paid assistance than others, and yet, with unvarying uniformity, he might have said, the executive granted the same high rate of interest to all, irrespective of how they disposed of it. The Returns were ordered _nem. con._ The Statement which Mr. Hume more particularly referred to is in its proper place among the "Accounts and Papers" for that year, and is as follows:-- +---------+--------------------+------------------+-----------------+ | | Dividends on Stock | Interest Paid | | | Years. | Received by | Trustees. | Difference. | | | Commissioners. | | | +---------+--------------------+------------------+-----------------+ | | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | | 1817-18 | 32,071 1 5 | 44,909 5 1 | 12,838 3 8 | | 1819 | 92,865 13 7 | 106,963 4 9 | 14,097 11 2 | | 1820 | 124,278 8 2 | 141,488 1 3 | 17,209 13 1 | | 1821 | 163,631 1 1 | 182,649 13 3 | 19,018 12 2 | | 1822 | 225,252 6 1 | 253,629 4 11 | 28,376 18 10 | | 1823 | 298,270 10 1 | 340,757 0 2 | 42,486 10 1 | | 1824 | 379,411 6 7 | 468,261 12 1 | 88,850 5 6 | | 1825 | 450,027 13 0 | 562,759 0 4 | 112,731 13 4 | | 1826 | 478,286 5 3 | 592,390 18 11 | 114,104 13 8 | | 1827 | 480,851 13 0 | 615,516 1 7 | 134,664 8 7 | | 1828 | 515,569 9 4 | 675,753 16 7 | 160,184 7 3 | +---------+--------------------+------------------+-----------------+