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the failures as wel! as the successful management of a greiit 

 nimiber of workhouses, which I have visited in different 

 parts of the kingdom, besides others herein ineutioned, but 

 which are not noticed, as I wished to bring the most mate- 

 ria! of my information into as small a compass as possible. 



Every eniploynient recommended is praclicahle, and has 

 been adopted with success. 



If what I have submitted to the society be honoured with 

 their approbation, it might, I trust, prevent the iniprovident 

 efjuandering of parish treasure by the adoption of unprofitable 

 schemes ; and in some measure assist parish -officers in pro- 

 riding that sort of employment for the workhouse poor, 

 which is best adapted to the peculiar situation and cireuni- 

 stances of the persons and the place. 



To the Secretary. B. Pryce. 



^*^ In the forcgair.g essay, v,-h;ch obtained a small 

 bounty from the society as an , encouragement to usel'ul 

 communications, the reader will discover many remarks 

 which can have no claim to orisinalily. But in others there 

 are ideas worthy of respectful attention. The recommenda- 

 tion of pui'lic waikiug-hoi/ses is not deemed proper either 

 for Bath or any other city; as, although it may be possible 

 to perform the work cheaper than in more detached places, 

 by employing fewer hand-i, such oeconomy goes to the les- 

 sening instead of supplying labour. And where the opera- 

 tion is often to be paid for by the affluent, the present more 

 general practice seems to i)e the most favourable to the poor. 

 The picking of oakum can be practised but in compara- 

 tively few places; hut recourse will be best had in all di- 

 stricts to those objects which are most attainable. — Editor 

 of the Datk Society's Transact iu?is. 



LXIII. On the most profitaldc Size of Farming Cuttle. By 

 Chai'.lks GoiiDox Gi;ky, Esc/.* 



XX PEW hints from my own experience of fifteen years, sub- 

 mitted to the consideration of the society. 



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