[3] See the "Increase of Crime, and Imprisonment, and Transportation," _Blackwood's Magazine_, May and July 1844, vol. lv. p. 532, and vol. lvi. p. 1. [4] Table showing the number of commitments for serious offences in the undermentioned years in England, Scotland, and Ireland:-- |Years. | England. | Scotland. | Ireland. | Total. | +-------+----------+-----------+-----------+--------+ | 1837 | 23,612 | 3,126 | 24,804 | 51,542 | | 1838 | 23,094 | 3,418 | 25,723 | 52,235 | | 1839 | 24,443 | 3,409 | 26,392 | 54,244 | | 1840 | 27,187 | 3,872 | 23,833 | 54,892 | | 1841 | 27,760 | 3,562 | 20,776 | 52,118 | | 1842 | 31,309 | 4,189 | 21,186 | 56,684 | | 1843 | 29,591 | 3,615 | 20,126 | 53,332 | | 1844 | 26,542 | 3,577 | 19,448 | 49,565 | | 1845 | 24,309 | 3,537 | 16,696 | 44,542 | | 1846 | 25,107 | 2,901 | 18,492 | 46,500 | | 1847 | 28,833 | 4,635 | 31,209 | 64,677 | | 1848 | 30,349 | 4,909 | 38,522* | 73,770 | --_Parliamentary Returns_, 1842-8. * Irish Rebellion. [5] BROUGHAM'S _Colonial Policy_, i. 61, 62. [6] CUNNINGHAM'S _New South Wales_, i. 262. [7] Table showing the annual exports of British manufactures to the undermentioned Colonies, from 1828 to 1846. | | Canada, &c. | The Cape, | Australia, | |Years.| Without Convicts. | Without Convicts. | With Convicts.| +------+ | | | |1828 | £1,691,044 | £218,849 | £443,839 | |1829 | 1,581,723 | 257,501 | 310,681 | |1830 | 1,857,133 | 330,036 | 314,677 | |1831 | 2,089,327 | 257,245 | 398,471 | |1832 | 2,075,725 | 292,405 | 466,328 | |1833 | 2,092,550 | 346,197 | 558,372 | |1834 | 1,671,069 | 304,382 | 716,014 | |1835 | 2,158,158 | 326,921 | 696,345 | |1836 | 2,732,291 | 482,315 | 835,637 | |1837 | 2,141,035 | 488,811 | 921,568 | |1838 | 1,992,457 | 623,323 | 1,336,662 | |1839 | 3,047,671 | 464,130 | 1,679,390 | |1840 | 2,847,913 | 417,091 | 2,004,385 | |1841 | 2,947,061 | 384,574 | 1,269,351 | |1842 | 2,333,525 | 369,076 | 916,164 | |1843 | 1,751,211 | 502,577 | 1,211,815 | |1844 | 3,076,861 | 420,151 | 744,482 | |1845 | 3,555,954 | 648,749 | 1,201,076 | |1846 | 3,308,059 | 480,979 | 1,441,640 | --PORTER'S _Parliamentary Tables_, 1846, p. 121. Exports, per head, to the following countries in 1836.