1865 30,733 99,688 1866 35,705 90,736 1867 34,114 83,501 1868 36,170 79,642 1869 47,694 87,027 1870 48,123 84,323 1871 58,323 81,248 1872 75,933 91,988 1873 98,134 106,415 1874 116,325 134,949 1875 113,642 141,123 1876 120,019 142,148 1877 114,772 163,047 1878 104,202 159,847 1879 87,042 166,469 1880 81,606 239,835 1881 70,466 331,209 1882 86,837 511,743 1883 91,053 851,957 1884 99,799 926,968 1885 97,618 888,391 AMOUNT OF PLATE DUTY COLLECTED. Year ends July 24th. Date. Amount. 1865 £11,114 1866 11,493 1867 9,941 1868 9,761 1869 10,505 1870 10,767 1871 11,270 1872 12,603 1873 14,889 1874 17,898 1875 18,202 Year ends June 24th. 1876 18,689 1877 19,053 1878 18,406 1879 15,752 1880 13,898 1881 15,141 1882 18,649 1883 19,663 1884 20,943 1885 20,221 NUMBER OF ASSAYS MADE IN BIRMINGHAM. Date. Number. 1843 1,685 1853 2,477 1863 6,823 1873 38,138 1883 101,012