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Luxury for Paupers 

 " The Risbridge (Suffolk) Guardians, having received 

 offers of old potatoes at £3 15s. per ton and new Jersey 

 potatoes, at los. gd. per hundredweight, accepted the 

 latter for the consumption of the paupers." 



The same edition of the above paper also contains the 

 following : 



WORKHOUSE BATHS AT ;^i4 EACH 



Architect's Remarkable Admissions 



Many Profits 



" Mr Albert E. Gough, architect of the Hammersmith 

 Workhouse, made some astounding admissions at the 

 resumed^Local Government Board inquiry, yesterday, 

 concerning the allegations of extravagance, which have 

 been levelled against the Guardians. 



" He confessed that he had not placed the plans of the 

 alterations and additions before the Guardians before 

 proceeding with the work. He took a free hand in the 

 matter. 



" With reference to the £836 spent on the opening 

 ceremony, he said the amount was dealt with in his 

 certificate, as had been done ' hundreds and hundreds 

 of times.' 



" 'As a result of dealing with it in that way,' said the 

 Inspector, 'the builder gets 10 per cent, commission, the 

 quantity surveyor 2^, and you 4 per cent, making i6| 

 percent, in all?' 



" ' Yes, sir,' Mr Gough replied. ' I see the point but 

 I never took that view before.' 



" ' How came you, as an architect and a man of posi- 



