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pletely successful, this event was formally announced 

 to the public in the newspapers ; and other towns were 

 called upon to follow the example. Not only a narrative 

 in detail was given of all the different measures pur- 

 sued in this important undertaking, but every kind of 

 information and assistance was afforded on the part of 

 the institution at Munich to all who might be disposed 

 to engage in forming similar establishments in other 

 parts of the country. 



Copies of all the different lists, returns, certificates, 

 etc., used in the management of the poor, were given 

 gratis to all strangers as well as inhabitants of the 

 country who applied for them ; and no information rel- 

 ative to the establishment, or to any of its details, was 

 ever refused. 



The House of Industry was open every day from 

 morning till night to all visitors ; and persons were ap- 

 pointed to accompany strangers in their tour through 

 the different apartments, and to give the fullest infor- 

 mation relative to the details, and even to all the secrets 

 of the various manufactures carried on ; and printed 

 copies of the different tables, tickets, checks, etc., made 

 use of in carrying on the current business of the house, 

 were furnished to every one who asked for them ; to- 

 gether with an account of the manner in which these 

 were used, and of the other measures adopted to pre- 

 vent frauds and peculation in the various branches of 

 this extensive establishment. 



As few manufactures in Bavaria are carried on to 

 any extent, the more indigent of the inhabitants are, 

 in general, so totally unacquainted with every kind of 

 work in which the poor could be most usefully employ- 

 ed, that that circumstance alone is a great obstacle to 



