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By Presents in clothes, provisions, &c., which were worth to us at least £12 0s. 0d. Altogether £313 2s. 5d. January 1, 1840. Our usual meeting last night was most precious! We continued together from seven till half-past twelve. Of all the similar meetings which we have had, it was, according to my judgment, by far the best.
I have been also led yesterday and today to ask the Lord especially, that He would not allow my faith to fail. A few minutes after I had prayed, brother T came and brought 4l. 1s. 5d., which had come in, in several small donations. He told me, at the same time, that tomorrow the books will be brought from the Infant-Orphan-House, when money must be advanced for housekeeping.
The money spent on arterial drainage and land improvement, under the Labouchere letter and various drainage Acts, during the years 1846, 1847 and 1848, was, as given above, £1,191,187 19s. 5d., which being deducted from £10,723,908 19s>. 5d. leaves the sum of £9,532,721, of which there was finally charged to this country £4,845,062.
I do not know; but this I know, that the middle-man who has to give security for the material delivered, and who distributes the work among the needle-women, receives 1.5d. per piece. From this he deducts his own pay, at least .5d., so that 1d. at most reaches the pocket of the girl. The girls who sew neckties must bind themselves to work sixteen hours a day, and receive 4.5s. a week.
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"3d I went to methuen. "5d I went to Haver hill to by some Leather for Bretches. "6 day I come to Andover and Staid at Mr. osgoods. "7 day I come to Cambridge about Six a Clock at Night. "Jany the 8 1776 This Day I Began with Mr. Watson.... "Jan 14. This Day I wint to Cobble Hill & to Litchmor point and to prospeck hill & So Home again. Nothing new.
Pill-box making, 9s. for thirty-six gross; possible earnings, 8s. per week. Shirt button-hole making, 1d. a dozen; can do three or four dozen a day. Whip-making, 1s. a dozen; can do a dozen a day. Trousers finishing, 3d. to 5d. each, finding one's own cotton; can do four a day. Shirt-finishing, 3d. to 4d. a dozen; possible earnings, 6s. a week.
Such a computation shows that the United States fared much better than any one of the other governments, the average sum received by each claimant being £428 11s. 5d., as compared with £150 15s. for Germany; £142 17s. 1d. for Russia; £133 18s. 6d. for Austria-Hungary; £133 6s. 8d. for Belgium; £125 for Norway and Sweden; and £106 3s. 10d. for Italy.
"Another of the reasons for the sweaters keeping more hands than they want is, the men generally have their meals with them. The more men they have with them the more breakfasts and teas they supply, and the more profit they make. The men usually have to pay 4d., and very often, 5d. for their breakfast, and the same for their tea.
He also gave it a cup of beryl, garnished with gold, pearls, and precious stones, and a chalice of gold for the celebration of the Holy Sacrament. In the year 1546 all the lands belonging to the Hospital were transferred to the Crown. At this time the whole revenue of the Hospital was £364 12s. 6d., and the expenditure was £210 6s. 5d.; the difference being the value of the mastership.
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