VOL. page.

Poor and Poor Laws-continued.

29. Winkfield Parish:

Copies of all correspondence between the ratepayers of the parish of Winkfield and the Poor-law Commissioners, as to the inefficiency of medical relief, and the inadequacy of their representation at the Board of Guardians of their union; copy of a memorial from the parish, addressed to Sir James Graham, January 1842; (600.) XXXVI. 409

30. Witnesses' Expenses :

Statement of the practice of the Poor-law Commissioners in respect to the allow-
ance of the witnesses' expenses, under the Poor-law Amendment Act; (in App.
to 663-II.)
V. Part II. 1683

see also Cotton Mills. Dwellings for the Poor.

(Peckham).

Poor-rates.

Poor and Poor Laws (Ireland):

I. Bills:

1. Destitute Poor.

2. Labouring Poor Employment.

II. Report:

Relief of the Poor, and Medical Charities.

III. Accounts and Papers:

1. Administration of the Poor Law.

2. Illegitimate Children.

3. Poor-law Unions.

4. Workhouses.

5. Carrickmacross Union.

6. Fermoy Union.

7. Midleton Union.

I. Bills:

1. Destitute Poor:

Bill for the better relief of the destitute poor in Ireland; (158.)

2. Labouring Poor Employment:

III. 129

Bill to facilitate the employment of the labouring poor, for a limited period, in distressed districts in Ireland; (649.)

Bill [as amended by the Committee]; (672.)

Report by the Lords Committees appointed a Select Committee to inquire into
the operation of the 1 & 2 Vict. c. 56, and the other laws relating to the relief
of the destitute poor in Ireland; and also to inquire into the operation of the
medical charities in Ireland, which are supported wholly or partially by grants
from the county cess; together with the Minutes of Evidence taken before
them; (694.)

Appendix to the Minutes of Evidence; (694-II.)
General Index to the Minutes of Evidence (694-III.)

III. Accounts and Papers:

1. Administration of the Poor-law:

1

1

XI. Part I. 1
XI. Part II.
XI. Part II. 697

Days on which each Assistant Poor-law Commissioner in Ireland attended meetings of Boards of Guardians, 1844-45, and up to 31 March 1846; number of paupers admitted into each workhouse in Ireland, 1841-1845; number of paupers that died in each workhouse in Ireland, for a similar period, distinguishing those who died from fever each year; price of potatoes agreed for at the last contract entered into by each Board of Guardians in Ireland previous to 1 May in the years 1844, 1845, and 1846; (453.) XXXVI. 451

2. Illegitimate Children:

Return of the number of women having illegitimate children, and of the number
of illegitimate children relieved in each of the several poor-houses of Ireland,
during the half-year ending September 1845; (79.)
XLII. 273

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Poor (Ireland)-continued.

III. Accounts and Papers-continued.

3. Poor-law Unions:

Name of each union in Ireland; name of county in which situated; total number of occupiers in each electoral division; total extent of statute acres in each electoral division the rate for which is made on the occupier; total number of hereditaments for which the rate is made on the immediate lessor; total estimated extent of bog or waste land not rated in each division; (262.)

XXXVI. 469

4. Workhouses: Return of the number of inmates, distinguishing the able-bodied in each workhouse in Ireland, on 25 March 1844, 1845, and 1846; (297.) XXXVI. 505

5. Carrickmacross Union:

Copies of the papers relating to the poor-law union of Carrickmacross referred to the question put to the Secretary for Ireland; (458.) XXXVI. 509

6. Fermoy Union:

Copy of memorandum on the alleged neglect of sick paupers in the hospital of
Fermoy Union Workhouse; with minutes of evidence taken by the Assistant
Poor-law Commissioner on an inquiry into such alleged neglect; and corres-
pondence with the Poor-law Commissioners on the same subject; (294.)
XXXVI. 561

7. Midleton Union:

Copy of the correspondence between the Poor-law Commissioners in Ireland and the Board of Guardians of the Midleton Union, in the county of Cork, on the subject of the sum of money advanced out of the Consolidated Fund for the building of the union workhouse at Midleton; (706.) XXXVI. 583

Poor-law Commissioners.

IV. 5. 23. 24.

Poor Rates:

I. Bill:

see Miscellaneous Services, II.

Poor and Poor Laws, III.

Bill to continue the exemption of inhabitants of parishes, townships, and villages
from liability to be rated, as such, in respect of stock in trade or other property,
to the relief of the poor; (546.)
iv. 381

II. Accounts and Papers:

Population, and amount of money levied as poor rates, and ratio which amount of rate bore to population in each county, 1813, 1824, 1834, 1844; amount levied for poor rates, excluding certain counties, for 1826, 1841, distinguishing the amount levied on landed property, dwelling-houses, and all other kinds of property, with the proportion per cent. which the amount levied on each description of property bears to the total amount levied; expenses of medical relief in each union under the regulation of the Poor-law Commissioners, for the years ending March 1843, 1844, 1845; together with the total cost of relief to the poor in each union; (64.) XXXVI. 133

Amount of money levied for poor rates in England, 1826, 1833, 1841, distinguishing the amount levied on landed property, dwelling-houses, and all other kinds of property; annual value of real property assessed to the poor rate, 1841, distinguishing each kind of property; total amount of local taxation in Great Britain and Ireland; (14.)

Population:

XL. 51

Births registered in England and Wales in each quarter of the years ending 31
December 1843 and 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 176

Births registered in England and Wales in the years ending 31 December 18391844; [in 757.]

XLVII. 177

Marriages registered in England and Wales in the year ending 31 December 1844; [in 757.]

XLVII. 177

The same, in the year ending 31 December 1844; [in 757.]
Marriages registered in England and Wales in the four quarters of the years

Population and Crime:

VOL. page.

Estimate of population, 1836-1845, for each year, as far as the same can be
given; also the number of persons committed for trial in England and Wales
in each of the said years; together with a statement, showing the increase or
decrease in triennial periods, ending 1836, 1839, 1842, respectively; also the
proportion of commitments to the estimated amount of the population in each
of the said years; (in 460.)
XXV. 527

Population, Taxation, Debt, and Wheat Imports, &c. :

Amount of population; amount of national debt; interest of the debt; sums levied for county rates; amount of poor rates; number of paupers; value of exports and imports; quantity of wheat imported; average price per quarter; fluctuation per cent.; quantity of wheat sold in country markets from 1796 to 1846; number of acres inclosed under Inclosure Acts; and returns concerning consumption of wheat; (360.) XLIV. 19

Pork, Salted:

Quantities imported, exported, and retained for consumption; rates and amount of duty, 1843 and 1844; [in 757-]

Portdynllaen Harbour. see Holyhead and Portdynllaen Harbours.

Porter's Tables. see Revenue, Population, Commerce, &c.

Port Essington. see Miscellaneous Services, V.

Port Glasgow:

Amount of customs duty thereat, 1843 and 1844; [in 757.]

Porto Rico. see Sugar II. 6.

Portpatrick Harbour. see Miscellaneous Services, I.

Ports, Harbours, &c. :

XLVII. 16

Bill for the better management and preservation of the ports, harbours, creeks, tidal waters, and navigable lakes and rivers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland; (626.)

Portsmouth :

Amount of customs duty thereat, 1843 and 1844; [in 757.] Portugal:

·

III. 153

Quantities of principal articles imported therefrom, 1844; [in 757.] XLVII. 84
Quantities of principal articles exported thereto, 1844; [in 757.] XLVII. 96
Quantities and declared value of British and Irish manufactures exported thereto,
1844; [in 757-]
XLVII. 102

1. Letters, Postage, Weight of Mails, &c. 8. Mail-coach Contructs.

2. Belgium.

3. Brunswick, Duchy of.

4. Denmark.

5. France.

6. Hanover.

7. Letter-carriers and Sub-sorters.

9. Mitchell, Thomas.

10. Post-office Directory.

11. Railway Conveyance.
12. Revenue and Expenditure.
13. Stamps and Stamped Covers.

1. Letters, Postage, Weight of Mails, &c:

Returns of the number of chargeable letters which have passed through the Lon-
don General Post-office since 5 December 1839; number which have passed
through the London district post; returns relating to the gross and net revenue,
and cost of management; other returns relating to postage, and letters, and
money-orders; return of the aggregate weight of mails dispatched from Lon-
don in each day for one week, from 2 February 1845, inclusive, distinguishing
the weight of the morning and evening mails, and also the weight of letters
from the weight of newspapers and Parliamentary papers; (150.) - XLV. 1
2. Belgium:

Additional articles to those agreed upon between the Post-office of Great Britain
and the Post-office of Belgium; [680.]
LII. 29

VOL. I page.

Post-office-continued.

3. Brunswick, Duchy of:

Postage convention between the General Post-office of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and the General Post-office of the Duchy of Brunswick; [678.]
LII. 33

4. Denmark:

Convention between Her Majesty and the King of Denmark regulating the communication by post between the British and Danish dominions; [744.] LII. 39

5. France:

Additional articles to those agreed upon between the Post-office of Great Britain
and the Post-office of France, for carrying into execution the convention of 3d
April 1843; [679.] [702.] [714]
LII. 55. 63. 71

6. Hanover:

Postage convention between the General Post-office of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland and the General Post-office of the kingdom of Ha-
nover; [677.]
LII. 75

7. Letter-carriers and Sub-sorters:

Copies of papers relating to the recent investigation at the Post-office respecting letter-carriers and sub-sorters; (693.) XLV. 55

8. Mail-coach Contracts:

Statement showing the number of miles, and aggregate amount of money paid to
the horse-contractors and coach-builders for the conveyance of letters, &c. by
mail-coaches in the years ending 5 April 1837 and 5 April 1846; (in App.
to 687.)
XIV. 626

9. Mitchell, Thomas:

Copy of all memorials, reports, and communications that have passed concerning the dismissal of T. Mitchell from the office of sub-sorter in the General Postoffice, with a copy of the evidence given by Thomas Mitchell before Mr. Peacock, 1846; (607.) XLV. 17

10. Post-office Directory:

Return from the General Post-office of all particulars relating to the Post-office
Directory; also a return of the names, salaries, and emoluments of the general
letter-carriers of the metropolis; (586.)
XLV. 173

11. Railway Conveyance:

Return of railways used by the Post-office, showing the dates of arbitration or
authority for payment, the cash per mile, the terms of award or agreement, and
the annual amount paid for each; (in App. to 68.)
XIV. 627

12. Revenue and Expenditure:

Revenue of the General Post-office for the year ending June 1846, showing the gross revenue received, the total expenses incurred for management or for packet service, whether by the Post-office, or by any other department of the Government on account of the Post-office, and the net revenue after the deduction of such expenses; (256.)

Amount of revenue derived from 1844; [in 757.]

XLV. 9

XLVII. 2

Gross and net amount of Post-office revenue in each division of the United King-
dom and the London district office, 1843 and 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 41
Amount of postage collected at various cities and towns, 1842 and 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 42

13. Stamps and Stamped Covers: Return, from the establishment of the penny postage to 5 April 1846, of the amount expended for producing stamped postage envelopes, classed under the following heads: machinery, paper, wages, folding, and contingencies; calculation showing how much per million the said envelopes cost; account showing cost of labels per million; also names of persons who have sustained injuries connected with the operation of stamping or folding envelopes, with the nature of such injuries in each case, within the same period; (512.) see also East India, II. 12. Halifax and Boston Mails. Kingstown Mails. Mail Packets.

XLV. 193

Liverpool and

VOL. page.

Potatoes (Ireland):

Copy of report of Dr. Playfair and Mr. Lindley on the present state of the Irish potato crop, and on the prospect of approaching scarcity; (28.) XXXVII. 33 Extract of a report from the Commissioners of Inquiry into matters connected with the failure of the potato crop; (33) XXXVII. 35 Highest price of potatoes in the various market towns in Ireland per bushel or per stone, in the week ending 24 January, for the last seven years, as well as they can be estimated; (110.) XXXVII. 489 Correspondence explanatory of the measures adopted by Her Majesty's Government for the relief of distress arising from the failure of the potato crop in Ireland; [735.] XXXVII. 41

Poundage:

Amount of revenue derived from poundage on pensions and salaries, 1844; [in 757-1 XLVII. 2 Powell's Patent. see Railways, IV. 7.

Precepts from Chancery (Scotland) :

Bill to alter and amend the practice in Scotland with regard to crown charters and precepts from Chancery; (311.)

Preliminary Inquiries. see Private Bills, 1.

Preston:

I. 535

Prices of sugar at the end of each quarter, 1844; [in 757-]
XLVII. 45
Prices of grain; annual average in England and Wales, 1843 and 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 57

Prices of wheat; weekly and aggregate average in England and Wales in each
week, 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 60
Prices of wheat; monthly average, 1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 61
Septennial prices, as prepared for the purposes of the Tithe Commission, 1835 to
1844; [in 757.]
XLVII. 63
Annual average prices of wheat in Guernsey and Jersey, 1841 to 1843; [in 757.]
XLVII. 94

Prices of butchers' meat in the London markets, 1841 to 1844; [in 757.] XLVII.

189 Prices of butchers' meat of various kinds sold in the London markets in each month of each year from 1840 to 1844; [in 757.] XLVII. 190

Report from the Select Committee appointed to assist Mr. Speaker in all matters
which relate to the printing executed by order of this House, and for the pur-
pose of selecting and arranging for printing returns and papers presented in
pursuance of motions made by Members of The House, which may be referred
to the said Committee; (685.)
XV. 143

Report by Her Majesty's sole and only master printers in Scotland, 1846; [720.] XXIII. 103 Printworks:

Bill to amend a clerical error in an Act of the last Session, for regulating the labour of children, young persons, and women, in printworks; (92.) III. 167

Prisons:

Supplement to Tenth Report of Inspectors appointed under the provisions of 5 & 6 Will. 4, c. 38, to visit the different prisons of Great Britain. I. Home District; [748.]

IV. Scotland, Northumberland, and Durham; [740.]

XX. 357

XXI. 1

XXI. 483

XXI. 565

XX. 461

see also Gaols. Milbank Prison. Parkhurst Prison, Pentonville Prison.