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Sect. XV.] 



STATISTICS. 





as 



^^ the salaries eind other emolu- 



ments of men employed in the higher and in the mor^ 



subordinaL. offices of the government. 



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these particulc.s we should endeavour to ascertain the 

 necessary expenditure of families in the \ arious walks of 

 life. This is a more difficult task, and it requires much 



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i^^ditions of the communitv to 



knowledge of the various 

 estimate the correctness of such statements n- may be 

 gathered, especially as regards the expenditure of the 

 poorer classes. It is a curious ftict, that in almost 



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case 



where details of this nature were offered to the 

 Commissioners of Poor Law^ Inquiry in England, the ex- 

 penditure as stated was found upon examination to exceeu 

 in no small degree^ ^he income of the family, altliough the 

 parties affirmed that they did not run in debt. li must 



greatly help towards forming a correct estimate if the 



retail prices are ascertained of different qualities of the 



articles used and consumed in families holdini 



various 





different ranks in the scale of society. The incomes oj 





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of public functionaries, the 



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very important class 



it may be more difficult to ascertain, especially in lands 



which have made a comparatively small progress in civi- 



avails 



ligation, and where it is understood the priest often 

 himself of the superstitious terrors of the ill-informed 

 peoph^ to advance his own personal interest. In other 

 coimtries, comparatively free from this evil, it is, how- 

 ever, no^ easy to ascertain the average rate of iT»^*ome^ oi 



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source 



the clergy, wh''"h may be derived p-^rtly from o, 



and partly from another, — ^.oinetimes from the State, by 



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