ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE TITHE COMMUTATION TABLES, FOR ASCERTAINING, AT SIGHT, THE TITHE RENT CHARGE PAYABLE FOR THE YEAR 1853, ACCORDING TO THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT, BARLEY, AND OATS, FOR THE SEVEN PRECEDING YEARS, TO CHRISTMAS, 1852, AS DECLARED IN THE LONDON GAZETTE OF 7TH JANUARY, 1853. ACCOMPANIED BY TABLES SHOWING THE ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT, BARLEY, AND OATS, FROM 1790 TO 1852; SEPTENNIAL AVERAGE PRICES FROM 1835; REPORT OF PROGRESS MADE IN THE COMMUTATION OF TITHES, &c. BY CHARLES M. WILLICH, SECRETARY AND ACTUARY TO THE UNIVERSITY LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. LONDON: LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS. M.DCCC.LIII. EXAMPLES.-If the Rent Charge in the Draft of Apportionment be £36 158. 0d., the amount payable for the year 1853 will be found opposite that sum, viz. £ 33 13s. 94d. If the Rent Charge in the Draft of Apportionment be 49 38. 9d., the amount payable for the year 1853 will be found as follows, viz. opposite 49 0 0 44 18 42 0 3 9 0 3 5 To Christmas 1836 on 13th Jan. 1837 7 01 3 11 2 9 £. S. d. 100 0 0 93 16 11 91 13 53 17/1697 19 4 AVERAGE PRICES of WHEAT, Barley, and OATS Imperial Quarter in £99 17 71 3 101 2 71 3 9 2 631 5 TITHE The Progress made up to 1st January, 1852: The number of Tithe Districts in which voluntary proceedings have commenced 9634 From the Return made to the House of Commons on 4th June, 1852, it appears that from the commencement of the Commission up to 1st January, 1852, The total amount of Agreements for Commutation of Tithes, confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, was And the total amount of Awards for Commutation of Tithes, confirmed by the Tithe Commissioners, was £. 1,525,701 13 4 £4,008,272 1 11 |