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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

|_fl._; in the capital, 50 to 60 _fl._ and more per annum, with board.
     |
     |  _c_) A farmer’s labourer or other day labourer in the country, 12,
     |15, 18, 20, to 24 _kr._ daily, with board, or, instead of the latter,
     |10 or 12 _kr._ in money; in the capital, in winter, from 24 to 30
     |_kr._; in summer, from 36 to 48 kr. for everything.
     |
     |  _d_) A wood-cleaver can gain daily in all only from 20 to 24, and
     |at the most, 30 _kr._
     |
     |All these rates of wages rise or fall according as the work requires
     |more or less dexterity or exertion, as the individual workman is more
     |or less distinguished by skill, strength, or diligence, as the
     |scarcity and the supply of workmen is greater or less, as the days
     |are longer or shorter, &c.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  BAVARIA, p. 556
     |. . . .
     |    |Good labourers, 8_d._ per day; generally provisions at harvest
     |    |time. There are very few day labourers in the country.
     |    |    |In towns, from 8_d._ to 16_d._ a day.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  FRANKFORT, p. 567
     |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 4_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._; winter, 2_d._ less;
     |2_d._ a day extra for drink-money. Per year, 14_l._ to 28_l._
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |Per day, 10_d._ to 1_s._
     |    |    |    |Per day, 8_d._ to 1_s._ 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, under 16, 2_d._ to 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Yes. Meat twice a week; soup,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, potatoes, bread, coffee
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and beer daily.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  HOLLAND
    (General Return), p. 585
     |Not classified. From 150 to 225 florins, or from 12_l._ 10_s._ to
     |18_l._
     |    |    |    |15_s._ a year.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |From 20 to 30 florins, (from 1_l._ 13_s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |4_d._ to 2_l._ 10_s_.)
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They could subsist thereon, and live
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |upon bread, principally rye, cheese,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, vegetables, beans and pork,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |buttermilk, with buck wheat, meal, &c.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    AMSTERDAM Return, p. 586
     |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ 8_d._; winter, 1_s._ 3_d._ to
     |2_s._ 8_d._ Shoemakers and tailors, from 8_s._ 4_d._ to 20_s._ per
     |week.
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    HAARLEM, p. 587

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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

|_fl._; in the capital, 50 to 60 _fl._ and more per annum, with board.
     |
     |  _c_) A farmer’s labourer or other day labourer in the country, 12,
     |15, 18, 20, to 24 _kr._ daily, with board, or, instead of the latter,
     |10 or 12 _kr._ in money; in the capital, in winter, from 24 to 30
     |_kr._; in summer, from 36 to 48 kr. for everything.
     |
     |  _d_) A wood-cleaver can gain daily in all only from 20 to 24, and
     |at the most, 30 _kr._
     |
     |All these rates of wages rise or fall according as the work requires
     |more or less dexterity or exertion, as the individual workman is more
     |or less distinguished by skill, strength, or diligence, as the
     |scarcity and the supply of workmen is greater or less, as the days
     |are longer or shorter, &c.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  BAVARIA, p. 556
     |. . . .
     |    |Good labourers, 8_d._ per day; generally provisions at harvest
     |    |time. There are very few day labourers in the country.
     |    |    |In towns, from 8_d._ to 16_d._ a day.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  FRANKFORT, p. 567
     |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 4_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._; winter, 2_d._ less;
     |2_d._ a day extra for drink-money. Per year, 14_l._ to 28_l._
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |Per day, 10_d._ to 1_s._
     |    |    |    |Per day, 8_d._ to 1_s._ 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, under 16, 2_d._ to 4_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Yes. Meat twice a week; soup,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, potatoes, bread, coffee
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and beer daily.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  HOLLAND
    (General Return), p. 585
     |Not classified. From 150 to 225 florins, or from 12_l._ 10_s._ to
     |18_l._
     |    |    |    |15_s._ a year.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |From 20 to 30 florins, (from 1_l._ 13_s._
     |    |    |    |    |    |4_d._ to 2_l._ 10_s_.)
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They could subsist thereon, and live
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |upon bread, principally rye, cheese,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, vegetables, beans and pork,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |buttermilk, with buck wheat, meal, &c.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    AMSTERDAM Return, p. 586
     |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ 8_d._; winter, 1_s._ 3_d._ to
     |2_s._ 8_d._ Shoemakers and tailors, from 8_s._ 4_d._ to 20_s._ per
     |week.
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    HAARLEM, p. 587

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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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