[Footnote 214-7: In Paris, in 1834, the average income per capita was estimated to be 1,029.9 francs, of which 46 francs were paid out for service; 55.7 for education; 11.5 for physicians' services, etc.; 7 on theatrical shows; 36 for washing; 13.6 for public purposes. (_Dingler_, Polyt. Journal, LIII, 464.) According to _Ducpétiaux_, Budgets économiques des Classes ouvrières en Belgique, 1855, and _Engel_, Sächs. Statist. Ztschr., 1857, 170, the proportional percentage of family expenses for the following articles of consumption is: =======================+========================================= | EXPENSES OF +--------------------+----------+--------- | _a laborer's_ | _family_ |_a well-_ | _family_ | _of the_ |_to-do_ _Consumption Purpose._ | _in comfortable_ | _middle_ |_family._ | _circumstances._ | _class._ | +----------+---------+----------+--------- | _In_ | _In_ | _In_ | _In_ |_Belgium._|_Saxony._|_Saxony._ |_Saxony._ | _per_ | _per_ | _per_ | _per_ | _cent._ | _cent._ | _cent._ | _cent._ -----------------------+----------+---------+----------+--------- Food, | 61 \ | 62 \ | 55 \ | 50 \ Clothing, | 15 } | 16 } 95 | 18 } 90 | 18 } 85 Shelter, | 10 } 95 | 12 } | 12 } | 12 } Heating and lighting, | 5 } | 5 / | 5 / | 5 / Utensils and tools, | 4 / | | | | | | | Education, instruction,| 2 \ | 2 \ | 3.5 \ | 5.5 \ Public security, | 1 } 5 | 1 } 5 | 2 } 10 | 3 } 15 Sanitary purposes, | 1 } | 1 } | 2 } | 3 } Personal services, | 1 / | 1 / | 2.5 / | 3.5 / =======================+==========+=========+==========+=========