380 



Lodging and Boarding Labourers. 



s. d. 



Bread and flour .. , ,11 

 Meat and bacon . ..20 

 Groceries . . . . . 1 0-J 

 Beer ...... 1 0 



5 1|* 



They are allowed to come at sixteen years of age, and remain 

 till they marry or obtain situations. The youngest boy cleans out 

 the room, and they take it in turn to prepare the table for meals, 

 which are cooked by the wife of the bailiff, who lives in an ad- 

 joining house and has the assistance of one female servant, who is 

 not allowed to go into the building where the young men live. 

 The bailiff's wife also provides for their washing. The young 

 men are under the superintendence of the bailiff, who presides at 

 their meals, and reads prayers with them morning and evening. 

 A bell rings at meal times, and those who are absent from a meal 

 without leave or good cause, go without it. They are required 

 to observe some rules, few and simple, tending to order and 

 cleanliness — such as to sit down to their meals in clean smock 

 frocks, which they put off when they go out again to work. I 

 ascertained that these rules are in no way irksome to them, but 

 have inspired them with a feeling of self-respect — as their phrase 

 is, they are glad to keep themselves respectable. I sat with them 

 at their breakfast table, and conversed with them while the bailiff 

 was out of the room, and can therefore testify to their demeanour 

 being at once intelligent and respectful. There can be little 

 doubt that such a plan, carried on with kindness and good sense, 

 must tend to the best results, and such in fact have been pro- 

 duced. 



* The following details are taken from the average of the consumption for several 



weeks : — 



£. s. d. 



38 lbs. bread at l±d 0 4 9 



4| lbs. flour at \±d. . . . . 0 0 7| 



9i lbs. butcher's meat at M. . . 0 3 11^ 



14i lbs. bacon at 5d 0 6 0£ 



5^ lbs. cheese at 6±d 0 3 0 



2h lbs. sugar at Ad 0 0 10 



f lb. coffee at Is. 2d 0 0 51 



^ lb. cocoa at 8d 0 0 4 



%' lbs. rice at 2c? 0 0 4 



Pepper, salt, &c 0 0 3 



Board of five boys .... 1 0 6^ 



Board of one boy • . . . 0 4 1^ 

 Beer in addition . . ..010 



Actual food of each boy . .051^ 



To this must be added a small sum per head for washing, soap, and candles and 

 firing. 



