1840, 1,199,529 1841, 1,299,048 1842, 1,427,187 1843, 1,539,490 1844, 1,477,561 1845, 1,470,970 1846, 1,332,089 1847, 1,720,350 1848, 1,626,201 --_Progress of the Nation_, 3d Ed. p. 94. [6] TABLE showing the Poor's Rates of England and Wales, with their Population, and the amount in Quarters of Grain in every year, from 1822 to 1849, both inclusive:-- | | | | | Amount in | | | | Population | Prices of | Quarters of | | Years | Poor's Rates | | Wheat | Wheat | |-------+--------------| |-----------+-------------| | | | | _s._ _d._ | | |1822 | £6,358,702 | 12,318,310 | 43 3 | 2,940,440 | |1823 | 5,772,958 | 12,508,956 | 51 9 | 2,231,091 | |1824 | 5,736,898 | 12,699,098 | 62 0 | 1,850,612 | |1825 | 5,786,989 | 12,881,906 | 66 6 | 1,740,447 | |1826 | 5,928,501 | 13,056,931 | 55 11 | 2,983,221 | |1827 | 6,441,088 | 13,242,019 | 56 9 | 2,269,987 | |1828 | 6,298,000 | 13,441,913 | 60 5 | 2,084,855 | |1829 | 6,332,410 | 13,620,701 | 66 3 | 1,911,671 | |1830 | 6,829,042 | 13,811,467 | 64 3 | 2,125,772 | |1831 | 6,798,888 | 13,897,187 | 66 4 | 2,049,916 | |1832 | 7,036,968 | 14,105,645 | 58 8 | 2,398,966 | |1833 | 6,790,799 | 14,317,229 | 52 11 | 2,566,601 | |1834 | 6,317,255 | 14,531,957 | 46 2 | 2,736,717 | |1835[7]| 5,526,418 | 14,703,002 | 44 2 | 2,502,528 | |1836 | 4,717,630 | 14,904,456 | 39 5 | 2,393,723 | |1837 | 4,044,741 | 15,105,909 | 52 6 | 1,540,853 | |1838 | 4,123,604 | 15,307,363 | 55 3 | 1,492,684 | |1839 | 4,421,712 | 15,508,816 | 69 4 | 1,275,494 | |1840 | 4,576,965 | 15,710,270 | 68 5 | 1,336,340 | |1841 | 4,760,929 | 15,911,725 | 65 3 | 1,459,288 | |1842 | 4,911,498 | 16,141,808 | 64 0 | 1,534,843 | |1843 | 5,208,027 | 16,371,892 | 54 4 | 1,917,665 | |1844 | 4,976,093 | 16,601,975 | 51 5 | 1,935,595 | |1845 | 5,039,708 | 16,824,341 | 50 10 | 1,976,354 | |1846 | 4,954,204 | 17,032,471 | 54 8 | 1,801,528 | |1847 | 5,298,787 | 17,426,321 | 69 9 | 1,513,939 | |1848 | 6,180,764 | 17,649,622 | 50 6 | 2,423,436 | |1849 | 5,792,963 | 17,862,431 | 44 3 | 2,633,166 | |1850 | | | 40 2 | | _Poor's-Rate Report_, 1849; and PORTER, 90, 3d ed.--The five last years' prices are not from Mr Porter's work, where they are obviously wrong, but from _Parl. Pap._ 1850, No. 460. [7] New Poor-Law came into operation.