Convicts discharged from the Hulks, from 1792 to 1799 inclusive (_See page 98 of this Treatise_) 1383 To be discharged from the Hulks at Langston chiefly in 6 years 678 From Woolwich, chiefly within the same period 317 ---- Total 2378 In the same authentic Documents, namely the Appendix (L. 1 & 2) page 103 of the 28th Report of the Select Committee on Finance, a Statement is given of the Expence which has been incurred by Government, "for or in respect of the Conviction, Confinement, and Maintenance of Convicts, from the 1st January, 1775, to the year ending the 31st December, 1797," of which the following is an abstract: 1 Jan. 1775 to 1 Jan. 1776 paid at the Exchequer £.8,660 0 0 -- 1776 -- 1777 -- 7,950 16 10 -- 1777 -- 1778 -- 13,676 14 5 -- 1778 -- 1779 -- 17,939 18 0 -- 1779 -- 1780 -- 22,292 11 1-1/2 -- 1780 -- 1781 -- 21,034 0 1-1/2 -- 1781 -- 1782 -- 18,686 19 0 -- 1782 -- 1783 -- 22,320 10 9 -- 1783 -- 1784 -- 17,669 3 11 -- 1784 -- 1785 -- 31,555 18 11 -- 1785 -- 1786 -- 32,343 17 7 -- to 7 March 1786 -- 9,353 17 0 To 31 December 1786 22,282 18 4 1787 33,927 9 7 1788 34,059 14 8 1789 62,656 15 5 1790 46,865 4 6 1791 43,840 9 0 1792 22,300 12 7 1793 25,403 16 0 1794 25,751 3 7-1/2 1795 14,195 7 4-1/2 1796 36,174 7 9 1797 } { 19,506 15 11 1797 } { 12,574 0 0 --------------- Total Expence of Convicts in the } Hulks, from the Commencement } £.623,022 14 5 of the System to 1 January 1798 }