PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF POOR LAW RELIEF.-UNITED KINGDOM. No. 160.-Number of PERSONS in RECEIPT of RELIEF in the UNITED KINGDOM on one day in the Winter and on one day in the Summer in the undermentioned years, with the proportion of PERSONS relieved per 10,000 of the estimated Population.

(a) Or or about the 1st January for England and Wales; on 15th January for Scotland; and at the close of the first week in January for Ireland.

(b) On or about 1st July for England and Wales; on 15th September for Scotland; and at the close of the first. week in July for Ireland.

(c) The term "vagrant" is used in the returns for Scotland.

(d) Excluding the Irish Free State.

CIVIL COURTS: ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND.

No. 161.-PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED in CIVIL COURTS in
ENGLAND and WALES.

[Compiled from the Annual Returns of Civil Judicial Statistics (England and Wales).]

(a) Inclusive of Bankruptcy and Companies Winding Up Proceedings, but exclusive of certain proceedings commenced in the High Court.

No. 162.-PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED in CIVIL COURTS in

SCOTLAND.

[Compiled from the Annual Returns of Civil Judicial Statistics (Scotland).]

No. 164.-AMOUNT of LIABILITIES in BANKRUPTCIES, &c.,

£ £ 7,641,939 6,526,427 4,661,444 4,900,019 5,904,650 3,464,530 2,634,207 1,637,123

8,211,678 6,841,470 4,913,950 5,091,265 6,052,648 3,731,280 2,731,959 1,933,329

INSOLVENCY: ENGLAND AND WALES.

in ENGLAND and WALES under the BANKRUPTCY ACTS. Annual Reports by the Board of Trade.]

INSOLVENCY: ENGLAND AND WALES.

No. 166.-NUMBER of ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSITIONS, &c., REGISTERED [The Tables below are compiled from the General

No. 167.-AMOUNT of LIABILITIES in ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSI

No. 168.-AMOUNT of ASSETS in ASSIGNMENTS, COMPOSI