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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM

Scotland.

Jan. 15

Poor relieved (Excluding Vagrants)

Paupers Dependents

Vagrants

Total

Paupers

Dependents

1900 1905 1910 1911 1912

65,797 33,963 73,226 37,265 75,484 40,934 66,915 41,289 67,448 41,621

132 137 142 111 133

40 32 21 17 37

99,932 110,660 116,581 108,332 109,239

Ireland.

January

(end of

first

week)

1]

Adult able-bodied 1

5,724 5,149 5,129 4,778 4,609

adoor paupers All others Total

Outdoor paupers

58,534 57,909 55,496 40,091 39,996

In asylums

Total

1900 1905 1910 1911 1912

38,096 43,820 88,762 ' 43,911 36,737 41,866 34,189 38,967 33,402 38,011

1,512 1,420 1,530 1,600 1,629

103,866

103,240

99,002

80,658

79,636

1 Excluding any who may be temporarily disabled by sickness.

Included in the number of indoor paupers are casuals, who numbered 984 in January, 1912.

Finance.

I, Revenue AND Expenditure.

Revenue

Year ended

March 31

Estimated

Actual Receipts

More ( + )

in the

into the

or less (— )

Budgets

Exchequer

than Estimates

£

£

£

1895

101,189,000

101,697,304

+ 508,304

1900

120,550,000

129,804,566

-1-9,254,566

1905

153,086,000

153,182,782

-f- 96,782

1910

162,590,000

131,696,456

-30,893,544^

1911

199,791,000-

203,850,588

-f 4,059, 588

1912

181,621,000

185,090,286

-f 3,469,286

1 This abnormal deficit was caiused by the non-collection of a jiortion of the revenue ut' the year (estimated at .30,046,000/.) owing to the Finance Bill of that year not being passed into law by Parliament unti! the succeeding financial year.

- Including arrears of 1009-10, estimated at 30,040,000/.