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January 1 Number of Unions and Parishes Adult Able-bodied Paupers All other Paupers Total 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 649 649 649 650 647 116,478 114,415 112,379 108,827 107,071 695,963 703,016 714,838 715,535 716,279 812,441 817,431 827,217 824,362 823,350 1
The number of registered paupers and their dependents, exclusive of casual poor, who were in receipt of relief in parishes of Scotland on January 14 of the last five years, is shown in the subjoined table : —
Tear Number of Parishes Paupers Dependents Total 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 886 886 886 886 886 61,869 63,307 64,673 65,918 66,519 33,199 33,611 34,847 34,996 34,889 95,068 96,918 99,520 100,914 101,408
The subjoined table gives the number of indoor and outdoor paupers, and the total — including others in blind and deaf and dumb asylums — in receipt of relief in unions in Ireland at the close of the first week in January in each of the last five years : —
Year (January) Indoor Paupers Outdoor Paupera Total including Asylums 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 43,685 42,899 42,195 42,670 43,556 59,170 57,005 55,019 54,767 55,368 104,031 101,071 98,627 98,882 100,346
Finance.
I. Revenue and Expenditure.
The following tables show the total amounts of the estimated and actual Imperial revenue and expenditure of the United
