[13] See Parl. Debates, xxviii. 66, 67.

[14]

Viz.England,£85,000,000
Scotland, about5,000,000
Ireland,16,000,000
£105,000,000

[15] Lords' Report on Real Property, pp. 8, 9. In our last Number we stated the amount of heritable property at £63,000,000, from a desire to be within rather than beyond the truth. But the latter figure was taken from the Poors' Rate return, which, as the Lords' Report justly states, is always below the truth; and their own report of £85,000,000 is taken from the rating for the property tax, founded on the returns by the occupants.—See Lords' Report on Real Property, p. ix.

[16] Rate of Discount of First-Class Bills at the undermentioned periods.

Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.Aug.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.
1824—3½3½3½3½3½3½3½3½3½3½3½3½
1825—3½3½3½3½3½444444½4½
1826—555554½4½44444
1827—43½3½3½3¼3333333
1828—333333333333½
1829—43½3½43½3½3½33333
1830—332¾2¾2½2½2½2½2½2¾34
1831—3¼33½3½4443½3½444
1832—43½3¼3¼3¼3¼3332¾2¾2¾
1833—2¾2½2¼2¼2½2½2½2½333½3½
1834—3½32¾33¼3¼3¼3¼43¾3¾3¾
1835—3¾3¼3½3¾3¾443½3¾3¾3¾3¾
1836—3¾3¾3½3¼3¼444½555½5½
1837—5½5½5½5½4½4½4½43½3½3¼3½
1838—3½332¾2½2¾32¾333¼3½
1839—3¾3¾3¾3¾455½66½6½6½6½
1840—64¾4¾4¾4¼4¾4½4½4¾565¾
1841—5½554½4½54½4½4¾55½5
1842—4¾4½3¾3¾3¼3½3¼32½2¾2½2½
1843—2½2¼2222¼2¼222¼22½
1844—2¼2221¾221¾2———

[17] The following is the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the sums authorised by government to be expended, and actually expended, in each of the undermentioned years:—

Authorised Expenditure.
Year.
1840£4,000,000
18413,500,000
18426,000,000
18434,500,000
184418,000,000
184559,000,000
1846124,500,000
184738,300,000

These are the sums authorised to be expended by the acts passed in each of these years. The following table shows, as nearly as can be estimated, the sums actually expended:—

Actual Expenditure.
Year.
1841£1,470,000
18422,980,000
18434,435,000
18446,105,000
1845, first six months3,510,000
1845, second six months10,625,000
1846, first six months9,815,000
1846, second six months26,670,000
1847, first six mouths25,770,000