4. To what extent and under what regulations are they taken into establishments for their reception? 5. To what extent and under what regulations are they billeted or quartered on householders? 6. To what extent and under what regulations are they boarded with individuals? 7. To what extent and under what regulations, and to what degree of relationship, are their relatives compelled to support them? CRIPPLES, DEAF AND DUMB, AND BLIND. 1. To what extent and under what regulations are there establishments for their reception? 2. To what extent and under what regulations are they billeted or quartered on householders? 3. To what extent and under what regulations are they boarded with individuals? 4. To what extent and under what regulations, and to what degree of relationship, are their relatives compelled to support them? IDIOTS AND LUNATICS. 1. To what extent and under what regulations are there establishments for their reception? 2. To what extent and under what regulations are they billeted or quartered on householders? 3. To what extent and under what regulations are they boarded with individuals? 4. To what extent and under what regulations, and to what degree of relationship, are their relatives compelled to support them? EFFECTS OF THE FOREGOING INSTITUTIONS. You are requested to state whether the receipt, or the expectation of relief, appears to produce any and what effect, 1st. On the industry of the labourers? 2nd. On their frugality? 3rd. On the age at which they marry? 4th. On the mutual dependence and affection of parents, children and other relatives? 5th. What, on the whole, is the condition of the able-bodied and self-supporting labourer of the lowest class, as compared with the condition of the person subsisting on alms or public charity. Is the condition of the latter, as to food and freedom from labour more or less eligible? _See_ p. 261 and 335 of the Poor Law Extracts. * * * * * You are also requested to read the accompanying volume[1], published by the English Poor Law Commissioners, and to state the existence of any similar mal-administration of the charitable funds of the country in which you reside, and what are its effects? You are also requested to forward all the dietaries which you can procure of prisons, workhouses, almshouses and other institutions, with translations expressing the amounts and quantities in English money, weights and measures, and to state what changes (if any) are proposed in the laws or institutions respecting relief in the country in which you reside, and on what grounds? * * * * *