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foning very fairly from thofe (o general advantages 

 of the like nature; it has been thought advifeablc 

 by the Connmittee of this Society's papers to folicit 

 the author's confent to its being republifhed at the 

 Society's expence. And it was with particular plea- 

 fure that the Committee received his confent for 

 fhat purpofe in the moft obliging terms. In juf- 

 ticc to the mafterly outline which this trad exhibits, 

 and totheftyle and manner of the author, the whole 

 is given without alteration. 



twenty Minutes Ohfervations on a better Mode of fro* 

 vidingfor the Poor ; in which it is rendered probable 

 that they may be effe^ually relieved, in a manner 

 more agreeable to the general Feelings^ of Mankind^ 

 at the fame time that 'Two Millions flerling, or more, 

 may be annually faved to the nation. 



By RICHARD PEW, 

 Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, Edimburgh, 



I PREFACE. 



Regulations which tend to increafe the.happinefs of in- 

 dividuals, at the fame time that they diminifh the general 

 burthens of the community, will command the attention 

 of a difcerning Legiflature. The author flatters himfelf 

 that both thefe ends may be in a great meafure accom- 

 plifhed, by the plan he is about to propofe ; and he there- 

 fore makes no apology for communicating his fentiments 

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