HG ANNUAL REGISTER, ISOO. 



them to the use of a species of bread, 

 which long experience, in a great 

 part of the country, lias proved to 

 be wholesome and nutritious, espe- 

 cially wlien they understand how 

 great a reduction must be produced 

 by this regulation in the price of 

 the quartern loaf. By a general 

 prohibition of the use of finer flour 

 unmixed, all ranks and orders of 

 society will be called upon to sacri- 

 fice to the public good any reluc- 

 tance or prejudice, and to make an 

 united effort to relieve the general 

 pressure: and it will be in the power 

 of individuals, or associations of the 

 community, to facilitate the exe- 

 cutioii of this measure, as well as to 

 anticipate its benefits in some de- 

 gree, by adopting, as soon as it can 

 be procured, the use of such bread 

 as is here recommended in their 

 own families, and introducing it, 

 by their example and influence, into 

 their respective neighbourhoods. 



Your committee have not thought 

 it necessary to state the saving which 

 ra ight arise from the use of the stand- 

 ard wheaten or any other species of 

 bread, liner than that which ishere 

 recommended, because they consi- 

 der the necessit)"^ of the case to be 

 .such as calls for strong and effectual 

 remedies, and because they think 

 the introduction of the other sorts 

 into general use would be in no re- 

 spect easier than that of the bread 

 here recommended, and would not 

 be attended with the same degree 

 of advantage. 



Your committee are of opinion, 

 that, under the present circum- 

 stances, it is necessary that an assize- 

 table should be formed for this spe- 

 cies of bread, previous to requiring 

 its introduction, and the exclusion 

 of all bread made of a finer meal. 

 The shortness of tne time for which 



this session of parliament can cflfn- 

 tinue would not admit of complet- 

 ing such a table with perfect accu- 

 racy. But although farther experi- 

 ments may be necessary for ulti- 

 mately attaining that object, your 

 committee are satisfied^ from the 

 evidence they have received, that 

 no considerable difficulty will attend 

 the forminsimmediatelva tablesuf- 

 ficieqtly correct to prevent any ma- 

 terial inconvenience. They are 

 desirous that such table should besa 

 constructed as to ensure at least as. 

 large a profit to the baker, for the 

 manufacture of each sack of meal 

 into bread, as he now receives. 

 Your committee have also the satis- 

 faction of finding, from the evidence 

 of several respectable millers, that 

 this alteration will be productive of 

 no inconvenience to their trade, but 

 will tendtomaketheirprocess easier 

 and cheaper; that the wiresorcloths- 

 necessary for the proposed mode of 

 dressing wheat and other grain are 

 either now in use, or may be readily 

 prepared; and that the period 

 necessary for enabling the millers to 

 dispose of their present stock, and 

 to arrange their machinery for the 

 new mode of working, will not 

 require a notice of many weeks 

 previous to the proposed measure 

 bein£i enforced. 



Your committee are strongly of 

 opinion, that it will be expedient, 

 without delay, to prohibit, from a 

 day to be fixed, the manufacture of 

 flour or meal from wheat or any 

 other grain, finer than that which is 

 dressed through an Ss. 6d. seamed 

 cloth, or a patent cloth. No. ii, or 

 such wire machine as produces the 

 same effect; and to prohibit also,, 

 from a day to be fixed, the use of 

 any bread finer than what is made 

 of such meal: and that in the mean 



