Statistics of Poor Relief and Movement of Population in the “ Commercial 
District" in the Hundred of Wirral, Cheshire. By Mr. McNehney. 
Communicated by Sir .T. P. Soileau, Part, J'.R.S . * 
The population of that portion of the Hundred of Wirral called the Commercial 
District, and to which the statistics refer, is 39,143 (1851); the nationalities, or the 
proportion of persons belonging to the respective countries, arc is as follows:— 
English . 31,624 
Irish . 6 , 0/8 
Scotch... 1,441 
pCr8 ° n8 who bccamc chargeable (i.e. received relief) during the 
\ Liirs !— 
.nglish 1090, or 1 m 29 in proportion to English population, 
nsi 1441, or 1 in 4.| in proportion to Irish population, 
cotcu 38, or 1 in 38 in proportion to Scotch population. 
th c *°9° I'f-rsti'is Eiry/M who became chargeable, 281 had acquired a settle¬ 
ment; 213 had resided in the district 5 years without receiving relief; and 596 had 
not acquired a settlement, or resided 5 years without relief. , .. 
o.o 1 1 14 .V P cr9on ® Iri *h who became chargeable, 39 had acquired a settlemen . 
48 had resided 5 years without receiving relief; and 1154 had not gained n settle- 
rvr u resuled 5 without relief. 
. 3 - 8 , P, er c sons ticolch who became chargeable, 12 had acquired a settlement; 
of r h e sf ( ip?i 5 I' ears ,without receiving relief; and 13 had not gained a settlement, 
or resided 5 years without relief. 
and th e P e£it 0n i° f Uu ; di “ trict (Commercial) was, in 1841, 17,038 ; 1851, 39,H3i 
a r i l?°P? lati on for 1 854. 45,774. 
Area of the district in acres, 4862. 
On the Treatment of abandoned Workings of the Australian Gold Fields. 
By II. E. Michel, B.A. 
j-, Decimal Coinage, 
y W ii. liam Miller, Cashier of the Bank of England. 
unon C Mr Va i 3 n !, a - Cl * y in ^.Mowy Article of the "Times” newspaper a critiasm 
to all^ aZL\ l T 1 ' l, et *. in which ^ writer falls into the error com«»o f 
suDoosini? tint treV for ke epmg our accounts in pence instead of p? u “ '||. 
ff ffitennenS » r a “ C *T aCC are ot l ual to other - The >’ beg ' D y ^ 
r • ^ i_ * and then reason as if it rcallv were such. , . u 
clewlvTnderstSnd 1 ° r a rcmotc rraction more than 91* 
clearly understood. In matters relating to money, the phrase " near enough for 
