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In1834therewere924comprisedin67incorporations(Nicholls，vol。

ii，p。91)。

ThereisasignificantentryintheAbstractsofReturnsto

the1775PoorReliefCommitteeinreferencetothebuildingofthatdeath-trap，

theBulcampHouseofIndustry。’IntheExpencesforBuildingisincluded

£；500forbuildingaPartwhichwaspulleddownbyaMob。’

AnHeckinghaminNorfolkaputridfever，in1774，killed126outof

220inmates(Eden，vol。ii，p。473，quotingHowlett)；cf。alsoRuggles，History

ofthePoor，vol。ii，p。266。

ThelastofthesesystemshadbeenincludedinaBillintroducedby

SirWilliamYoungin1788。’Inordertorelieveagriculturallabourers，who

areoften，duringthewinter，outofemployment，thevestryineveryparish

isempowered，bynoticeaffixedtothechurchdoor，tosettlearateofwages

tobepaidtolabourersnotofemploy，fromthe30thNovtothe28thofFeb。；

andtodistributeandsendthemroundinrotationtotheparishioners，proportionally

astheypaytotheRates；tobepaidbythepersonemployingthemtwo-thirds

ofthewagessosettled，andone-thirdbytheparish-officersoutofthe

Rates。’——Eden，vol。i，p。397……TheBillisprintedinHouseofCommonsPapers，1796。The’Heads

oftheBill’ascirculatedappearintheAnnalsofAgriculture，vol。

xxvi，pp。260ff。and359ff。EdengivesintheformofAppendices(1)the

HeadsoftheBill，(2)theAmendmentsintroducedinCommittee。

HouseofCommonsJournal。

ParliamentaryRegister，February11，1800。

ForWhitbread’sproposalstoamendtheLawofSettlementin1807see

nextchapter。Anattemptwasmadein1819(59GeorgeII，c。50)todefine

andsimplifytheconditionsunderwhichthehiringofatenementof£；10

annualvalueconferredtherighttoasettlement。Thetermofresidencewas

extendedtoayear，thenatureofthetenementwasdefined，anditwaslaid

downthattherentmustbe£；10andpaidforawholeyear。Butsounsuccessful

wasthispieceoflegislationthatitasfoundnecessarytopassasecond

Actsixyearslater(1826)，andathirdActin1831(I

WilliamIV，c。18)。

87。Senator，March1800。

88。SeeDebatesinSenator，March31andApril3，1800，andParliamentary

Register。Cf。forremovalsfortemporarydistress，SirThomasBernard’sCharge

toOverseersintheHundredofStoke。Bucks。ReportsonPoor，vol。

i，p。260。’Withregardtotheremovaloflabourersbelongingtootherparishes，

considerthoroughlywhatyoumaylose，andwhattheindividualmaysuffer，

bytheremoval，beforeyouapplytousonthesubject。Whereyouhavehad，

foralongtime，thebenefitoftheirlabour，andwherealltheywantis

alittletemporaryrelief，reflectwhether，aftersomanyyearsspentin

yourservice，thisisthemomentandthecause，forremovingthemfromthe

sceneoftheirdailylabourtoadistantparish，etc。’(1798)。

MrEstcourtmentionsthattheland’wouldlettoafarmeratabout

20s。peracrenow。’

Itisinterestingtofindthatthe

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