§ The gross revenue of the United Kingdom amounted, in the aggregate,—
670| In 1835–7 to | £159,851,000 |
| 1838–40 to | 159,240,000 |
| Decrease | £611,000 |
§ The population increased at least 4 per cent. between these three-year periods. Had the revenue increased in like ratio, it would have been, in the last three years, 166,205,000l., or 6,965,000l. more than it was, being at the rate of 2,321,000l per annum virtually lower than in the former period.