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MONTHLY 
MAGAZINE. 

No. 63.] 

SEPTEMBER 1, 1800. 



[2, of VoL. 10. 
ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
YT will not, I believe, be denied, that 
a regular and uniform fyftem for the 
relief of the poor, eafily to be underftood 
and put in practice, would be (if it could 
be adopted) highly proper, and particu- 
Jarly ufeful at all times, as well as at the 
prefent eventful moment. As early as the 
reign of Queen Elizabeth, the neceffity of 
rezulating the price of labour was felt, 
and the Legiflature, in the ftatute of 5 
Eliz. for the rating of wages of labourers, 
exprefled a hope that it would come to 
pafs, that a law, duly executed, prefcrib. 
ing and Jimiting uniform order concerning 
the wages of labourers, would banith idle- 
nefs, advance induftry, and yicld unto 
the hired perfon, both in time of {carcity 
and in time of plenty, a convenient pro- 
portion of wages. If uniform order were 
neceffary in the regulaticn of wages, how 
important is it that fome eltablithed mode 
fhould be prefcribed as to the adminifter- 
ing of uniforni relief. The good confe- 
quences which it was expected would 
wa 















follow from the due execution of this law, 
we have not witnefled ; our reafon and 
experience have taught us to defpair, 
though our anceftors, like anxious levers, 
hoped to obtain fuch unattainable, but 
yet defirable, objects, But we have feen 
the good effeéts of the plan I am about to 
fubmit to your notice; and, if we cannot 
entirely furmount the difficulties which lie 
in our way, let us do our belt endeavours 
to diftribute relief in as regular, eligible, 
and uniform a manner as circumiftances 
will admit ; for which purpofe I trouble 
you with the inclofed Table, which has 
been a€ted upon in Berkthire fince the 
dear feafon of 1795 to the prefent ftill 
more alarming dearnefs of provifions, by 
which the allowances to the poor are re- 
gulated, and which other counties may, if 
they have not a rulein fimilar cafes, adopt 
and improve upon, Ido not fay that it 
is wholly free from imperfeétions, but I 
will venture to affert, that, unlefs fome 
plan of this fort be fettled, relief to the 
poor muft be adminiftered, even in neigh- 
bouring parifhes,in a moft irregular manner. 






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