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An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the Town of Stamford
… took a building lease of the site stipulating an expenditure of at least 300 (Ex. MS, uncat.). The early …
A History of the County of Gloucester
… of doctors' bills and for clothing for the poor. 63 Expenditure on the poor was low, and rose from £91 in 1776 … the number of people regularly relieved and the annual expenditure doubled, 65 but even so the poor rates were low 66 and in the late twenties and early thirties expenditure was again below £200 a year. 67 The parish became …
A History of the County of Essex
… in 1837 and a salaried assistant overseer in 1842. 8 Expenditure on the poor between 1776 and 1834, although … was comparatively high per head of population. Total expenditure was £77 in 1776 and, unusually, fell between 1783 and 1785 to an average of £74. 9 By 1803 expenditure per head, £1 12 s. 11 d., was one of the highest …
Old and New London
… lamentable to see such an injudicious and unprofitable expenditure as that which was incurred in the erection of …
Survey of London
… then building in Wellclose Square. 389 An account of the expenditure connected with the building and fitting up of the … Hist. MSS. Comm., Laing MSS., I, p. 405. In May, 1675, an expenditure of 2 10s. was incurred in "makeing 2 designes on …
Survey of London
… se the howse," 64 and in September, 1581, is an entry of expenditure in "makinge reddye by her Ma ts Comaundem t of … This is not, however, the whole story. The King's lavish expenditure on building works, the pomp and ceremonial, as …
The Apprenticeship of a Mountaineer
… day. The deficiency of the supplies in relation to the expenditure last year was 23 millions. There is going to be a …
A History of the County of Northampton
… conservative lines, with no attempt to make income meet expenditure. 51 Their agent observed that tenants had been …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… adults were occasionally assisted. 65 In the early 1810s expenditure on the poor fell by a third to c. £560 between …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… bridges (1682) and constables' expenses (1688, 1779). Expenditure on the poor included weekly pay and sums for … jerry-building, spread. In the decade after 1875 the expenditure of the engineer and surveyor's department …