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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |consisting of man, wife, and three
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |children, would expend about 15_l._ per
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |annum in this neighbourhood; in other
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |parts of the country they fare worse.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Food is cheap.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    Further statement, by Cons. Macgregor, p. 299
     |Per week, with food, 4_s._ 6_d._ to 6_s._ 9_d._; without food, 11_s._
     |to 11_s._ 6_d._ In manufactories, per week, male, 4_s._ 6_d._ to
     |12_s._; female, 4_s._ 6_d._ to 5_s._; children above 14, 3_s._ 6_d._
     |to 4_s._, or under 14, 1_s._ 9_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._; ropemakers, 1_s._
     |9_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._ per day.
     |    |Per year, with food and lodging, males, 4_l._ to 5_l._; females,
     |    |3_l._ 10_s._ to 3_l._ 15_s._; boys, 2_l._ 10_s._ to 3_l._ 15_s._
     |    |    |Per day, in towns, 1_s._ to 1_s._ 6_d._ Agriculture, males,
     |    |    |6_d._ to 10_d._; females, 5_d._ to 7_d._; with food,
     |    |    |one-half less.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  HANSEATIC TOWNS:
    BREMEN, p. 413
     |No subdivision. Per day, in the country, summer, 1_s._, winter,
     |9_d._; per year, 17_l._ 10_s._ to 22_l._ In towns, about 25 per cent.
     |higher; per year, 17_l._ 10_s._ to 25_l._
     |    |    |    |Per day, country, summer, 6_d._; winter, 4_d._, town,
     |    |    |    |4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, from 12 to 16, in tobacco
     |    |    |    |    |manufactories, 3_s._ 6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Can very well support itself. They can
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |subsist upon potatoes, beans, buck
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wheat or grits, and rye bread, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |twice a week meat or bacon.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    LUBECK, p. 415
     |Per week, 7_s._ to 14_s._, or if constantly employed, and with board
     |and lodging, 2_s._ 4_d._ to 4_s._; per year, 30_l._
     |    |Per day, summer, 9_d._; winter, 7_d._; harvest, 1_s._ Per year,
     |    |12_l._
     |    |    |Per day, in the town, 14_d._; per year, 18_l._
     |    |    |    |Town, 7_d._ a day; country, in harvest, 7_d._ a day.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Even comfortably, on the usual food of
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |the poorer classes here, namely, coarse
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rye bread, potatoes, bacon, fat or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |dripping, milk, porridge made of peas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |groats or peeled barley, herrings or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |other cheap fish, butter and lard, but

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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |consisting of man, wife, and three
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |children, would expend about 15_l._ per
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |annum in this neighbourhood; in other
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |parts of the country they fare worse.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Food is cheap.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    Further statement, by Cons. Macgregor, p. 299
     |Per week, with food, 4_s._ 6_d._ to 6_s._ 9_d._; without food, 11_s._
     |to 11_s._ 6_d._ In manufactories, per week, male, 4_s._ 6_d._ to
     |12_s._; female, 4_s._ 6_d._ to 5_s._; children above 14, 3_s._ 6_d._
     |to 4_s._, or under 14, 1_s._ 9_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._; ropemakers, 1_s._
     |9_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._ per day.
     |    |Per year, with food and lodging, males, 4_l._ to 5_l._; females,
     |    |3_l._ 10_s._ to 3_l._ 15_s._; boys, 2_l._ 10_s._ to 3_l._ 15_s._
     |    |    |Per day, in towns, 1_s._ to 1_s._ 6_d._ Agriculture, males,
     |    |    |6_d._ to 10_d._; females, 5_d._ to 7_d._; with food,
     |    |    |one-half less.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  HANSEATIC TOWNS:
    BREMEN, p. 413
     |No subdivision. Per day, in the country, summer, 1_s._, winter,
     |9_d._; per year, 17_l._ 10_s._ to 22_l._ In towns, about 25 per cent.
     |higher; per year, 17_l._ 10_s._ to 25_l._
     |    |    |    |Per day, country, summer, 6_d._; winter, 4_d._, town,
     |    |    |    |4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per week, from 12 to 16, in tobacco
     |    |    |    |    |manufactories, 3_s._ 6_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Can very well support itself. They can
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |subsist upon potatoes, beans, buck
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wheat or grits, and rye bread, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |twice a week meat or bacon.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    LUBECK, p. 415
     |Per week, 7_s._ to 14_s._, or if constantly employed, and with board
     |and lodging, 2_s._ 4_d._ to 4_s._; per year, 30_l._
     |    |Per day, summer, 9_d._; winter, 7_d._; harvest, 1_s._ Per year,
     |    |12_l._
     |    |    |Per day, in the town, 14_d._; per year, 18_l._
     |    |    |    |Town, 7_d._ a day; country, in harvest, 7_d._ a day.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Even comfortably, on the usual food of
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |the poorer classes here, namely, coarse
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rye bread, potatoes, bacon, fat or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |dripping, milk, porridge made of peas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |groats or peeled barley, herrings or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |other cheap fish, butter and lard, but

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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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