[8] Report of the Glasgow Poor Inspector, 28th November, 1847.
[9] Mr Newdegate's Speech in Parliament, December 2, 1847.
| To October 10 in each Year. | 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | ||
| Machinery, | £644,839 | £897,442 | £942,533 | ||
| Iron and steel, | 2,854,048 | 3,374,335 | 4,096,367 | ||
| £3,498,887 | £4,271,777 | £5,038,900 |
[11] Agricultural Produce imported from January 5 to October 10.
| 1845. | 1846. | 1847. | |
| Live animals, | 19,593 | 85,542 | 172,355 |
| Provisions, beef, pork, &c. cwts., | 109,550 | 206,455 | 403,877 |
| Butter, cwts., | 189,056 | 177,165 | 243,140 |
| Cheese, do., | 183,891 | 216,191 | 243,601 |
| Grain in quarters, | 1,336,739 | 2,635,218 | 7,905,419 |
| Grain in flour and meal, cwts., | 394,908 | 2,631,341 | 7,900,880 |
The grain imported in nine months measured in quarters will stand thus:—
| In quarters, | 7,905,419 |
| In flour and meal, cwts., | 2,650,263 |
| In nine months, quarters, | 10,555,682 |
The greatest import in any one year before was in 1841, when it was 4,772,641 quarters.
[12] The sum invested in railways from 1841 to 1845, was £154,716,937; of which £114,513,035 was subscribed capital, and £46,203,902 authorised to be borrowed. See Parl. Returns, Nos. 159, 1844; and 637, 1845. Since that time it has at least risen to £200,000,000, of which half may be considered productive.