Volume marked 'no 53' containing reports and returns Containing the following printed reports: - “A Paper submitted to the Emigrant Committee”, by Robert Wilmot Horton, 3 Mar 1827 (7 pages) Using statistics relating to Renfrewshire to illustrate, the paper seeks to quantify the financial benefits to be obtained by supporting the emigration of able-bodied individuals unable to find work. Discusses implications of any imbalance between supply of and demand for labour. Considers issues related to currency, profits and corn prices. Poses questions that might be instructive to be explored about the well being of individuals after emigration. With marginal notes by Robert Torrens. - “Financial Arrangement with Respect to an Emigration of One Thousand Persons, equally practicable in the case of One Million”, by Robert Wilmot Horton, 3 Mar 1827 (2 pages) Using statistics relating to Renfrewshire to illustrate, the paper seeks to quantify the financial benefits to be obtained by supporting the emigration of able-bodied individuals unable to find work. With a marginal note by Robert Torrens. - Two copies of “Argument in Support of the Third Resolution Contained in Paper No 1”, undated, 1827 or later (6 pages, 2 copies) Author not given. The text refers to a recent Corn Law enactment. There is an extensive quotation from a document of 1826 arguing that unemployed men would gain little advantage from The text of one copy bears handwritten additions and alterations on every page; the second copy is unmarked apart from a single line through the text referring to Mr Malthus. 1826-1827