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 POPULATION.

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"Wales, was as follows, on the first day of January years from 1856 to 1870 : —

for the fifteen

January 1

Number

of unions

and

parishes

Adult

able-bodied

paupers

All other paupers

Total

1856.

624

152,174

725.593

877.767

1857

624

139,130

704.676

843.806

1858

629

166,604

741,582

908,186

1859

642

137.418

723,052

860,470

1860

646

136,761

714.259

851.020

1861

646

150.526

739,897

890,423

1862

649

167,646

778.520

946.166

1863

653

253,499

889.125

1,142,624

1864

655

1S6.750

822,539

1,009,289

1865

655

170,136

801,297

971.433

1866

655

149.320

771,024

920,344

1867

655

158,308

800,516

958,824

1868

655

185,630

849,193

1.034,823

1869.

655

183,162

856.387

• 1,039,549

1870.

649

194,089

885,302

1,079,391

The numbers above specified are exclusive of vagrants and so- called ' casual poor,' to whom temporary relief is given.

The number of criminal offenders, distinguishing men and women, committed for trial, and convicted, and acquitted, in England and Wales, was as follows for the last fifteen years, 1855-69 :? —

Tears

Committed for trial

Men

Women

Total

1855.

19,890

6,082

25,972

19.971

1856.

15.425

4,012

19,437

■14,734

1857.

15,970

4,299

20,269

•15,307

1858.

13,865

3,990

17.855

13.246

1859.

12,782

3,892

16,674

12,470

1860.

12.168

3,831

15,999-

■12,068

1861.

14.349

3,977

18.326

•13,879

1862.

15.896

4,105

20,001

15.312

1863.

16,461

4,357

20,818

15.799

1864.

15,398

4,108

19,506

14.726

1865.

15,411

4,203

19,614

14.740

1866.

14,880

3,969

18.849

14.25 t

1867.

15,208

3,763

18,971

14,207

1868.

16,197

3.894

20,091

15,033

1869.

15,722

3,596

19.318

14,340

The decrease in the number of persons committed for trial in England and Wales, since 1855, is partly to be -attributed to the operation of the Criminal Justice Act of 1855, which authorises