Drunken

nes.

cent., 35 females; Walsall, 42 males, 50 females; Wolverhampton, 41 males, 53 females; West Bromwich, 31 males, 44 females; Aston, 19 males, 24 females per cent.

The number proceeded against for drunkenness averaged, Birmingham, 0.59; Wolverhampton, 0·68; Walsall, 0.34.

CLASS VI-INDEFINITE OCCUPATIONS.

ORDER XVI.
LABOURERS.

Labourers. THE census of 1861 gave the number of general labourers belonging to branches of labour undefined at 808,831; viz., England and Wales, 309,883; Scotland, 68,336; and Ireland, 430,612; and their income at the lowest estimate would be several millions a year; but a large portion of these has already been included under builders; others are doubtless connected with the other occupations, and any excess may be set against any over-estimate in the previous calculation.

Washer

Women,

In connection with the workers in dress we should also have placed washerwomen, of whom 170,000 were in the United Kingdom. At an average of 10/ per week, including the food sometimes earned by them, their income would amount to upwards of £4,000,000 per annum.

ORDER XVII.

PERSONS OF RANK OR PROPERTY. .

UNDER this order are included persons of rank or property not returned under any office or occupation.

ORDER XVIII.

PAUPERS, PRISONERS AND VAGRANTS.

THIS order embraces all persons living on income drawn from voluntary sources and rates, prisoners and others of criminal class of no specified occupation, and vagrants and gipsies.

APPENDIX.

PRICES PAID AT GREENWICH HOSPITAL

For food, clothing and household stores, and rates of artificers wages, in the following years:

Rate of increase or decrease in prices from 1840 to