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<p n="3167">February 1795</p>
<p n="3168">On having recourse to the Treasurers Accounts it appears that the<lb></lb>
subsistence to Convicts in the Prisons cost the County £153..5..0 in<lb></lb>
1793 and £183..13..0 last year.</p>
<p n="3169">At present it appears that there are in all 49 Convicts in the House of<lb></lb>
Correction Vizt. 12 from the Sessions and 37 from Newgate - Pry<lb></lb>
withholding the Money formerly allowed to those there will be a saving<lb></lb>
of £ P Annum.</p>
<p n="3170">It is from facts alone and from having the full scope of any<lb></lb>
subject under review that accurate conclusions are to be drawn and<lb></lb>
now that a general view of the specific Expences of the two Prisons<lb></lb>
have been obtained it would seem to be very practicable considerably<lb></lb>
to reduce the Annual Expences - By cultivating Potatoes Turnips<lb></lb>
and other Vegetables and by keeping a Cow for the purpose of Milk<lb></lb>
for the Sick Prisoners a considerable Sum might be saved - a<lb></lb>
considerable saving would also be experienced by purchasing the<lb></lb>
Coals consumed in the Prison at that season of the year when they<lb></lb>
could be obtained at the cheapest Rate. and by making a previous<lb></lb>
Contract with the Baker and Butcher some reduction of the present<lb></lb>
price might possibly be obtained as well as in the price of Wine<lb></lb>
Porter Oatmeal Etc. used for the Sick all which Articles should be laid in<lb></lb>
wholesale and at the lowest ready Money prices - A great saving<lb></lb>
equal at least to 20 P Cent has already taken place in the Prison<lb></lb>
Dresses and Bedding merely by purchasing the Materials in the piece<lb></lb>
and making them up in the Prison in place of purchasing from the<lb></lb>
Stop warehouses ready made. The Expence of burying. the Dead might<lb></lb>
also be saved entirely by allotting a corner of the Prison Ground<lb></lb>
within the Walls as a Burying Ground. - In the Treasurers<lb></lb>
Accounts for the last year the Burials amounted to £54 and in 1793<lb></lb>
The Coroners Bill for Inquisitions was £30 - The whole Expence<lb></lb>
of Coffins and Grave Digging could be executed by the Prisoners<lb></lb>
It might also be a proper measure to make some compromise with<lb></lb>
regard to the Taxes of the Prisoners as to obtain as easy a Rate us<lb></lb>
possible - The Taxes of the two old Prisons amounted to £96..8..0</p>
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