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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |fish, rye bread, gruel, kvas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |occasionally meat and turnips. A great
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |deal of tea is also drunk by the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |peasants of this neighbourhood.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    COURLAND Return, p. 341
     |Per day, skilled, 3_s._ to 4_s._; unskilled, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._
     |    |Paid by land for subsistence.
     |    |    |Per day, summer, 1_s._; winter, few pence less.
     |    |    |    |Per week, summer, 3_s._ 6_d._; winter, 2_s._ 6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, under 16, summer, 3_s._, winter 2_s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, 30_l._ to 35_l._, (supposed to
     |    |    |    |    |    |include man’s earnings).
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They can subsist on the aggregate
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings, in most cases, however, but
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |needy; on bread, potatoes, salted fish,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |&c., seldom beef.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  DENMARK:
    COPENHAGEN Return, p. 267
     |One-third more than agriculturists.
     |    |Per day, 6_d._ to 8_d._ (with, in harvest, provisions of poor
     |    |quality); per year, 15_l._ (Sunday nearly a day of work).
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, 4_d._, all the year.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |Man, wife, and four children, working on the
     |    |    |    |    |    |Sundays, about 12_s._ a week.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |It is frequently done. The food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wholesome rye bread, bad milk, cheese,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |shocking butter, coffee (as it is
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |called), profusion of tobacco and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |snuff, and too much spirits, which are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |unfortunately cheap and very bad.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    ELSINORE Return, p. 296
     |No subdivision. Per day, summer, 9_d._ to 10_d._, or 6_d._ to 7_d._
     |with food: winter, 6_d._ to 7_d._, or 4_d._ to 5_d._ with food; per
     |year, 12_l._ to 15_l._
     |    |    |    |Summer, four months, 2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._ per week;
     |    |    |    |winter, 8 months, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ a week.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, about 6_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |With prudence and economy, which,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |however, are no characteristics of the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |peasantry of this country, I doubt not
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |it might be done. Their principal food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists of rye bread, groats,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, coffee, butter, cheese, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |milk, in which articles a family

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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |fish, rye bread, gruel, kvas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |occasionally meat and turnips. A great
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |deal of tea is also drunk by the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |peasants of this neighbourhood.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    COURLAND Return, p. 341
     |Per day, skilled, 3_s._ to 4_s._; unskilled, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._
     |    |Paid by land for subsistence.
     |    |    |Per day, summer, 1_s._; winter, few pence less.
     |    |    |    |Per week, summer, 3_s._ 6_d._; winter, 2_s._ 6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, under 16, summer, 3_s._, winter 2_s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, 30_l._ to 35_l._, (supposed to
     |    |    |    |    |    |include man’s earnings).
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They can subsist on the aggregate
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings, in most cases, however, but
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |needy; on bread, potatoes, salted fish,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |&c., seldom beef.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  DENMARK:
    COPENHAGEN Return, p. 267
     |One-third more than agriculturists.
     |    |Per day, 6_d._ to 8_d._ (with, in harvest, provisions of poor
     |    |quality); per year, 15_l._ (Sunday nearly a day of work).
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, 4_d._, all the year.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |Man, wife, and four children, working on the
     |    |    |    |    |    |Sundays, about 12_s._ a week.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |It is frequently done. The food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wholesome rye bread, bad milk, cheese,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |shocking butter, coffee (as it is
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |called), profusion of tobacco and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |snuff, and too much spirits, which are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |unfortunately cheap and very bad.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    ELSINORE Return, p. 296
     |No subdivision. Per day, summer, 9_d._ to 10_d._, or 6_d._ to 7_d._
     |with food: winter, 6_d._ to 7_d._, or 4_d._ to 5_d._ with food; per
     |year, 12_l._ to 15_l._
     |    |    |    |Summer, four months, 2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._ per week;
     |    |    |    |winter, 8 months, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ a week.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, about 6_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |With prudence and economy, which,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |however, are no characteristics of the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |peasantry of this country, I doubt not
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |it might be done. Their principal food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists of rye bread, groats,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, coffee, butter, cheese, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |milk, in which articles a family

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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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