POOR-RATE, ASSESSMENT.—A return has been printed by order of the House of Commons, showing the amount of property assessed to the relief of the poor in each county and division of a county, and in each of the boroughs and cities returning members to Parliament in England and Wales, for the year ending the 25th day of March, 1850. The following is a summary of the amount paid by the different counties :— (only Hants shown)
| Southampton, North | £608,149 7s 1¼d | £1,276,136 9s 11¾d |
| Southampton, South | £667,987 2s 10½d | |
| Southampton, Isle of Wight | £175,582 16s 9½d |
SUMMARY OF BOROUGHS
(only Hants shown)
| Andover | £16,353 15s 3d |
| Petersfield | £22,951 5s 0½d |
| Winchester | £41,334 1s 5d |
| Christchurch | £30,672 0s 0d |
| Lymington | £17,184 2s 4d |
| Newport (I. of Wight) | £20,862 0s 0d |
| Portsmouth | £156,535 5s 0d |
| Southampton | £125,060 8s 5d |
| TOTAL | £430,951 17s 5½d |