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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

|    |    |    |    |    |4_s._ in the year; the third child its food.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |It can, in the towns, eating only
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes and rye bread; the father
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |being an unskilled artisan, and the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |towns possessing no manufacture. In the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |country, the same family would consume
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |a little butter, some vegetables, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |perhaps sometimes a piece of pork.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    GAESBECK pp. 7, 8
     |. . . .
     |    |Per day, summer and winter, 6_d._ with beer, and sometimes
     |    |coffee and bread and butter, of the value of 1_d._ more.
     |    |Occasional labourers, 1_d._ more.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, 6_d._ in summer, and 5_d._ in winter, without
     |    |    |    |food.
     |    |    |    |    |Same as a woman.
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Rye bread, cheese, butter or fat,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |bacon, vegetables, coffee, and very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |weak beer.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  FRANCE:
    HAVRE, p. 181
     |Labourers (not stated of what description) per day, town, 2_s._;
     |country, summer, 1_s._ 6_d._; winter, 1_s._ 2_d._
     |    |    |    |Per day, 10_d._ with food.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Families do subsist, and are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |respectable upon these earnings. Their
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |food is bread, a few vegetables, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |cider; never animal food, or very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rarely. Coffee and treacle are also
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |used.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    BRITTANY, p. 726
     |Per day, summer and winter, 15_d._ per year 18_l._
     |    |Per day, summer, 10_d._; winter, 7_d._ per year, 11_l._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as artisans, 5_d._ to 7_d._; as
     |    |    |    |agriculturists, 3_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, as artisans, 2½_d._; as agriculturists,
     |    |    |    |    |during at other times very little.
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, as artisans, 10_l._; as
     |    |    |    |    |    |agriculturists, 8_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Artisans.--Yes; bread and a small
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |quantity of meat (perhaps 5 lbs. a
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |week), vegetables and fish, which are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |very cheap. Agriculturists.--Yes; the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |principal articles of food are buck
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wheat made into porridge and cakes,

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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

|    |    |    |    |    |4_s._ in the year; the third child its food.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |It can, in the towns, eating only
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes and rye bread; the father
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |being an unskilled artisan, and the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |towns possessing no manufacture. In the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |country, the same family would consume
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |a little butter, some vegetables, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |perhaps sometimes a piece of pork.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    GAESBECK pp. 7, 8
     |. . . .
     |    |Per day, summer and winter, 6_d._ with beer, and sometimes
     |    |coffee and bread and butter, of the value of 1_d._ more.
     |    |Occasional labourers, 1_d._ more.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, 6_d._ in summer, and 5_d._ in winter, without
     |    |    |    |food.
     |    |    |    |    |Same as a woman.
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Rye bread, cheese, butter or fat,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |bacon, vegetables, coffee, and very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |weak beer.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  FRANCE:
    HAVRE, p. 181
     |Labourers (not stated of what description) per day, town, 2_s._;
     |country, summer, 1_s._ 6_d._; winter, 1_s._ 2_d._
     |    |    |    |Per day, 10_d._ with food.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Families do subsist, and are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |respectable upon these earnings. Their
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |food is bread, a few vegetables, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |cider; never animal food, or very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |rarely. Coffee and treacle are also
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |used.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    BRITTANY, p. 726
     |Per day, summer and winter, 15_d._ per year 18_l._
     |    |Per day, summer, 10_d._; winter, 7_d._ per year, 11_l._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as artisans, 5_d._ to 7_d._; as
     |    |    |    |agriculturists, 3_d._
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, as artisans, 2½_d._; as agriculturists,
     |    |    |    |    |during at other times very little.
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, as artisans, 10_l._; as
     |    |    |    |    |    |agriculturists, 8_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Artisans.--Yes; bread and a small
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |quantity of meat (perhaps 5 lbs. a
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |week), vegetables and fish, which are
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |very cheap. Agriculturists.--Yes; the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |principal articles of food are buck
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |wheat made into porridge and cakes,

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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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