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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |called Landes (heath) occupying alone
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |one-third of this department, the food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists in rye bread, soup made of
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |millet, cakes made of Indian corn, now
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and then some salt provision and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, rarely if ever butchers’
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |meat; their drink water, which for the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |most part is stagnant.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    BAYONNE, p. 261
     |Per day, average workmen, 1_s._ 3_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._; best workmen,
     |2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._
     |    |Per day, town and country, 1_s._ Very few in the country.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |The food of the proprietor or working
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |farmer chiefly consists of vegetable
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |soups, potatoes, salt fish, pork,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |bacon, &c., &c., seldom or ever
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |butchers’ meat, and invariably Indian
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |corn bread, home-baked.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    MARSEILLES, p. 188
     |Labourers (of what description not stated) per day, 15_d._ to 18_d._;
     |by the year, 7_l._ to 8_l._, with board and lodging; 16_l._ to 20_l._
     |without board and lodging.
     |    |    |    |Per day, 7_d._ to 9_d._, all the year.
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, aged 11 and under 16, same as woman;
     |    |    |    |    |under 11, nothing.
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They could subsist on the aggregate
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings of the father, mother, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |children. Their food is generally
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |composed of vegetables, bread, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |farinaceous substances made into soup,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |&c.; and meat soup or bouillie probably
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |once a week.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PIEDMONT, pp. 657, 658
     |From 1_s._ 8_d._ to 4_s._ 2_d._ The first sum forming the wages of a
     |carpenter or mason, the second those of a clever goldsmith.
     |    |Per day, summer 10_d._ to 12_d._; winter 6_d._ to 7½_d._;
     |    |intermediate seasons, 7½_d._ to 10_d._ Per Year, 8_l._ to
     |    |12_l._ The piece labourer obtains about 20 or 30 per cent. more
     |    |than the day labourer. Almost every family earns from 1_l._
     |    |13_s._ 4_d._ to 2_l._ 8_s._ 4_d._ by breeding silk-worms.
     |    |    |Something more than those of the country.
     |    |    |    |During eight months, 2_s._ 6_d._ a week; other four

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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |called Landes (heath) occupying alone
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |one-third of this department, the food
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consists in rye bread, soup made of
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |millet, cakes made of Indian corn, now
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and then some salt provision and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, rarely if ever butchers’
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |meat; their drink water, which for the
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |most part is stagnant.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    BAYONNE, p. 261
     |Per day, average workmen, 1_s._ 3_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._; best workmen,
     |2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._
     |    |Per day, town and country, 1_s._ Very few in the country.
     |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |The food of the proprietor or working
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |farmer chiefly consists of vegetable
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |soups, potatoes, salt fish, pork,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |bacon, &c., &c., seldom or ever
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |butchers’ meat, and invariably Indian
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |corn bread, home-baked.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
    MARSEILLES, p. 188
     |Labourers (of what description not stated) per day, 15_d._ to 18_d._;
     |by the year, 7_l._ to 8_l._, with board and lodging; 16_l._ to 20_l._
     |without board and lodging.
     |    |    |    |Per day, 7_d._ to 9_d._, all the year.
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, aged 11 and under 16, same as woman;
     |    |    |    |    |under 11, nothing.
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They could subsist on the aggregate
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |earnings of the father, mother, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |children. Their food is generally
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |composed of vegetables, bread, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |farinaceous substances made into soup,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |&c.; and meat soup or bouillie probably
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |once a week.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PIEDMONT, pp. 657, 658
     |From 1_s._ 8_d._ to 4_s._ 2_d._ The first sum forming the wages of a
     |carpenter or mason, the second those of a clever goldsmith.
     |    |Per day, summer 10_d._ to 12_d._; winter 6_d._ to 7½_d._;
     |    |intermediate seasons, 7½_d._ to 10_d._ Per Year, 8_l._ to
     |    |12_l._ The piece labourer obtains about 20 or 30 per cent. more
     |    |than the day labourer. Almost every family earns from 1_l._
     |    |13_s._ 4_d._ to 2_l._ 8_s._ 4_d._ by breeding silk-worms.
     |    |    |Something more than those of the country.
     |    |    |    |During eight months, 2_s._ 6_d._ a week; other four

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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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