s. d. Rent 5 0 Burial insurance 2 0 ¾ cwt. of coal 1 0 Wood 0 2 Gas 0 8 Soap, soda 0 4 Bus fares 1 0 Newspaper 0 2 Children’s Band of Hope (two weeks) 0 6 Mending boots 0 6 Material for dress 0 4½ Cotton and tape 0 3 ------ 11 11½ Left for food 10s. 0½d. October 26, allowed 22s. s. d. Rent 5 0 Burial insurance 2 0 ½ cwt. of coal 0 8 Wood 0 1 Gas 0 3 Soap, soda 0 4½ Lamp oil 0 2 Matches 0 1 Bus fares 1 0 Newspaper 0 2 Children’s Band of Hope 0 3 Mending boots 1 0 Print 0 6 Pair of stockings 0 4½ Boy’s coat (made at home) 0 9 ------ 12 8 Left for food 9s. 4d. In this family there is no regular provision for clothes, which are paid for as they must be bought. No extra money is at any time of the year forthcoming. Mr. S. clothes himself, but extracts from his wife his newspaper as well as his fares. The latter are usually paid by the men. The mother is an excellent needlewoman, and makes nearly all the children’s clothes. She is also a wonderful manager, and her two rooms are as clean as a new pin. This had not prevented her from losing five children when these particular budgets were taken. She soon after lost a sixth. The rent is far too low for healthy rooms. Though she pays for the same number of rooms as Mrs. L., she pays 1s. 6d. less a week for them, and they are wretchedly inferior. Her burial insurance is extremely high. Her record shows that she thought herself wise to make the sum so liberal. Even then she had to borrow 10s. to help to pay the 30s. for the funeral of her last child, because the burial insurance money only amounted to £1.