undertaken and executed by a person of trust for an annual allowance,
which, added to a few contingent charges attending the supporting
them during their conveyance, does not amount to more than
£250 per annum. The Contractor by his agreement clears the
Bridewells of Clerkenwell and Tothill fields Westminster and
other Lodgements for Vagrants four times [..] Week vizt those
to the North and East twice every Week, and those to the West
also twice every Week; and he calls at Staines and Colnbrooke
twice every Week and the same at South Mimms and Enfield
and from those places receives, and Conveys in covered Carriages through the County
all such Vagabonds as are there lodged [..] whose Passes
shall so direct, and delivers [..] whose settlements are in this
County at the places mentioned in their respective passes. [..]
[..] The annual number so conveyed on an average is near
Twelve hundred.

Observ 3d.

The disparity of the number of Persons committed to the House of Correction
at Clerkenwell within these three Years for correction or employment in hard Labour may be attributed to The
Rebuilding of Newgate , the County Goal, and the repair of New
Prison at Clerkenwell , a Prison belonging to the Justices, both
which have been in execution in the course of the time above
mentioned. From the consequent in security of these prisons
during this period many persons have been committed to the House of Correction
at Clerkenwell who would otherwise have been sent to one of the
other Goals. For notwithstanding it may be more strictly regular
to commit persons who fall within such descriptions as may warrant
the [..] Keeper upon their Committment