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time of ficknds or in old age? In fhort, may not 

 every parifli be inducedy or compelled, to form them- 

 felves into one or more friendly aflbciations, to which 

 each individual above a certain age (fuppofe males 

 1 8, females 17)* fhould be obliged to contribute a 

 fmall proportion of their fuppofed income, for the 

 purpofe of fupporting them when unable to get their 

 own livelihood ? 



Let us inquire what would be the probable effedis 

 when applied to a particular town 3 I fhall as before 

 take that of Wellingborough. 



It appears by an adlual and exad enumeration, 

 made under my dire(5lion, that the number of in- 

 habitants refiding in Wellingborough amounts in 

 the whole to 2857; that outof thefe 847 males, and 

 1 100 females, are above the age fpecified^ the fum 

 therefore paid by thefe perfons would be 847 fhil- 

 lings, and 11 00 four-pences, every four weeks^ 

 amounting in the whole to 60I. 13s. ?d. or 788!^ 

 17s. 8d. per annum. 



The expence of the poor in Wellingborough, upon 

 the average of three years lad paft, appears to have 



* About thefe ages, refpeftively, a fpirit of independance ufually 

 becomes manifeft ; it is this fpirit I wilh to catch, and topreforvc it 

 unfubdued through life. 



been 



