In every colony the supplies and wages vary according to the difference of age, strength, or sex. The men are divided into 5 classes, the women into 7. The first class of men is supposed to earn 1 flor. 70 cents, or 2_s._ 10_d._ per week; the second, 1 flor. 35 cents, or 2_s._ 3_d._; the third, 1 flor. 6 cents, or 1_s._ 11_d._; the fourth, composed of children from 8 to 16 years, 1 flor. 1 cent, or 1_s._ 8½_d._; the fifth, composed of children under that age, 67½ cents, or 1_s._ 1½_d._ The first class of females is supposed to earn per week 1 flor. 51 cents, or 2_s._ 6¼_d._; the second, 1 flor. 26 cents, or 2_s._ 1_d._; the third, 98 cents, or 1_s._ 7½_d._; the fourth and fifth, composed of children, 95 cents, or 1_s._ 7_d._, and 75 cents, or 1_s._ 3_d._ respectively; the sixth and seventh, composed also of children, but still younger, 63 cents, or 1_s._ 0½_d._, and 55 cents, or 11_d._, respectively. _Ommerschans._ On the morning of the fourth day we went to Ommerschans, which is seven leagues from Veenhuisen. At Ommerschans there is a colony for the repression of mendicity, and one for indigent persons and veterans. The first is composed of men and children; and has a separate division for the free colonists who have been sent thither as a punishment. The building can contain 1000 persons, and resembles in several respects those in Veenhuisen, except that its moat, and the iron-bars to its windows give it more the appearance of a prison; and that it has a story above the ground floor. Nor does it differ as to its interior arrangement, or the employment or treatment of its inmates. In the middle of the quadrangle there are shops for locksmiths, joiners, and other trades; and for the manufacture of thread and linen. On the outside stands the church, which serves for both Catholic and Protestant worship, and as a school; the house of the sub-director, the hospital, and other public edifices; and 20 houses scattered about the lands, form a colony of inspectors of agricultural works. Nearly 150 persons are annually discharged from this colony for the repression of mendicity. On recurring to the official statement of the total number of persons relieved during the ten years ending 1831, it will be seen that in 1831 the population of the poor colonies consisted of 7853, being an increase of 402 from the time of Count Arrivabene’s visit, arising solely from an increased number placed in the repressive or most severe of the penal colonies; and that this population was thus distributed: 2297 in the colony assigned to orphans and abandoned children; 456 in the preparatory colony; 2694 in the colonies called free; and 2406 in the repressive or mendicity colonies.