Lowe on the State of England. 625 
RETURNS FOR ENGLAND AND WALES. 
bitty! Bester 1818, -.’ Easter 1814; March 25th, 1815. 
os 
— 
be : AB, 
otal money.received by poor- 
Tate, and, in a smaller de- 
_-gtee by church-rate, high- 
» Way-rate, county-rate, &c. 
Jn. England and Wales: - 
o these sums are to be added 
charitable donations, whe- 
ther arising from land or 
» money, managed by the 
clergy, churchwardens, or 
overseers: Annual average 238,310 238,310 ~ 238,310 
8,651,438 8,392;728 7,460,855” 
ies "EXPENDITURE, 
‘or the maintenance and re- : ‘ Fim v= 
_ lief ofthe poor -— - 6,679,658 26,97,331 5,421,168 
w-suits, removal of paupers . 
’ and expenses of overseers or ppl 
other officers - - - 325,107 332,966 324,665, 
amilies of militia-men me) ; 
other militia charges - - 246,202 188,576 105,394 
Church-rate, county -rate, 5 
oh ene y rahe, See te 8S 1,614, 871 1,692,990 1,657,627 
£8,865,838 8,511,863 7,508,854 
The average of the two yea 1815 and 1816 was, church, OOURNY and 
highway-rate - =). £1,212,918; 
Maintenance and relief of the poor, including laws removal of paupers, ovat 
and re of overseers ie - - 5,714,506 
Tn all - -. £6,937,425 
NUMBER OF PERSONS RELIEVED, and overseers, but in the landholders, 
clergymen, and elders or deacons, whose 
Easter | Easter March 25 functions were permanent, and_ whose. 
ee ded See ersonal acquaintance with the poor ena- 
Poor permanently Bled them to act with discrimination. 
The good effects of this plan, evinced as: 
relieved in work- 
itto, + ag of ik oe Oe eet WR el Se they have been. by the practice of, two 
workhouses (with- centuries, induced the Committee on the 
i Beet |-doqaay 4 dob iam ale gy } Poor Laws.in 1817, to. recommend that, 
Parishioners reliev-| ; in England the overseer should,be a,per-, 
ed Occasionally | 440,249 | 429,770 | 400,971 | manent officer with a salary, and should. 
act, if necessary, for several. districts;..a 
practice that has since been adopted with 
er! =a beneficial result in a number of,the pa-, 
What, it may be asked, have been the rishes and townships of England, 
catises of so material a difference in the Proportion of the ‘Wages of the Counter 
management of the poor in Scotland and, , , Labourer to the Price of Corn. 
in England? The two countries em- 
bracing the Reformation in the same 
period, and falling under the sway of the | 
same sovereign soon after the enactment [——~ 
of the poor-law of 1601, the regulations [1742to 1752 . . 
were originally similar; but in Scotland [1761 tol770 . . 
their execution was vested, not in tem- he i oe Pg 
porury officers, such as churchwardens 
‘otal of paupers 
vel elieved pers t | 971,913 
953,995 | 895,973 
Weekly ae 
Periods, 
‘ Quarter, 
1800 to 1808 . 
MontsLty Mag. No, 377. 4. POPULATION, 
