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been 1191I 4s. ii|d. from which deduA 788I. 17s. 

 8d. there remains 402L 7s. j^d. or very little more 

 than one-third of the prefent expences of the parifli. 

 Let this be applied to the whole kingdom, taking the 

 expence of the poor to be, as in 1773, three millions,* 

 the f^ing to the nation will amount to the fum of 

 1,984,8851. fterling, a fum well worthy the attention 

 of the legiflature; and this might be raifed in a man- 

 ner fo eafy and gentle, and fo perfectly congenial 

 to the wifbes of the people, as fcarcely to be felt, 

 much lefs complained of, by any individual, efpeci- 

 alljr in manufacturing towns, where the poor are 

 always the mod numerous, and always the moft 

 wretched; fince the fum here fpecified would fel- 

 dom amount to one 48th part of the artificer's 

 wages; yet the return, in the time of his neceflity, 

 would be much greater than it would be poflible 

 for the parifh to afford him, however well difpofed 

 they might be, and however great his diftrefs. 



N. B. The computation here made is extremely 

 moderate, fince it allows nothing for the number of 

 contributors prohibited from receiving,! the ia- 



• I ftate thl» on the authority of Lord Kaimi. Mr. Gilbert, 

 who has been moft laudably attentive to this fubje^, eftimates the 

 total expence at about two millions and a half. 



t About one-fifth, which, it is fuppofed, will be nearly equal to 

 the fum neccffary fbr the relief of large families, of widows, and of 

 orphans. 



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