It will be as well, perhaps, that the reader should have set before him the figures for the various years precisely as they stand in the Society’s last issued Report. As will be seen, for some reason that is not explained, there are no returns for the four years 1830 to 1833 inclusive. Appended to the “committed vagrant list” is a record of the number of cases specially inquired into and “registered,” as well as a statement of the number of meals that were in each year distributed. Years. Cases registered. Vagrants committed. Meals given. 1818 3,284 385 16,827 1819 4,682 580 33,013 1820 4,546 359 46,407 1821 2,336 324 28,542 1822 2,235 287 22,232 1823 1,493 193 20,152 1824 1,441 195 25,396 1825 1,096 381 19,600 1826 833 300 22,972 1827 806 403 35,892 1828 1,284 786 21,066 1829 671 602 26,286 1830 848 — 105,488 1831 1,285 — 79,156 1832 1,040 — 73,315 1833 624 — 37,074 1834 1,226 652 30,513 1835 1,408 1,510 84,717 1836 946 1,004 68,134 1837 1,087 1,090 87,454 1838 1,041 873 155,348 1839 1,055 962 110,943 1840 706 752 113,502 1841 997 1,119 195,625 1842 1,223 1,306 128,914 1843 1,148 1,018 167,126 1844 1,184 937 174,229 1845 1,001 868 165,139 1846 980 778 148,569 1847 910 625 239,171 1848 1,161 979 148,661 1849 1,043 905 64,251 1850 787 570 94,106 1851 1,150 900 102,140 1852 658 607 67,985