Malthus and his work

by James Bonar

[290]. 2nd ed., p. 395; 7th ed., p. 292.

[291]. Ibid.

[292]. Appointed in March 1826, in the last thirteen months of Lord Liverpool’s Government. Malthus came before them on 5th May, 1827. See Third Report of Emigration Committee, pp. 9, 10, and for his evidence pp. 311 seq.

[293]. 1st Report, 1826 (May); 2nd, 1827 (April). The free use of technical terms is not surprising, for political economy was then a popular study. For examples see 1st Report, pp. 46, 57; 2nd Report, pp. 63, 102; 3rd Report, pp. 261, 308.

[294]. 2nd Report.

[295]. 3rd Report, 1827 (June).

[296]. p. 9.

[297]. Cf. below, ch. vii. (on Ireland), especially pp. 197 and 199.

[298]. 3rd Report, p. 315, qu. 3257.

[299]. The Emigration Committee recommended that the help of the state should only be given on condition of a local initiative and local contribution.