The French Peasant- Farmers^ Seed Fund. 
335 
The district of La Beauce comprises portions of the depart- 
ments in the preceding table, which shows also the number of 
occupiers relieved in each, exclusive of those who received the 
tares and garden seeds. 
A second vote of 5000Z., made by the Lord jNIayor's Com- 
mittee, on February 24th, coupled with a large influx of sub- 
scriptions, enabled the Seed Fund Committee to establish a 
dep6t at Paris for the relief of the small cultivators in the 
extensive region which had been devastated during the pro- 
tracted siege of the capital of France. Mr. J. Furley, of the 
National Aid Society, Mr. R. N. James, Mr. Pitman, and Mr. 
Mansfield, undertook the distribution of a large quantity of 
wheat, barley, and oats from a warehouse at Paris which had 
been provided free of cost through the instrumentality of the 
officers of the " Societe des Agriculteurs de France." With 
every prospect of a successful distribution, this Committee 
commenced its work, and about 500 quarters of seed-corn were 
sent into Paris and partially distributed in the southern rural 
districts, with the assistance of Mr. Norcott, the representative 
of the Lord Mayor's Committee ; but, in consequence of the 
insurrection in Paris, it was soon found necessary to remove 
the depot to Creil. 
To Paris and Creil, about 800 quarters of spring wheat, 
1150 of barle}', and 1425 of oats were sent, also about 300 
tons of potatoes, and 4000 packages of small seeds as in 
the other cases. The books of the representatives showed that 
about 2500 occupiers resident in between 40 and 50 Communes 
south of Paris, and about 4300 occupiers resident in 127 Com- 
munes north of Paris received relief from Paris and Creil 
respectively. The following table is sufficiently complete to 
indicate the nature of the distribution, though several of the 
returns, showing the number of persons relieved in certain 
communes, were lost in transmission through the post at the 
time of the Communist insurrection : — 
Departments. 
Wheat. 
Oats. 
Barley. 
Potatoes. 
Families 
Kelieved. 
sacks. 
sacks. 
sacks. 
sacks. 
640 
361 
684 
308 
2,676 
536 
1,449 
587 
1,360 
1,637 
33 
98 
67 
198 
147 
163 
669 
123 
1,754 
1,522 
Outer departments 
2 
9 
51 
6 
Grand Total 
1,374 
2,586 
1,512 
3,626 
5,982 
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