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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

|    |    |    |months (winter) 1_s._ 8_d._ per week, at most.
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, 5_d._ in silk-mills; little other
     |    |    |    |    |employment.
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, inclusive of produce of
     |    |    |    |    |    |silk-worms, rather less than 10_l._ to
     |    |    |    |    |    |12_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |I think it can, but on the simplest and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |coarsest food; no meat, little wine,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and twice as much maize flour as wheat
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |flour. And with all possible economy,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |if there has been a bad harvest, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consequently dear provisions, he must
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |apply to the charity of his neighbours
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |or of the inhabitants of his parish.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |If his character is good, he cannot
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |fail of obtaining it.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  GENOA, p. 660
     |In fine manufactures, from 25_l._ to 28_l._ a year; in ordinary
     |manufactures, from 16_l._ to 20_l._ a year.
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |From 12_l._ to 14_l._ a year, without food.
     |    |    |    |A little.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  SAVOY, p. 661
     |. . . .
     |    |Per day, 15_d._ in summer; 12_d._ or 10_d._ in winter, without
     |    |food, or 6_d._ with food, and a pint of wine.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |One-third of a man’s earnings.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PORTUGAL, p. 642
     |. . . .
     |    |In the cultivation of the vine and in the vintage, from 1_s._
     |    |6_d._ to 2_s._ 6_d._ per day, with food.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |In harvest, from 3½_d._ to 6_d._ per day, with coarse
     |    |    |    |food.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Salt fish, vegetable soup with oil or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |lard, and bread made of maize.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  THE AZORES, p. 645
     |Per day, skilful, 15_d._ to 20_d._
     |    |Per day, 6_d._ to 8_d._; or yearly, 6_l._ to 8_l._, with
     |    |breakfast and dinner on certain occasions, such as harvest,
     |    |vintage, hoeing corn, or cutting wood on the mountains.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Children under 16; field to 5_d._ per day; boys from
     |    |    |    |10 to 14, 3_d._ to 4_d._ per day; boys from 7 to 10,
     |    |    |    |2_d._ to 3_d._ per day.
     |    |    |    |    |    |If employed for 250 days, 13_l._ 10_s._

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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

|    |    |    |months (winter) 1_s._ 8_d._ per week, at most.
     |    |    |    |    |Per day, 5_d._ in silk-mills; little other
     |    |    |    |    |employment.
     |    |    |    |    |    |Per year, inclusive of produce of
     |    |    |    |    |    |silk-worms, rather less than 10_l._ to
     |    |    |    |    |    |12_l._
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |I think it can, but on the simplest and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |coarsest food; no meat, little wine,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |and twice as much maize flour as wheat
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |flour. And with all possible economy,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |if there has been a bad harvest, and
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |consequently dear provisions, he must
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |apply to the charity of his neighbours
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |or of the inhabitants of his parish.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |If his character is good, he cannot
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |fail of obtaining it.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  GENOA, p. 660
     |In fine manufactures, from 25_l._ to 28_l._ a year; in ordinary
     |manufactures, from 16_l._ to 20_l._ a year.
     |    |. . . .
     |    |    |From 12_l._ to 14_l._ a year, without food.
     |    |    |    |A little.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  SAVOY, p. 661
     |. . . .
     |    |Per day, 15_d._ in summer; 12_d._ or 10_d._ in winter, without
     |    |food, or 6_d._ with food, and a pint of wine.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |One-third of a man’s earnings.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PORTUGAL, p. 642
     |. . . .
     |    |In the cultivation of the vine and in the vintage, from 1_s._
     |    |6_d._ to 2_s._ 6_d._ per day, with food.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |In harvest, from 3½_d._ to 6_d._ per day, with coarse
     |    |    |    |food.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |Salt fish, vegetable soup with oil or
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |lard, and bread made of maize.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  THE AZORES, p. 645
     |Per day, skilful, 15_d._ to 20_d._
     |    |Per day, 6_d._ to 8_d._; or yearly, 6_l._ to 8_l._, with
     |    |breakfast and dinner on certain occasions, such as harvest,
     |    |vintage, hoeing corn, or cutting wood on the mountains.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Children under 16; field to 5_d._ per day; boys from
     |    |    |    |10 to 14, 3_d._ to 4_d._ per day; boys from 7 to 10,
     |    |    |    |2_d._ to 3_d._ per day.
     |    |    |    |    |    |If employed for 250 days, 13_l._ 10_s._

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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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