... A Parliamentary return, giving the cost of pauperism for the half year ending Michaelmas, 1874, has just been issued, from which we gather the following facts:- There are 27 unions and 657 parishes in South Wales. In the half year, £11,G08 was paid for indoor, and ±71),612 for out-door relief, making a total of £ 91.250, which shows a decreaie upon the corresponding half-year in 1873 of £4.376 ...

... FOR WEEK ENDING April II. 1875. 1874. Increase. Dec. «hymney 1,141 2/46 — 0(5 Midland J0J.1J1 101,t04 — 3,453 Sheffield ],270.. North British — 2,715 — Great Eastern — — — 1,774 Caledonian — 4,0C3 Great Northern — — 3,230 Northwestern — — — 25S Great Western — — 4.H24 ^o'rth Eastern — — — 4,003 Lancashire & Y«-ik>bire — — 3,051 •• — ChatVam. — — gOt Taff Vale 5,080 7.(lit 1,058 Itnar.h Haibour ...