Basses Pyrenées: Bayonne 176 Bouches du Rhone: Marseilles 178 Sardinian States: Piedmont 181 Genoa 186 Savoy 187 Venice 189 Portugal: Oporto 194 The Azores 196 The Canary Islands 199 Greece 201 European Turkey 203 General Absence of a Surplus Population in Countries not affording Compulsory Relief 204 Agricultural Labourers in England. Wages of 206 Subsistence of 208 Wages and Subsistence of Foreign Labourers. _Vide_ Tables 210-235 Comparison between the state of the English and Foreign Labouring Classes 236 STATEMENT OF THE PROVISION FOR THE POOR, AND THE CONDITION OF THE LABOURING CLASSES, IN A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF AMERICA AND EUROPE. The Commissioners appointed by His Majesty to make a diligent and full Inquiry into the practical operation of the Laws for the relief of the Poor, were restricted by the words of their Commission to England and Wales. As it was obvious, however, that much instruction might be derived from the experience of other countries, the Commissioners were authorized by Viscount Melbourne, then His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, to extend the investigation as far as might be found productive of useful results. At first they endeavoured to effect this object through their personal friends, and in this manner obtained several valuable communications. But as this source of information was likely to be soon exhausted, they requested Viscount Palmerston, then His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for the Foreign Department, to obtain the assistance of the Diplomatic Body.