1840.	1887.	Percentage Increase or Decrease since 1840.
				Increase.	Decrease.
Total Population	Millions, No.	26.71	37.08	38.86
Agricultural Hands	Millions, No.	3.40	2.56		24.70
Other Occupations	Millions, No.	7.96	14.16	77.89
Total Acreage under all forms of cultivation	Million Acres	43.80	47.88	9.19
Total Acreage in crop	Million Acres	22.00	21.00		4.55
Agricultural Capital per Hand	£	579	893	54.23
Agricultural Products per Hand	£	65	97	49.23
Agricultural Hands per 100 acres crop	No.	15.45	12.19		21.10
Agricultural Hands in total cultivation	No.	7.76	5.35		31.06
Wheat Consumption per head	lbs.	255	354	38.82
Meat Consumption per head	lbs.	87	109	25.29
Price of Wheat per ton	£	16.60	8.15		50.90
Price of Barley per ton	£	9.10	6.35		30.22
Price of Oats per ton	£	6.45	4.10		36.44
National Income	Million £	490	1,084	121.20
Capital Wealth	Million £	4,100	9,400	129.30
Paupers per 1000 Persons	No.	57.40	25.80		55.05
Horse-power or steam used as a motive power in various industries as an auxiliary to human muscular force	No.	600,000	9,200,000	1433.00