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... Commissioners of Inquiry into Public Charities ; and the Summary of those Reports , pre- sented to parliament by command of Her Majesty , and printed in 1842 , shows that their income is derived from 442,915 acres of land , from between ...
... Commissioners of Inquiry into Public Charities ; and the Summary of those Reports , pre- sented to parliament by command of Her Majesty , and printed in 1842 , shows that their income is derived from 442,915 acres of land , from between ...
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... commissioners , in respect of such foundations , but , in the very first statute which pro- vides for the raising of a common fund for relief of the poor , had wholly merged all the proceeds of such foundations in the fund to be ...
... commissioners , in respect of such foundations , but , in the very first statute which pro- vides for the raising of a common fund for relief of the poor , had wholly merged all the proceeds of such foundations in the fund to be ...
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... Commissioners : its maximum of 6,180,7641 . was attained in 1848 . The great prosperity of nearly all classes , in England , since the repeal of the corn laws , has been accompanied by a considerable diminution , since 1848 , in the ...
... Commissioners : its maximum of 6,180,7641 . was attained in 1848 . The great prosperity of nearly all classes , in England , since the repeal of the corn laws , has been accompanied by a considerable diminution , since 1848 , in the ...
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... Commissioners , or the Poor Law Board . Ample materials , however , exist , at Somerset House , or Gwydyr House , for answering them ; and , even while those materials are still a sealed book to the public , we may ap- proximate closely ...
... Commissioners , or the Poor Law Board . Ample materials , however , exist , at Somerset House , or Gwydyr House , for answering them ; and , even while those materials are still a sealed book to the public , we may ap- proximate closely ...
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... Commissioners for Ireland , in their Fourth Annual Report is , that " in 1850 there was far less fluctuation by way of admission into , and discharge from , the workhouse than in former years , and that , consequently , the average ...
... Commissioners for Ireland , in their Fourth Annual Report is , that " in 1850 there was far less fluctuation by way of admission into , and discharge from , the workhouse than in former years , and that , consequently , the average ...
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25th March administration agricultural counties agricultural labourer alms amount Annual appears average number bishop century chargeable charity Charles II Church classes clergy cloth condition cottages destitution Dorset Edition England and Wales Engravings evils existing expended half-year Henry VIII History houses impotent poor In-door increase inhabitants JANE MARCET justices justices of peace labour Lady-day land landowners law of settlement legislation London Lord lunatic ment metropolis morocco nearly number of paupers number of persons order of removal out-door relief overseers parish parliament parochial paupers relieved persons relieved Poor Law Board Poor Law Commissioners poor persons poor-rate population Post 8vo present proportion provision quarter ratepayers receiving relief reign rental repeal Report residence respect serf settlement and removal Stafford West statute of Charles statute of Elizabeth THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY towns union vagrant villein whole number Woodcuts workhouses Worksop