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Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law ReportSenior, Nassau William

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Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report

Name: Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report
Author: Senior, Nassau William

Senior, Nassau William

Poor -- Europe; Poor -- United States; Working class

|    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |A family can easily subsist on the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings of their parents. Their food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists of what are termed “ground
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |provisions,” i. e., plantains, sweet
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, and other vegetables and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |fruits, which if not raised by
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |themselves are obtained at a cheap
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rate.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  EUROPE:
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  NORWAY, p. 698
     |Per week, 5_s._ 4_d._ to 7_s._ 2_d._, with food and lodging and
     |tools.
     |    |Per day, 3_d._ to 5½_d._, with food.
     |    |    |Per day, in or near Christiania, summer, 10½_d._; winter,
     |    |    |8½_d._; per year, 11_l._ 10_s._ 9_d._
     |    |    |    |Per week, summer, and occasionally in winter, 3_s._
     |    |    |    |6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, above 14, and under 16, 17_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, about 6_l._ 4_s._ 3_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Except in illness, it can subsist on
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |its aggregate earnings. The labourers
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |live on very simple food: salt
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |herrings, oatmeal porridge, potatoes,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |coarse oatmeal bread, may-be twice a
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |week a piece of bacon or salt beef, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |along the coast, and the rivers and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |lakes, on fresh fish. Corn brandy is in
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |general use.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  SWEDEN:
    STOCKHOLM (Mr. Bloomfield’s Return), p. 374
     |Per day, during nine months, 1_s._ 7_d._; winter, indoors, 1_s._
     |7_d._ nearly; outdoors, nothing.
     |    |Per day, skilled, 7_d._ to 8_d._, unskilled, 3_d._ to 4_d._;
     |    |average the year, about 11_l._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as agriculturists, in summer, 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, as agriculturists, in summer, 2_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, as agriculturists:
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         £. _s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Wife                   5   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Boy of 14              2  10
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Children of 11 and 8   1   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         ----
     |    |    |    |    |    |                        £8  10
     |    |    |    |    |    |As artisans:
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         £. _s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Wife                   8   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Boy of 14              4  10

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Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report

Senior, Nassau William

Poor -- Europe; Poor -- United States; Working class

|    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |A family can easily subsist on the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings of their parents. Their food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists of what are termed “ground
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |provisions,” i. e., plantains, sweet
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, and other vegetables and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |fruits, which if not raised by
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |themselves are obtained at a cheap
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rate.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  EUROPE:
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  NORWAY, p. 698
     |Per week, 5_s._ 4_d._ to 7_s._ 2_d._, with food and lodging and
     |tools.
     |    |Per day, 3_d._ to 5½_d._, with food.
     |    |    |Per day, in or near Christiania, summer, 10½_d._; winter,
     |    |    |8½_d._; per year, 11_l._ 10_s._ 9_d._
     |    |    |    |Per week, summer, and occasionally in winter, 3_s._
     |    |    |    |6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, above 14, and under 16, 17_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, about 6_l._ 4_s._ 3_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Except in illness, it can subsist on
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |its aggregate earnings. The labourers
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |live on very simple food: salt
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |herrings, oatmeal porridge, potatoes,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |coarse oatmeal bread, may-be twice a
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |week a piece of bacon or salt beef, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |along the coast, and the rivers and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |lakes, on fresh fish. Corn brandy is in
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |general use.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  SWEDEN:
    STOCKHOLM (Mr. Bloomfield’s Return), p. 374
     |Per day, during nine months, 1_s._ 7_d._; winter, indoors, 1_s._
     |7_d._ nearly; outdoors, nothing.
     |    |Per day, skilled, 7_d._ to 8_d._, unskilled, 3_d._ to 4_d._;
     |    |average the year, about 11_l._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as agriculturists, in summer, 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, as agriculturists, in summer, 2_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, as agriculturists:
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         £. _s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Wife                   5   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Boy of 14              2  10
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Children of 11 and 8   1   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         ----
     |    |    |    |    |    |                        £8  10
     |    |    |    |    |    |As artisans:
     |    |    |    |    |    |                         £. _s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Wife                   8   0
     |    |    |    |    |    |  Boy of 14              4  10

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Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report

Statement of the Provision for the Poor, and of the Condition of the Labouring Classes in a Considerable Portion of America and Europe: Being the preface to the foreign communications contained in the appendix to the Poor-Law Report

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