[2] In 1848, the number committed for serious offences was 73,770.
[3] See the "Increase of Crime, and Imprisonment, and Transportation," Blackwood's Magazine, May and July 1844, vol. lv. p. 532, and vol. lvi. p. 1.
[4] Table showing the number of commitments for serious offences in the undermentioned years in England, Scotland, and Ireland:—
| Years. | England. | Scotland. | Ireland. | Total. |
| 1837 | 23,612 | 3,126 | 24,804 | 51,542 |
| 1838 | 23,094 | 3,418 | 25,723 | 52,235 |
| 1839 | 24,443 | 3,409 | 26,392 | 54,244 |
| 1840 | 27,187 | 3,872 | 23,833 | 54,892 |
| 1841 | 27,760 | 3,562 | 20,776 | 52,118 |
| 1842 | 31,309 | 4,189 | 21,186 | 56,684 |
| 1843 | 29,591 | 3,615 | 20,126 | 53,332 |
| 1844 | 26,542 | 3,577 | 19,448 | 49,565 |
| 1845 | 24,309 | 3,537 | 16,696 | 44,542 |
| 1846 | 25,107 | 2,901 | 18,492 | 46,500 |
| 1847 | 28,833 | 4,635 | 31,209 | 64,677 |
| 1848 | 30,349 | 4,909 | 38,522* | 73,770 |
* Irish Rebellion.
[5] Brougham's Colonial Policy, i. 61, 62.
[6] Cunningham's New South Wales, i. 262.
[7] Table showing the annual exports of British manufactures to the undermentioned Colonies, from 1828 to 1846.
| Years. | Canada, &c. Without Convicts. | The Cape, Without Convicts. | Australia, With Convicts. |
| 1828 | £1,691,044 | £218,849 | £443,839 |
| 1829 | 1,581,723 | 257,501 | 310,681 |
| 1830 | 1,857,133 | 330,036 | 314,677 |
| 1831 | 2,089,327 | 257,245 | 398,471 |
| 1832 | 2,075,725 | 292,405 | 466,328 |
| 1833 | 2,092,550 | 346,197 | 558,372 |
| 1834 | 1,671,069 | 304,382 | 716,014 |
| 1835 | 2,158,158 | 326,921 | 696,345 |
| 1836 | 2,732,291 | 482,315 | 835,637 |
| 1837 | 2,141,035 | 488,811 | 921,568 |
| 1838 | 1,992,457 | 623,323 | 1,336,662 |
| 1839 | 3,047,671 | 464,130 | 1,679,390 |
| 1840 | 2,847,913 | 417,091 | 2,004,385 |
| 1841 | 2,947,061 | 384,574 | 1,269,351 |
| 1842 | 2,333,525 | 369,076 | 916,164 |
| 1843 | 1,751,211 | 502,577 | 1,211,815 |
| 1844 | 3,076,861 | 420,151 | 744,482 |
| 1845 | 3,555,954 | 648,749 | 1,201,076 |
| 1846 | 3,308,059 | 480,979 | 1,441,640 |
| Population. | Exports. | Proportion per head. | |
| United States of America, | 14,000,000 | £12,425,605 | £0 17 6 |
| Canada, &c., | 1,500,000 | 2,739,291 | 1 16 0 |
| British West India Islands, | 900,000 | 3,786,453 | 3 12 0 |
| Australia, | 100,000 | 835,637 | 8 14 0 |