. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 8771879 21,00120,,79911,94611,94212,525 Scotland. Ireland. 3,274 21,202 2,821 8,714 2,850 3,350 2,438 3,285 2,184 2,257 2,009 2,300 2,090 2,207 ,47732,29119,44621,52216,38716,25116,822 Per MUle ofPopuLition. 1-2 11 0-7 0-7 0-6 0-5 0-5 X Dawson Burns estimates the beer, wine, and spirits consumed in 1873 at 152,478,920 gallons,being equal to ,000 gaUons of pure alcohol. The enormous sum of i:i26,000,000, or £3 16s. a head,was expended, according to him, upon drink. 472 THE BRITISH ISLES. to 1818, in which year Parliament for the first
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 8771879 21,00120,,79911,94611,94212,525 Scotland. Ireland. 3,274 21,202 2,821 8,714 2,850 3,350 2,438 3,285 2,184 2,257 2,009 2,300 2,090 2,207 ,47732,29119,44621,52216,38716,25116,822 Per MUle ofPopuLition. 1-2 11 0-7 0-7 0-6 0-5 0-5 X Dawson Burns estimates the beer, wine, and spirits consumed in 1873 at 152,478,920 gallons,being equal to ,000 gaUons of pure alcohol. The enormous sum of i:i26,000,000, or £3 16s. a head,was expended, according to him, upon drink. 472 THE BRITISH ISLES. to 1818, in which year Parliament for the first time concerned itself withthe subject, the establishment of schools was left to private initiative. In1833 an annual grant of £20,000 was voted, and increased in 1839 to£30,000, its dispensation being intrusted to a Committee of the Privy Council,who appointed inspectors to report on the schools desirous of participating inGovernment aid. These and other measures, more especially the establishment of Fig. 232.—Educational £ li G L I S tf 10 W. of Gr.
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