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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 51

2.—Pauperism

2.—Pauperism.

Ireland.
1870 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 73,921
1873 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 79,649.
1878 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 85,530
1879 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 91,807
1880 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 100,856
1881 Number of Paupers First weeks in January 109,655
Scotland.
1870 14th May 126,187
1873 14th May 111,996
1878 14th May 94,671
1879 14th May 97,676
1880 14th May 98,608
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England and Wales.
Year. Population. No. of Paupers January I.
1850 17,773,324 920,543
1860 19,902,713 851,020
1870 22,457,366 1,079,391
1877 24,547,309 728,350
1878 24,854,397 742,703
1879 25,165,336 800,426
1880 25,480,161 837,940
1881 25,798,922 803,126

These tables also tell their own tale, we see:—

1. That while agriculture remains depressed, trade is reviving, the figures for 1880 and 1881 for England and Wales bringing the fact into strong relief; 2, that as while in 1870 this part of the kingdom had a million of paupers to support, in 1881 it has only 800,000, although the population has in the meantime increased 3,340,000, a marvellous proof of progress; 3, that we appear to be once more embarked on the rising wave of prosperity as a trading and manufacturing nation. Let us now turn to our criminal statistics.