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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

by individuals                           |     48,893  55
               _b._ Monies for stipulated contracts        |    208,651  69
                                                           +---------------
    Consequently, the whole sum is               Guilders     6,014,818  32
                                                 --------------------------

It appears from this statement that rather more than 6,000,000 guilders
(equal, at 20_d._ the guilder, to 500,000_l._ sterling) has, on an
average of the last 12 years, been annually expended on the relief
of the poor, being an expense per head, on an average population of
2,292,350, of about 4_s._ 4¼_d._--an expenditure small compared with
our own, but very large when compared with the average expenditure of
Europe.

The official report does not state the progressive increase of the
annual expenditure; but it contains a table of the progressive increase
of the number of persons receiving relief, from which we extract the
particulars of the 10 years ending with 1831. (p. 580.)

HOLLAND.--Statement of the Number of Persons who have received Relief,
or to whom Work has been given, by the Civil or Ecclesiastical
Charitable Institutions in North Netherland, during 10 years, from 1822
to 1831 inclusive.

  +----+----------+-------------------------------
  |    |          |   Institutions for Relief.
  |    |          +-----------+----------+--------
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |Population| Number of |          |
  |    |of North  |  Persons  |          |
  |    |Netherland| relieved  |Population| Number
  |    |on the    |  by the   |  of the  |   of
  |    |31st Dec. | direction |Hospitals.|Persons.
  |    |          |  of the   |          |
  |    |          |Poor-House.|          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  +----+----------+-----------+----------+--------
  |1822| 2,190,171| 174,802   |  20,501  | 195,303
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1823| 2,219,982| 193,633   |  17,430  | 211,063
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1824| 2,253,794| 196,786   |  19,955  | 216,741
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1825| 2,281,789| 240,400   |  17,943  | 222,343
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1826| 2,296,169| 227,501   |  18,731  | 246,232
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1827| 2,307,661| 232,426   |  19,775  | 252,201
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1828| 2,329,934| 217,343   |  17,928  | 235,271
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1829| 2,427,206| 235,771   |  17,884  | 253,655
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1830| 2,444,550| 244,503   |  17,870  | 262,373
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1831| 2,454,176| 248,380   |  17,887  | 266,267
  +----+----------+-----------+----------+--------

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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

by individuals                           |     48,893  55
               _b._ Monies for stipulated contracts        |    208,651  69
                                                           +---------------
    Consequently, the whole sum is               Guilders     6,014,818  32
                                                 --------------------------

It appears from this statement that rather more than 6,000,000 guilders
(equal, at 20_d._ the guilder, to 500,000_l._ sterling) has, on an
average of the last 12 years, been annually expended on the relief
of the poor, being an expense per head, on an average population of
2,292,350, of about 4_s._ 4¼_d._--an expenditure small compared with
our own, but very large when compared with the average expenditure of
Europe.

The official report does not state the progressive increase of the
annual expenditure; but it contains a table of the progressive increase
of the number of persons receiving relief, from which we extract the
particulars of the 10 years ending with 1831. (p. 580.)

HOLLAND.--Statement of the Number of Persons who have received Relief,
or to whom Work has been given, by the Civil or Ecclesiastical
Charitable Institutions in North Netherland, during 10 years, from 1822
to 1831 inclusive.

  +----+----------+-------------------------------
  |    |          |   Institutions for Relief.
  |    |          +-----------+----------+--------
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |Population| Number of |          |
  |    |of North  |  Persons  |          |
  |    |Netherland| relieved  |Population| Number
  |    |on the    |  by the   |  of the  |   of
  |    |31st Dec. | direction |Hospitals.|Persons.
  |    |          |  of the   |          |
  |    |          |Poor-House.|          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  |    |          |           |          |
  +----+----------+-----------+----------+--------
  |1822| 2,190,171| 174,802   |  20,501  | 195,303
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1823| 2,219,982| 193,633   |  17,430  | 211,063
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1824| 2,253,794| 196,786   |  19,955  | 216,741
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1825| 2,281,789| 240,400   |  17,943  | 222,343
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1826| 2,296,169| 227,501   |  18,731  | 246,232
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1827| 2,307,661| 232,426   |  19,775  | 252,201
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1828| 2,329,934| 217,343   |  17,928  | 235,271
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1829| 2,427,206| 235,771   |  17,884  | 253,655
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1830| 2,444,550| 244,503   |  17,870  | 262,373
  |    |          |           |          |
  |1831| 2,454,176| 248,380   |  17,887  | 266,267
  +----+----------+-----------+----------+--------

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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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