542 Account of Experiments 



Average of the Description of Poor for the week ending y>th of 

 April, 1796. 



Total 1570 



Employed at actual labour .... 322 persons. 

 menial offices .... 104 



Total .... 426 



Amongst the 1570 persons above-mentioned, are 282 children and 

 447 compelled persons. 



Of the children, 205 are taught to spell, read, and write. 



Saturday, April 30, 1796. 

 1227 Persons fed at Breakfast. 

 120 servants in new house @ 8 oz. ibs. ~ lbs- i oav es. ib. Value 



. 186 is 41 I* f i'i 



336 incurables, children, etc., @ 6 oz. 



bread 126 



771 workers, etc., got stirabout. 



1227 persons. 



Weight of meal for stirabout, 4 cwt, costs 

 1 20 servants in new house get g alls - i' ts - 

 I quart butter-milk each . 30 o 

 1084 workers, incurables, etc., 



I pint butter-milk . . . .135 4 

 23 sucklers get no butter-milk. 



Allowed for waste .... 14. 



> 167 gallons of butter-milk, 

 value i. 



1227 persons. 



s. d. 

 Brought down 5 15 8 



s. d. 



Fuel to cook the stirabout, 3 bush., cost 2 3 f , 



Salt for ditto, I qr. 3 Ibs., cost o 9^ f 



The breakfast cost .... 5 18 8J 

 Quantity of water, 5 barrels 6 gallons. 



