Wales, and Scotland, amounted in 1864 to £95,844,2292, in 1865 to £105,435,579.[1] The number of persons taxed were in 1864, 308,416, out of a population of 23,891,009; in 1865, 332,431 out of a population of 24,127,003. The following table shows the distribution of these incomes in the two years:
Year ending April 5th, 1864.Year ending April 5th, 1865.
Income from profits. | Persons. | Income from Profits. | Persons. | ||
Total Income | £95,844,222 | 308,416 | Total Income | £105,435,738 | 332,431 |
of these | 57,028,289 | 23,334 | of these | 64,554,297 | 24,265 |
of these„ | 36,415,225 | 3,619 | of these„ | 42,535,576 | 4,021 |
of these„ | 22,809,781 | 832 | of these„ | 27,555,313 | 973 |
of these„ | 8,744,762 | 91 | of these„ | 11,077,238 | 107 |
In 1855 there were produced in the United Kingdom 61,453,079 tons of coal, of value £16,113,167; in 1864, 92,187,873 tons, of value £23,197,968; in 1855, 3,218,154 tons of pig-iron, of value £8,045,385; 1864, 4,767,951 tons, of value £11,919,877. In 1854 the length of the railroads worked in the United Kingdom was 8054 miles, with a paid-up capital of £286,068,794; in 1864 the length was 12,789 miles, with capital paid up of £425,719,613. In 1854 the total sum of the exports and imports of the United Kingdom was £268,210,145; in 1865, £489,923,285. The following table shows the movement of the exports:
1846 | £58,842,377 |
1849 | 68,596,052 |
1856 | 115,826,948 |
1860 | 185,842,817 |
1865 | 165,862,402 |
1866 | 188,917,563[2] |