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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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |With the above earnings they may
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |subsist pretty well with sufficiency
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |of Indian corn, bread, vegetables,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, and fruit; seldom any meat,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |but in the summer time fish, when
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |abundant, such as mackerel, sardinhas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |smelts, bonitas, abacore, and dolphin.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  THE CANARY ISLANDS, p. 687
     |Per Day, 3_s._
     |    |Per day, 14_d._ to 18_d._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as sempstresses, at Santa Cruz, 6_d._ with
     |    |    |    |food; 10_d._ without.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They are satisfied with the commonest
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |food and their other wants are very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |limited from the nature of the climate.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  GREECE, p. 666 (General Return)
     |Labourers not distinguished. Per day, 17_d._, without food; per year,
     |18_l._ 1_s._ 2_d._
     |    |    |    |Children under 16, per week, 4_s._ 9½_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PATRAS, p. 668
     |Per day, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._
     |    |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 2½ _d._, winter, 11_d._ without food;
     |    |per year, 12_l._; with food and shoes, per month, 9_s._
     |    |N.B. Only 248 working days.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Children under 16, per day, in harvest, 6_d._;
     |    |    |    |something less in winter.
     |    |    |    |    |    |23_l._ (supposed to include the man’s
     |    |    |    |    |    |wages.)
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They do so, living temperately, as
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |these persons almost all do, using both
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |maize and wheaten bread, olives, pulse,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, salt fish, and occasionally
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |meat on great festivals. Their usual
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |drink is water, but the men take wine
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |also moderately.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  EUROPEAN TURKEY, p. 671
     |Near Towns: Skilled, per month, 1_l._ with provisions; 1_l._ 10_s._
     |without provisions; unskilled summer, per month, 9_s._ with
     |provisions; 1_l._ without provisions; winter, one-third less.
     |
     |Distant from Towns, a little more than half. Common labourer, near
     |towns, per year, about 18_l._; in other districts, about 8_l._
     |
     |Wages of artisans, about double those of common labourers.
     |    |    |    |Per week, spinners and weavers, and in the field,
     |    |    |    |2_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

|    |    |    |    |    |    |With the above earnings they may
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |subsist pretty well with sufficiency
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |of Indian corn, bread, vegetables,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |potatoes, and fruit; seldom any meat,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |but in the summer time fish, when
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |abundant, such as mackerel, sardinhas,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |smelts, bonitas, abacore, and dolphin.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  THE CANARY ISLANDS, p. 687
     |Per Day, 3_s._
     |    |Per day, 14_d._ to 18_d._
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Per day, as sempstresses, at Santa Cruz, 6_d._ with
     |    |    |    |food; 10_d._ without.
     |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They are satisfied with the commonest
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |food and their other wants are very
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |limited from the nature of the climate.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  GREECE, p. 666 (General Return)
     |Labourers not distinguished. Per day, 17_d._, without food; per year,
     |18_l._ 1_s._ 2_d._
     |    |    |    |Children under 16, per week, 4_s._ 9½_d._
     |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  PATRAS, p. 668
     |Per day, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ 3_d._
     |    |Per day, summer, 1_s._ 2½ _d._, winter, 11_d._ without food;
     |    |per year, 12_l._; with food and shoes, per month, 9_s._
     |    |N.B. Only 248 working days.
     |    |    |. . . .
     |    |    |    |Children under 16, per day, in harvest, 6_d._;
     |    |    |    |something less in winter.
     |    |    |    |    |    |23_l._ (supposed to include the man’s
     |    |    |    |    |    |wages.)
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |They do so, living temperately, as
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |these persons almost all do, using both
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |maize and wheaten bread, olives, pulse,
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |vegetables, salt fish, and occasionally
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |meat on great festivals. Their usual
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |drink is water, but the men take wine
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |also moderately.
     |    |    |    |    |    |    |
  EUROPEAN TURKEY, p. 671
     |Near Towns: Skilled, per month, 1_l._ with provisions; 1_l._ 10_s._
     |without provisions; unskilled summer, per month, 9_s._ with
     |provisions; 1_l._ without provisions; winter, one-third less.
     |
     |Distant from Towns, a little more than half. Common labourer, near
     |towns, per year, about 18_l._; in other districts, about 8_l._
     |
     |Wages of artisans, about double those of common labourers.
     |    |    |    |Per week, spinners and weavers, and in the field,
     |    |    |    |2_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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