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offered my service to alter the kitchens, and arrange 

 them upon the principles of that in the House of Indus- 

 try at Munich (which I described to them), they accepted 

 my offer, and the kitchens were rebuilt under my imme- 

 diate direction ; and have both succeeded, even beyond 

 my most sanguine expectations. That of the hospital 

 of la Pieta is the most complete kitchen I have ever 

 built ; and I would recommend it as a model, in prefer- 

 ence to any I have ever seen. I shall give a more 

 particular description of it, with plans and estimates, 

 in my Essay on the Management of Heat. 



During the time I was employed in building the new 

 kitchen in the hospital of la Pieta, I had an oppor- 

 tunity of making myself acquainted with all the details 

 of the clothing of the poor belonging to that establish- 

 ment; and I found that very great savings might be 

 made in that article of expense. I made a proposal to 

 the directors of that hospital to furnish them with 

 clothing for their poor, ready made up, from the House 

 of Industry at Munich ; and upon my return to Munich, 

 I sent them twelve complete suits of clothing of differ- 

 ent sizes as a sample, and accompanied them with an 

 estimate of the prices at which we could afford to deliver 

 them at Verona. 



The success of this little adventure has been very 

 flattering, and has opened a very interesting channel for 

 commerce, and for the encouragement of industry in 

 Bavaria. This sample of clothing being approved, and, 

 with all the expenses of carriage added, being found to 

 be near twenty per cent cheaper than that formerly used, 

 orders have been received from Italy by the House of 

 Industry at Munich to a considerable amount, for cloth- 

 ing the poor. In the beginning of September last, a 



