On comparing this with the original Act of 1703, and with the Cork Act of 1735, it will be seen that the chief difference is the entire separation of the vagabond or culpable class from the foundling children which is now directed, and the reason for which is distinctly stated. This was doubtless an advantage, and it led to so many other improvements in the care and management of the children, that the numbers deserted and pressed upon the institution went on continually increasing, and soon became excessive. It is indeed complained of in the present Act, before the separation it directs was carried into full effect, and the influence we are told even extended beyond the limits of Ireland. To provide for the additional charges thus arising, the area of the house-tax was extended, and its rate increased from 3_d._ to 6_d._ in the pound. No change is made in the charge for licensing carriages, but the number to be licensed was increased, hackney coaches from 150 to 300, and sedan-chairs from 80 to 400, which may be taken as proof of the increasing wealth and population of Dublin, if not of the country generally. This Act was repeatedly amended; and even in the following year, on the ground that “the number of children of the age of six years and under, have of late years increased so far beyond the expectation of the governors,” it is directed by the _13th and 14th George 3rd, cap. 17_, that children of three years old and upwards are not to be received, and that the house-tax be raised from 6_d._ to 10_d._ in the pound for two years, on houses of 10_l._ rental and upwards. [Sidenote: 1772-74. 11 and 12 George III. cap. 15. 13 and 14 George III. cap. 24.]