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10. Sally Cane is as poor as she can be ; she is sixty 

 years of age, and has no children. She sometimes stops 

 with her brother, who is himself poor enough, but is 

 chiefly supported by her neighbours, and goes about from 

 house to house. She is as badly off as any widow in the 

 parish. New South Wales would be a good berth for half 

 of them. 



11. Bridget Keating has one son, who is thirteen years 

 of age ; she has a cabin, but has no ground, not even a 

 garden; she is able to do a little work for a lady, by whom she 

 is chiefly supported ; she never goes from house to house. 



12. Widow Curly is very poor, and is unable to work; 

 she keeps a lodging-house, but it is not half support to 

 her. Her daughter gives her some assistance. 



13. Sally Walsh is not in distress ; she has two sons in 

 constant work. 



14. Widow M'Gauley is fifty years of age ; is reduced 

 low enough, but is tolerably comfortable when compared 

 with others. She carries on little traffic. 



15. Widow Joyce is seventy years of age ; she lives with 

 her son, who is very well off. She looks bare enough, but 

 witness believes she has enough to eat. 



16. Mary Kelly is forty-five years of age, is handy at 

 the needle and very industrious ; she has one son, a little 

 boy, whom she supports ; she has no land, and will be 

 thrown out of her little cabin immediately. 



I?- Bridget M'Donagh is thirty years of age, and is two 

 years a widow ; she has one child ; her husband was ser- 

 vant to Mr. Martin. She sometimes stops in her father's 

 house, and would always live there, but her step-mother 

 would not allow her; she goes in and out to the neigh- 

 bours, and lives mostly upon them. 



