Perfons who have come into or who have left the parlfl}. — 

 The ufes that might be fnade of this article has been ex- 

 plainedj but unfortunately no records for filling up thefe co- 

 lumns have been kept. 



Poor^ and the fiitns required for their fu/)port. This Is a 

 mod important article in the civil polity of a country, be- 

 caufe, by comparing thefe two columns with the fecond, 

 ■which contains the number of the people, many conclufions 

 of great confequence refpecling indutlry, manufactures, and 

 economy, may be drawn. — Could a ftate of the parilhes in 

 England be made out in the fame form with that here ex- 

 hibited, fo as to be compared with this, and were an hifto- 

 rlcal view of the progrels of the numbers of poor, and the 

 fums neceffary for their fupport, to be made out, it would be 

 one of the moil interefting articles of ftatiftlcs that ever was 

 made public. — This we cannot expeft to fee while the 

 prefent political economy of England fliall prevail. — In the 

 mean time, we confider this article, as here ftated, to be 

 of very great confequence to this country ; — and though far 

 from complete, It is hoped it will be preferved as a fure 

 beacon for our defcendants to look, to as a direftory for their 

 conduft. 



Many inteiefting remarks on this fubjed occur in this vo- 

 lume, which our narrow limits prevent us from fpecifylug. 

 On the whole, it will appear, that, when compared with 

 England and fome other countries, the number of poor. In 

 proportion to the whole population, is very fmall, — and the 

 funds for their fupport inconliderable ; — yet, among all thefe 

 parilhes, we hear few complaints of a want as to this article; 

 nor are beggars permitted in more than one or two of them. 

 — The following plain account is given of the poor's 

 funds of the parilh of Dunnichan, which may, with little va- 

 riatiop, be applied to the greatelt part of Scotland 5— The 

 population of the parifh is 872. '• Ihere may be, fays the 



