| Years | Indoor Paupers | Outdoor Paupers | Total |
| 1861 | 47,352 | 3,331 | 50,683 |
| 1862 | 55,168 | 4,373 | 59,541 |
| 1863 | 60,038 | 5,809 | 65,847 |
| 1864 | 59,867 | 7,753 | 68,136 |
| 1865 | 59,498 | 9,182 | 69,217 |
| 1866 | 54,435 | 10,163 | 65,057 |
| 1867 | 54,930 | 13,291 | 68,650 |
| 1868 | 56,663 | 15,830 | 72,925 |
| 1869 | 56,934 | 17,320 | 74,743 |
| 1870 | 53,687 | 19,729 | 73,921 |
The number of criminal offenders, distinguishing men and women, committed for trial, and convicted, in Ireland, was as follows during each of the ten years 1860-69:—
| Years | Committed for trial | Convicted | ||
| Men | Women | Total | ||
| 1860 . . | 3,996 | 1,390 | 5,386 | 2,979 |
| 1861 . . | 4,262 | 1,324 | 5,586 | 3,271 |
| 1862 . . | 5,102 | 1,564 | 6,666 | 3,796 |
| 1863 . . | 4,667 | 1,411 | 6,078 | 3,285 |
| 1864 . . | 3,793 | 1,293 | 5,086 | 3,000 |
| 1865 . . | 3,564 | 1,093 | 4,657 | 2,661 |
| 1866 . . | 3,461 | 865 | 4,326 | 2,418 |
| 1867 . . | 3,665 | 896 | 4,561 | 2,733 |
| 1868 . . | 3,298 | 829 | 4,127 | 2,394 |
| 1869 . . | 3,340 | 811 | 4,151 | 2,452 |
The gradual decrease in the number of persons committed for trial in Ireland, falling together with a vast increase of pauperism, is ascribed to the improvement of the police and judicial organisation, together with more extended administrative machinery for the relief of the poor in Ireland.
Emigration from the United Kingdom.
Official returns state the number of emigrants who left the United Kingdom during the fifty-five years from 1815 to the end of 1869 at 6,756,697. Of this total there went 4,276,597 to the United States, 1,356,476 to the British North American colonies, 971,358 to the Australian colonies and New Zealand, and 152,266 to other parts. The numbers include foreigners who embarked from ports in the United Kingdom.
The following table gives the number and destination of emigrants for each of the fifteen years, 1855 to 1869, the last column
