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 NOTES AND MEMORANDA 825 amount is contributed as between the three kingdoms, in proportions which vary from year to year, and which were in 1889-90, 85'95, 10'00, and 4'05 per cent. The figures for 1889-90 work out as follows: Contributed by the three kingdoms, England, 1,904,239; Scotland, 221,552; Ireland, 89,729; total, 2,215,520. Assigned to Local Government services in the three kingdoms and paid to Local Taxation accounts: England, 1,778,416; Scotland, 240,157; Ireland, 196,947; total, 2,215,520. The amount of excise licenses in 1889-90 was 2,970,000. As regards the third point, viz., the mount and proportion of moneys expended out of the exchequer (a) upon Civil and Local Government services for the special use of, and (b) upon the collection of revenue in England, Scotland, and Ireland respectively, the following figures show the total expenditure met by issues out of the exchequer: On Im- perial services, 61,927,002; on English services, 16,560,531; on Scottish services, 2,735,020; and on Irish services, 4,860,761. To these sums must be added the amounts expended on Local Government services met out of revenue paid to Local Taxation accounts, which were as follows: -On English ser-ices, 4,748,416, on Scottish services, 240,157; and on Irish services, 196,947. The amount and proportion of State loans outstanding, and of State liabilities incurred for local purposes, were for England 21,903,000, with a proportion of 54'9 per cent. of the total; Scotland, 4,253,000, and 10'7; Ireland, 12,225,000, and 30'6, and Imperial, 1,524,000, with a proportion of 3'8 per cent. Approximate figures similar to the above for 1890-91, and estimates for 1891-92 are also appended to the return. It appears from a table summarizing the results of the three years 1889-90,' 1890-91, and 1891-92, that the estimated proportions per head of the population, according to the census of 1891, of the total revenue contributed by the three kingdoms in 1891-92 were as follows :--England, 2 13s. 6d.; Scotland, 2 11s. 5d.; and Ireland, 1 13s. 6d. Of the total expenditure on English, Scottish, and Irish services the proportions were 16s. 10d., 17s. 10d., and 1 5s. 6d. respectively; while the proportions of contribution to Imperial services were for England, 1 16s. 8d.; Scotland, 1 13s. 7d.; and for Ireland, Frie.dly Societies. Industrial ad _Provident Trade Uios. 1890. _Reports. _Part .4. Societies ad Tins is the annual report of the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies for the year ending 31st December, 1890, and is published pursuant to the Acts 34 and 35 Vict. c. 31 s. 17; 38 and 39 Vict. c. 60 s. 10, and 39 and 40 Vict. c. 45 s. 25. The report contains the usual statements as to the proceedings in connection with the various Friendly Societies, Industrial and Provident Societies and Trade Unions for the year 1890.