Note 30 — Front matter
Reading edition
The following shows the extent of the Government interference in the supply of food in the two seasons of 1845–46 and 1846–47:—
Reduced to general denomination of quarters.Cost.
Total quantity of Indian Corn and Oatmeal provided for the Relief Service during the first season of distress, up to August 1846 98,810 £ 163,240
Of this quantity there remained in store at the close of the first season of the operations 14,575 24,073
Total quantity of provisions of all kinds (Indian Corn, Wheat, Barley, the meal of those grains, Ryemeal, Biscuit, Peas, Beans, and Rice) provided for the Relief Service, during the second season of distress up to September 1847 289,335 672,767
303,910 696,840
There remained in store at the close of the second season of the operations, about 108,960 249,836