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servants, but their young children, and all the children 

 of the nobility and other inhabitants of Munich, and 

 even the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers 

 of the regiments in garrison in that city, were invited to 

 contribute to the support of the institution for the poor ; 

 and there are very few indeed of any age or condition 

 (paupers only excepted) whose names are not to be 

 found on the lists of subscribers. 



The subscriptions at Munich are by families, as 

 has elsewhere been observed ; and this method I would 

 recommend in the case under consideration, and in all 

 others. The head of the family takes the trouble to 

 collect all the sums subscribed upon his family list, and 

 to pay them into the hands of those who (on the part 

 of the institution) are sent round on the first Sunday 

 morning of every month to receive them ; but the 

 names of all the individuals who compose the family are 

 entered on the list at full length, with the sum each 

 contributes. 



Two lists of the same tenor must be made out for 

 each family, one of which must be kept by the head of 

 the family for his information and direction, and the 

 other sent in to those who have the general direction of 

 the establishment. 



These subscription lists should be printed ; and they 

 should be carried round and left with the heads of fam- 

 ilies, either by the person himself who undertakes to 

 form the establishment (which will always be best), or 

 at least by his steward, or some other person of some 

 consequence belonging to his household. Forms or 

 models for these lists may be seen in the Appendix. 



When these lists are returned, the person who has 

 undertaken to form the establishment will see what 



