[28] The proceedings of the Government, in reference to this point, are fully explained in a letter from Mr. Trevelyan to Colonel Jones, and in the accompanying Treasury Minute, printed in the first Board of Works Series for 1847, page 97 to 100. [29] See page 44 of the first Board of Works Series of 1847. [30] The following shows the extent of the Government interference in the supply of food in the two seasons of 1845-46 and 1846-47:-- +--------------------------------------------+--------------+---------+ | | Reduced | | | | to general | | | | denomination | Cost. | | | of | | | | quarters. | | | +--------------+---------+ |Total quantity of Indian Corn and Oatmeal | | £ | | provided for the Relief Service during the | | | | first season of distress, up to August 1846| 98,810 | 163,240 | | +--------------+---------+ |Of this quantity there remained in store | | | | at the close of the first season of the | 14,575 | 24,073 | | operations | | | | | | | |Total quantity of provisions of all kinds | | | | (Indian Corn, Wheat, Barley, the meal | | | | of those grains, Ryemeal, Biscuit, Peas, | | | | Beans, and Rice) provided for the Relief | | | | Service, during the second season of | | | | distress up to September 1847 | 289,335 | 672,767 | | +--------------+---------+ | | 303,910 | 696,840 | | +--------------+---------+ |There remained in store at the close of | | | | the second season of the operations, about | 108,960 | 249,836 | +--------------------------------------------+--------------+---------+