enable the grand jury of the county of the said city to increase the salaries of the chaplains of certain other gaols thereof, and to reassess on the county of the said city certain arrears of grand jury cess.. 56. To continue until July 31, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, an Act of the fifth and sixth years of Her present Majesty for amending the law relative to private lunatic asylums in Ireland. 58. To extend to the officers of inland revenue the privilege of becoming members of the Excise Benevolent Fund Society. 59. To amend an Act of the tenth year of Her Majesty, for facilitating the improvement of landed property in Ireland. 60. Further to amend an Act of the tenth year of Her present Majesty, for rendering valid certain proceedings for the relief of distress in Ireland, by employment of the labouring poor, and to indemnify those who have acted in such proceedings. 61. To continue, until October 1, 1850, and to the end of the then next session of Parliament, the exemption of inhabitants from liability to be rated as such in respect of stock in trade or other property to the relief of the poor. 62. To authorize the advance of money out of the consolidated fund to the Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland Company. 63. To authorize a further advance of money for the relief of certain distressed poor law unions in Ireland. 64. To remove doubts as to the authority of justices of the peace to act in certain matters relating to the poor in cities and boroughs. 65. To provide a more convenient mode of levying and collecting county rates, county police rates, and district police rates, in parishes situated partly within and partly without the limits of boroughs which are not liable to such rates. 66. For enabling colonial legislatures to establish inland posts. 67. To extend the remedies of sequestrators of ecclesiastical benefices. 69. To facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of quarter sessions in Ireland, with respect to persons charged with indictable offences. 70. To facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of quarter sessions in Ireland, with respect to summary convictions and orders. 72. Further to amend the Acts relating to the officers of the House of Commons. 73. To limit the enlistment in the artillery and other ordnance corps. 74. For the further relief of trustees. 75. To defray until August 1, 1850, the charge of the pay, clothing, and contingent and other expenses of the disembodied militia in Great Britain and Ireland; to grant allowances in certain cases to subaltern officers, adjutants, paymasters, quartermasters, surgeons, assistant surgeons, surgeons' mates, and serjeant majors of the militia and to authorize the employment of the non-commissioned officers. 78. For the more effectual taxation of costs on private bills in the House of Lords, and to facilitate the taxation of other costs on pri vate bills in certain cases. 79. To facilitate the execution of conveyances and other instruments by or on behalf of the New Zealand Company in New Zealand, 81. To authorize Her Majesty to issue a commission to inquire into and report upon rights or claims over the New Forest in the county of Southampton and Waltham Forest in the county of Essex. 82. To relieve boroughs, in certain cases, from contribution to certain descriptions of county expenditure. 83. Further to facilitate the inclosure of commons, and the improvement of commons and other lands. 84. For carrying into effect engagements between Her Majesty and certain Arabian chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade. 85. To amend an Act for the regulation of municipal corporations in Ireland, so far as relates to the borough of Dublin. 86. To provide additional funds for loans by the Public Works Loan Commissioners for building workhouses in Ireland. 87. To continue certain turnpike Acts in Great Britain for limited periods, and to make certain provisions respecting turnpike roads in England. 89. To reduce the number of signatures required to instruments issued by the lords of the treasury. 91. To provide for the collection of rates in the city of Dublin. 95. To amend the law concerning judgments in Ireland. 96. To provide for the prosecution and trial in Her Majesty's colonies of offences committed within the jurisdiction of the admiralty. ! 97. For the improvement of the city of Dublin. 98. To apply a sum out of the consolidated fund, and certain other sums, to the service of the year 1849, and to appropriate the supplies granted in this session of Parliament. 99. To encourage endowment of chapels of ease, and facilitate assignment of pastoral districts thereto; and to amend an Act of the eighth year of Her present Majesty for marriages in Ireland, and for registering such marriages. 100. To promote the advance of private money for drainage of lands in Great Britain and Ireland. 102. To authorize the sale of the royal pavilion at Brighton, and the grounds thereof; and to apply the money arising from such sale. 103. To continue an Act of the last session of Parliament, for charging the maintenance of certain poor persons in unions upon the common fund; and to make certain amendments in the laws for the relief of the poor. 104. To amend the Acts for the more effectual relief of the destitute poor of Ireland. 108. To amend the joint stock companies winding-up Act, 1848. 109. To amend an Act to regulate certain offices in the petty bag in the High Court of Chancery, the practice of the common-law side of that court, and the enrolment office of the said court. 110. For suspending, until June 1, 1850, the operation of an Act passed this session, intituled an Act for granting relief against defects in leases made under powers of leasing in certain cases. XII.-ABSTRACTS OF PARLIAMENTARY DOCUMENTS, &c. *Fractional sums are omitted in some instances. I.-Finance. AN ACCOUNT of the NET PUBLIC INCOME and EXPENDITURE of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the year ended January 5, 1849 (after abating the Expenditure thereout defrayed by the several Revenue Departments), and of the Actual Issues or Payments within the same Period, exclusive of the Sums applied to the Redemption of Funded or paying off Unfunded Debt, and of the Advances and Re-payments for Local Works, &c. INCOME OR REVENUE. £ s. d. Small Branches, Hereditary Revenues of the Crown OTHER RECEIPTS. Produce of the Sale of Old Stores at Hong Kong, out of Indemnity paid by Chinese Imprest and other Moneys Money received from the East India Company Unclaimed Dividends (more than paid) Total Income Excess of Expenditure over Income EXPENDITURE. Interest and Management of Permanent Debt. Annuities and Pensions for Civil, Naval, Military, and Judicial Services, &c., charged by various Acts of Parliament on the Consolidated Fund 509,762 5 2 Miscellaneous, chargeable on the Annual Grants of Parliament, including 276,3771. 9s. 6d. for Relief of Distress in Ireland Total Expenditure 6,647,284 4 7 7,922,286 19 7 3,076,124 00 1,100,000 0 0 The amount of the WINDOW DUTY assessed in the year ending April 5, 1848, was 1,880,3257.; the amount received was 1,811,7427. The number of HOUSES charged was 485,143. The Amount of the EXCISE Duty on BRICKS in the year 1848, was 448,3107. Amount of the TAX on Docs for the years ending January 5, 1845, to January 5, 1849.--Years ending January 5, 1845, 137,948.; 1846, 136,0377.; 1847, 135,5907.; 1848, 137,7747.; and 1849, 134,8277. Amount of the DUTY on Hors for the year 1849. Old duty at 1 12-20d. per lb. ....... New duty, at 0 8.20d. per lb. ... Additional duty of 5 per cent., per Act 3 Vic., c. 17 79,791 58,976 6,936 £145,703 NET PRODUCE of the REVENUE of IRELAND in the years ended Jan. 5, 1847, 1848, and 1849, with the EXPENDITURE of the same years. Years ending Jan. 5. THE REVENUE.-An ABSTRACT of the NET PRODUCE of the REVENUE of GREAT BRITAIN, in the Years ended 10th October, 1848, and 10th October, 1849, and the Quarters of the same, showing the Increase or Decrease thereof. MISCELLANEOUS £. £. £. £. 4,111,862 4,392,650 4,447,832 5,406,483 18,358,827 3,246,883 2,002,601 3,473,803 4,102,574 12,825,861 1,564,855 1,618,668 1,557,640 1,461,942 6,203,105 1,914,783 143,902 2,034,133 215,656 4,308,474| 462,567 2,041,640 988,401 1,892,890 5,385,498 208,000 221,000 136,000 221,000 786,000 40,000 21,000 10,000 20,000 91,000 11,746 56,307 9,227 13,923 91,203 £. 4,682,395 £. £. £. £. £. 298,736 153,211 443,945 185,003 125,108 224,805 18,427 12,599 2,299 21,116 66,000 3,000 £. £. £. 4,593,119 4,128,777 5,253,272 18,657,563 3,253,162 1,820,575 3,020,602 4,287,577 12,381,916 1,472,598 1,549,171 1,619,697 1,686,747 6,328,213 1,921,013 148,101 2,054,730 203,057 4,326,901 424,434 2,011,519 1,033,240 1,914,006 5,383,199 198,000 234,000 196,000 224,000 852,000 30,000 40,000 40,000 20,000 130,000 21,709 98,792 70,140 21,902 212,543 121,340 Total Ordinary Revenue 11,560,696 10,497,768 12,657,036 13,334,468 48,049,968 12,303,311 10,495,277 12,163,186 13,610,561 48,272,335 7,979 010,559 5,956,232 6,818,019 7,230,426 27,015,236 8,974,147 5,897,300 7,220,278 8,298,974 30,390,699 4,889,744 4,946,088 5,863,319 5,956,338 21,655,489 3,193,658 4,704,432 4,830,547 5,107,494 17,836,131 12,241,133 11,051,379 12,912,449 13,615,510 49,820,471|| 12,352,185 10,787,286 12,443,902 13,896,894 49,480,267 |