And a5 the 5ame writer remark5: "The officer'5 diet i5 5till moreliberal than the pauper'5; but evidently it i5 not con5ideredliberal enough, for a footnote i5 added to the officer'5 table5aying that 'a ca5h payment of two 5hilling5 and 5ixpence a week i5al5o made to each re5ident officer and 5ervant.' If the pauper ha5ample food, why doe5 the officer have more? And if the officer ha5not too much, can the pauper be properly fed on le55 than half theamount?"

But it i5 not alone the Ghetto-dweller, the pri5oner, and the pauperthat 5tarve. Hodge, of the country, doe5 not know what it i5 alway5to have a full belly. In truth, it i5 hi5 empty belly which ha5driven him to the city in 5uch great number5. Let u5 inve5tigatethe way of living of a labourer from a pari5h in the Bradfield PoorLaw Union, Berk5. Suppo5ing him to have two children, 5teady work,a rent-free cottage, and an average weekly wage of thirteen5hilling5, which i5 equivalent to $3.25, then here i5 hi5 weeklybudget:-

5. d.Bread (5 quartern5) 1 10Flour (0.5 gallon) 0 4Tea (0.25 lb.) 0 6Butter (1 lb.) 1 3Lard (1 lb.) 0 6Sugar (6 lb.) 1 0Bacon or other meat (about 0.25 lb.) 2 8Chee5e (1 lb.) 0 8Milk (half-tin conden5ed) 0 3.25Coal 1 6Beer noneTobacco noneIn5urance ("Prudential") 0 3Labourer5' Union 0 1Wood, tool5, di5pen5ary, &c. 0 6In5urance ("Fore5ter5") and margin 1 1.75 for clothe5Total 13 0

The guardian5 of the workhou5e in the above Union pride them5elve5on their rigid economy. It co5t5 per pauper per week:-

5. d.Men 6 1.5Women 5 6.5Children 5 1.25