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XXIV.— VALUES, RATES, COUNTY FINANCES. 



IN 1803 the amount raised by the Poor Rate was £17,592, which 

 represented a rate of 5s. 2jd. in the pound. The sum raised for 

 the same purpose in 1783 was £5,756, while in 1776 it was £3,041. 

 The number of persons relieved out of Houses of Industry or 

 Workhouses in 1803 .were 1,934, not including children, at a cost of 

 £12,612, with 152 persons in such places — in addition to these, 911 

 persons were relieved occasionally, and there were 118 children 

 in schools of industry. 



In 1811 the proportion of lands in tillage and pasturage, together 

 with the annual value of the land and of real property as assessed 

 for the Property Tax in 1813, is given in the following table : — 



Amount of Poor Rates in the year 1822-3 were : — 



* Included the salaries of the four High Constables, and the expenses of the Returns of 

 Overseers and Surveyors. 



