Between 1629 and 1644 the interference of the Council is not confined to the years of scarcity but is continued for a long period of time. There are every year important entries concerning the poor in the Privy Council Register, and this fact seems to indicate that the attention of the Privy Council was thoroughly aroused, and that there was a determination to make the execution of the poor law a reality. The years 1629 to 1631 like those of 1621 to 1623 were years of high-priced corn and of a crisis in the cloth trade, and some of these Orders in Council in 1629-31 are of the same character as those of 1622-3. In 1631 however the interference of the Council is better organised than before and is continued until the outbreak of the Civil War. We will first enumerate a few of the measures relating to grain. The first proceeding of the Government was to forbid the transportation of corn out of the country. In 1629 and 1631 proclamations were issued to this effect[335]. In 1630 the export of beer also was forbidden[336], so as to husband the barley as much as possible. The restrictions were extended to Ireland, a survey was ordered of the quantities of grain there, and it was found that there was a very good harvest. Exportation to foreign countries was prohibited, licenses already granted were revoked, and all corn not needed for Ireland was to be brought to England[337]. [335] May 2nd, 1629, _Proc. Bk._, Chas. I., _D. S. P._, Vol. 541, p. 107. June 13th, 1631, Letters to Justices of England and Wales. _Privy Council Register._ [336] _Privy Council Register_, Nov. 9th, 1630. Letter to the Lord High Treasurer. "We understand ... yt the frequent exportacon of beere beyond the seas doth ... increase the present dearth in the ... City. We therefore require your lp. to give expresse order ... yt no beere be caryed out of the kingdome." [337] _Privy Council Reg._, 12th Nov. 1630, 9th June, 1630, 10th Sept. 1630.