Excerpt from First Report From Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act: With the Minutes of Evidence The Committee deliberated upon the calling for Returns; and the following Returns were ordered to be laid before the Committee: - 1. - A Return of the Number and Names and Residence, and Number of Children of Migrants, who have removed into the Manufacturing Districts, under the sanction of the Poor Law Commissioners, and the Parishes from which the Migrants were removed, and their Incomes previous to removal, together with their present Incomes, as far as they can be ascertained. 2. - A Return of the Number and Names and Residences, and Number of Children of Persons receiving Relief the Year preceding the formation of the Unions, and during the period that has elapsed since their formation, in the Unions of Ampthill, Bedford and Woburn; stating the Amount of Relief given in each instance, and the Date when the Relief was either increased, reduced, or withdraw; whether relieved in or out of the Workhouse, whether Able-bodied or Infirm, and the Average Price of Bread during each of the above Periods. 3. - A Return of the Number of Illegitimate Children that have been born in each Year in the Parishes in all the Unions in England and Wales since their formation; also, a Return of the Number of Illegitimate Children born in each Parish comprised in the Unions formed in the Year preceding their formation, and the Number of Affiliations in the Parishes, that have been taken out during the same period respectively. Also, a Similar Return of the Number of Affiliation from the Parishes of England and Wales, where the Poor Law Amendment Act has not yet come into operation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Forty-First Report From Select Committee on the Poor Law Amendment Act: With the Minutes of Evidence This was the origin of it: one of the guardians brought a petition to our board, which was read by the clerk, and he said, I cannot see any thing that requires the least alteration, and I beg leave to propose that the petition which I present be adopted then it struck me as rather ridiculous that we should take as a prece dent, word for word, what the guardians in another union had drawn up; and I said, No, do not let us stultify ourselves in that manner and upon that a con versation took place; and I called upon the guardian who presented the petition, and said, Will you draw up a petition to meet your views P and he said, No, I would rather you do it and I referred to another guardian; and at last they said, Perhaps you will read the petition and put something together. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.