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"Wales, was as follows, on the first day of January years from 1856 to 1870 : —
for the fifteen
January 1
Number
of unions
and
parishes
Adult
able-bodied
paupers
All other paupers
Total
1856 .
624
152,174
725.593
877.767
1857
624
139,130
704.676
843.806
1858
629
166,604
741,582
908,186
1859
642
137.418
723,052
860,470
1860
646
136,761
714.259
851.020
1861
646
150.526
739,897
890,423
1862
649
167,646
778.520
946.166
1863
653
253,499
889.125
1,142,624
1864
655
1S6.750
822,539
1,009,289
1865
655
170,136
801,297
971.433
1866
655
149.320
771,024
920,344
1867
655
158,308
800,516
958,824
1868
655
185,630
849,193
1.034,823
1869 .
655
183,162
856.387
• 1,039,549
1870 .
649
194,089
885,302
1,079,391
The numbers above specified are exclusive of vagrants and so- called ' casual poor,' to whom temporary relief is given.
The number of criminal offenders, distinguishing men and women, committed for trial, and convicted, and acquitted, in England and Wales, was as follows for the last fifteen years, 1855-69 :? —
Tears
Committed for trial
Men
Women
Total
1855 .
19,890
6,082
25,972
19.971
1856 .
15.425
4,012
19,437
■14,734
1857 .
15,970
4,299
20,269
•15,307
1858 .
13,865
3,990
17.855
13.246
1859 .
12,782
3,892
16,674
12,470
1860 .
12.168
3,831
15,999-
■12,068
1861 .
14.349
3,977
18.326
•13,879
1862 .
15.896
4,105
20,001
15.312
1863 .
16,461
4,357
20,818
15.799
1864 .
15,398
4,108
19,506
14.726
1865 .
15,411
4,203
19,614
14.740
1866 .
14,880
3,969
18.849
14.25 t
1867 .
15,208
3,763
18,971
14,207
1868 .
16,197
3.894
20,091
15,033
1869 .
15,722
3,596
19.318
14,340
The decrease in the number of persons committed for trial in England and Wales, since 1855, is partly to be -attributed to the operation of the Criminal Justice Act of 1855, which authorises
