Note 8 — LESSONS FROM THE FAMINE.
Reading edition
Table showing the quantity of grain, including flour and meal, entered for home consumption, from 5th July 1846, to 5th February 1847, from the London Gazette official returns:—
qrs.
Quarters of grain (including flour and meal) entered for home consumption, in the months from 5th July to 5th January as reported, 1st February,5,148,449
Quantity duty paid in month ending 5th Feb.539,418
Do. do. flour and meal, 427,036 cwts.142,345
_______681,763
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Quantity duty paid up to 5th January,5,830,212
In bond, 5th February,68,939
Do. do. flour and meal, 318,240 cwts.106,080
_______175,019
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Quantity in qrs. of duty paid and presently in bond, from month ending 5th July to 5th Feb.6,005,231
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