[143.] Goddard, 1882, Select Committee, p. 576.

[144.] Mr. Hunter Rodwell, Q.C., M.P.

[145.] 41 and 42 Vic. cap. 32.

[146.] 41 Vic. cap. 16.

[147.] P.P., vol. xxix.

[148.] J. Simon, vol. ii., 1874.

[149.] To the then existing population of London.

The South Eastern Counties contributed close on 290,000
„ South Midland „„„„ 249,000
„ Eastern „„„„ 196,000
„ South Western „„„„ 168,000
„ West Midland „„„„ 95,000

[150.] The report was made in 1887, but was as true in 1881 as it was in 1887.

[151.] See Report of Select Committee, 1882, p. v.