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by those who are informed that in the four years imme- 

 diately succeeding the introduction of the measures 

 adopted for putting an end to mendicity, and clearing 

 the country of beggars, thieves, robbers, etc., above ten 

 thousand of these vagabonds, foreigners, and natives 

 were actually arrested and delivered over to the civil 

 magistrates ; and that in taking up the beggars in Mu- 

 nich, and providing for those who stood in need of 

 public assistance, no less than 2600 of the one descrip- 

 tion and the other were entered upon the lists in one 

 week, though the whole number of the inhabitants of 

 the city of Munich probably does not amount to more 

 than 60,000, even including the suburbs. 



These facts are so very extraordinary that, were they 

 not notorious, I should hardly have ventured to mention 

 them, for fear of being suspected of exaggeration ; but 

 they are perfectly known in the country by everybody, 

 having been published by authority in the newspapers 

 at the time, with all the various details and specifications, 

 for the information of the public. 



What has been said will, I fancy, be thought quite 

 sufficient to show the necessity of applying a remedy 

 to the evils described, and of introducing order and a 

 spirit of industry among the lower classes of the people. 

 I shall therefore proceed, without any further preface, to 

 give an account of the measures which were adopted and 

 carried into execution for that purpose. 



