females were aged or infirm. The gross amount of Poor Rate in 1849 was 1,639,5297.; in 1850, 1,359,6961. The gross amount of County Rate was in 1849, 1,163,0307.; in 1850, 928,3761.

In the nine months ended June 28, 1851, the total expenses incurred for Poor Relief were 855,0781., of which 444,4881. were for in-maintenance, 8,0821. for out-relief, and 402,5087. for other expenses. The amount of Poor Rate lodged for the same period was 840,386l., raised on a total Poor Law valuation of 11,923,4597.

VI.--Miscellaneous.

PUBLIC WORKS.-Amounts of sums advanced for various purposes in Great Britain and Ireland by the Commissioners for the advance of Loans for Public Works, appointed in 1817, with the sums received for interest, the sums repaid, and the amount remaining due, on Jan. 5, 1851 (omitting fractions).

The Commissioners were also under Contract to advance for Great Britain-Harbours and Docks, 32,500l.; Bridges and Ferries, 60,0007.; Improvement of Cities, &c., 100,000l,; Churches and Chapels, 2,2501; Lunatic Asylums, 6,000l.; Building and enlarging Workhouses, 25,2001. For Ireland--Railways, 291,000l. Total, 516,950l.

Of the principal of the sum advanced for building Union Workhouses, 47,2681. have been remitted, and the balance is transferred to the Account of the Commissioners of the Treasury, to be collected in Ireland under the Act 13 Vict., cap. 14.

SUMS expended on objects of EDUCATION, SCIENCE, and ART, in 1850, and the estimated sums voted for 1851.

EDUCATION.-The total amount of money granted by the Council of Education from 1839 to August 8, 1850, for aiding schools in various ways, was 529,2177.; the number of schools aided was 2,606; the number of children for whom accommodation was provided (allowing six square feet for each) was 549,493; the average attendance in 1,762 cases was 196,041. Of the whole number of schools aided in the "Building, Enlarging, Repairing, and Furnishing," 2,225 belong to the Church of England; 178 to the British and Foreign School Society; 17 Wesleyan; 1 Workhouse School; 118 to the Established Church of Scotland; 65 Free Church; and 2 to the Episcopal Church. Of the money granted, the Church of England received 404,6227.; the British and Foreign School Society, 50,6731.; Wesleyan Schools, 8,0327.; Roman Catholic Schools, 1,0507. (for books, maps, and salaries); Workhouse Schools, 36,4197. (granted in 1850); Established Church of Scotland, 37,5257.; Free Church, 19,9851.; Episcopal Church, 5757.; and other Schools, 2167.

EDUCATION IN IRELAND.-On July 17, 1851, there were 4,719 National Schools, vested and non-vested, under the National Board of Education. Of these 3,418 were entirely under clerical superintendence; 2,778 of them Roman Catholic, 147 Church of England, and 475 Presbyterian, the number of scholars is not given.

BIBLES and DRAWBACKS ON PAPER.-In the years 1848, 1849, and 1850, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge printed—

NEWSPAPERS.-In the year ending January 5, 1851, there were 159 London Newspapers, in which appeared 891,650 advertisements; 222 English Provincial Newspapers, with 875,631 advertisements; 110 Scotch Newspapers, with 249,141 advertisements; and 102 Irish Newspapers, with 236,128 advertisements. The duty in England and Scotland is 1s. 6d. on each advertisement; in Ireland, 1s. The number of stamps issued was, in England, 65,741,271 at 1d., and 11,684,423 at d.; in Scotland, 7,643,045 at 1d., and 241,264 atd.; in Ireland, 6,302,728 at 1d., and 43,358 at d.

VISITORS to the BRITISH MUSEUM in the Year 1850.
To the General Collection..

1,098,863

78,533

6,611

3,745

221,119

Botanic Gardens and Pleasure Grounds, Kew 179,627

FREE SITTINGS IN CHURCHES. Since the passing of the act 58 Geo. III. cap. 45 (1818), accommodation on free seats has been provided for 304,062 persons in various churches in England and Wales.

RAILWAYS-The total length of Railway open on June 29, 1850, in the United Kingdom, was 6,307 miles; in course of construction, 888 miles; the total length of lines authorised, 11,980 miles. The length open was, in England, 4901 miles; in Scotland, 891 miles; in Ireland, 515 miles. The total number of persons employed on all Railways, open and unopen, was 118,859: at the same date in 1849 there were 159,784 persons employed. The total number of passengers conveyed on the Railways of the United Kingdom in the half-year ending June 30, 1850, was 31,766,503; the total receipts were £6,057,290; in the half-year ending Dec. 31, 1850, the number of passengers conveyed was 41,087,919; the length of Railway was then 6,621 miles. On Dec. 31, 1849, the total amount authorised by Parliament to be raised by the Railway Companies in the United Kingdom, either as capital or by loan, was £359,065,115; of this sum £178,412,625 had been received on shares, and £51,335,154 by way of loan, leaving £128,637,703 to be yet raised. During the year 1849, £21,904,047 was paid up for shares, and £7,670,674 raised by loan.

On Jan. 1, 1851, the number of miles on which the Mails were conveyed by Railway was 17,246.

ACCIDENTS ON RAILWAYS.-There were 472 Accidents on Railways, during the year 1850, by which 216 persons were killed, and 256 injured. Of these there were

Passengers, from causes beyond their own control.... Passengers, owing to their own misconduct, or want of caution

Servants of companies or contractors, from causes be-
yond their own control..

Servants of companies or contractors owing to their
own misconduct, or want of caution....
Trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor
servants, by crossing or walking on the railway
Suicides

Killed. Injured.

12 171

20

12

65

42

63

21

52

10

4

STEAM-VESSEL ACCIDENTS.-From Jan. 1, 1847, to March 6, 1851, there had been 104 accidents to, or occasioned by, steam vessels, from various causes, such as collision, wreck, &c., by which 540 lives were lost. In every case reports were made to the Board of Trade, but only in 21 cases were investigations (as directed by the Navigation Act 9 & 10 Vict., c. 100) considered necessary.

POST OFFICE.-The Gross Revenue of the Post Office, for the year ending Jan. 5, 1851, was £2,264,684; the Cost of Management, was £1,460,785; the Net Revenue, £803,898. The estimated total number of Letters in 1850 was 347,069,071. In 1839 the number was 82,470,596, including 6,563,024 franks. In the week ending Jan. 21, 1851, the number was 6,593,127; in the week ending Feb. 21, they were 7,239,962. The Payments made by the Post Office to the various Railway Companies for the conveyance of Mails has been-in the years ending Jan. 5, 1838, £1,744; 1839, £13,007; 1840, £52,860; 1841, £52,362; 1842, £96,190; 1843, £78,464; 1844, £97,526; 1845, £92,493; 1846, £181,111; 1847, £110,431; 1848, £121,860; 1849, £318,631; 1850, £230,079; 1851, £400,564, The total number of MONEY ORDERS issued in the year 1850 was 4,439,713; the amount of them was £8,494,498. The amount of Commission was £73,813; the amount of Expense incurred was £70,577. Since 1830 there have been 4,860 additional post-offices established; and 1,283 places in Great Britain and Ireland have more than one delivery in the day. The Expense of the Contract Packet Service, for the year 1850-1 was £629,200; the Expense of Queen's Vessels employed in the Packet Service was £134,946; total, £764,236. The Estimate for the year 1851-2 is £809,496; of which £727,425 is for the Contract Packet Service, and £82,071 for Queen's Vessels employed in the service. The amount of cash, including Bank-notes, found in all the letters returned to the Dead-letter Office between Jan. 5, 1849, and Jan. 5, 1851, was 18,8707; the amount of bills, including cheques, notes of hand, money-orders, &c., found in such letters, was 1,226,2821. 18s. 1d. Nearly the whole was returned to the writers. Letters containing cash are never destroyed, but the amount, when the writer cannot be found, is paid into the revenue at the expiration of three years. A registry and index are kept of the letters and their contents, which are restored to any claimants proving themselves to be entitled to them. Dead letters containing bills and property other than money are kept three years;

at the expiration of that period they are destroyed, and the property` is sent to an auctioneer and sold by public auction. The proceeds are paid to the account of the revenue.

CUSTOM HOUSE.--The number of officers employed in the Custom House department was in 1849 in England 6,840, whose salaries amounted to 550,236l.; in Scotland 1,103 persons, salaries 62,1157.; in Ireland, 1,352 persons, salaries, 57,9031. Total of persons, 9,295; of salaries, 670,2541. The amount of duty collected in the same year was 22,481,3391.

EMIGRATION. In 1849, 212,124 persons emigrated from England; 17,127, from Scotland; and 70,247, from Ireland; total 299,498, of which 153,902 embarked at Liverpool. In 1850 the total number of Emigrants was 280,849; from England, 214,612; from Scotland, 15,154; and from Ireland, 51,083; of the total 174,188 embarked at Liverpool. In the year 1849, the total number of unassisted Emigrants to Canada was 37,507, of whom 20,241 were males, and 17,266 were females. In the vessels by which these arrived there occurred during the voyage, 868 deaths and 76 births. In 1850, the number arriving was 31,473, of whom 16,513 were males, and 14,960 females; in the transit this year there occurred 193 deaths and 58 births. In 1850, 13,723 of the Emigrants proceeded from Canada to the United States. In New Brunswick, the number of Emigrants who arrived in 1849, was 2,671-1,351 males, and 1,320 females. In 1850, 1,507-740 males, and 767 females.

BRITISH WEST INDIES AND MAURITIUS.-Return of the number of IMMIGRANTS and LIBERATED AFRICANS introduced from 1849 to 1851, as far as known, exclusive of inter-colonial emigration.

809 1,057

31,115

Of these 19,492 were from the East Indies, of whom the greater part went to the Mauritius. The others were from the Havana, Sierra Leone, St. Helena, Rio de Janeiro, and Madeira.

LIGHT HOUSES.-The gross amount of Light Dues received by the Corporation of the Trinity House for 1849, was 195,8247. The charges of maintenance were 67,0271. The surplus, after payment of miscellaneous charges, was 104,7514. The net amount of the duties collected for Buoys and Beaconage was 17,1221. The surplus was 6,6421.-The general charges, not to be apportioned to the separate establishments, were 12,7817. The clear surplus was 98,6131., which, says the return, "has been applied to the charitable and other uses, purposes, and intents, for which the said Corporation has been established and maintained." Of the Lights transferred or purchased under the 6 & 7 Wm. IV. c. 79, the gross amount of revenue was 110,050.; the charge of maintenance 9,426.; the clear surplus 78,0951.; which has been applied to the reduction of the debt on the purchase, which is now 636,5521. The income of the PILOTS' FUND, under the management of the said Corporation, amounted in 1850, to 5,6871.; and the expenses to 5,628., of which 4,960l. were applied in pensions and allowances to