That he makes Twelve Beds in the prison Six of which being Beds
of a good King are Some times let for a Shilling a Night the other Six at
Six pence but it seldom happens that they are all let. That he also
sometimes receives advantage from Prisoners who choose to have a room
to themselves but this rarely happens, That he has also trifling advantage
for granting Copies of Commitments, That he has a Turnkey and for
and sometimes five other Servants for the purposes of the Goal, The
Expence of the Turnkey he Estimates at Twenty Pounds per annum
the others the last at Six Shillings per Week and upon the whole
reckons his Expences in respect to the Goal at Five Pounds a Week
That in the Year 1769 the first Year of his appointment he received Three
Hundred and Fifty Six Pounds Two Shillings in his Office including
his then Sallary of Fifty Pounds That in 1774 he received Three
Hundred and Thirty Nine Pounds besides the Sallary out of
which however he paid all Expences, and that since that time the Sallary
has been taken away and he has never upon the annual Average
received so much. That he Supposes there may have been committee
to his Custorly annually upon an Avarage Two Thousand persons,
That out of that number about Eight Hundred are discharged by the
Sessions at the Goal Delivery or removed to the Goal of Newgate who
pay no fees whatsoever. That he frequently Turns out great numbers
between the Sessions without the payment of fees and does not know
whether some Years he may not have discharged Five or Six
Hundred persons in this manner, That he had at the time of his
delivering his Petition Eighty Nine persons in his Custody who had
been Convicted of felony at the different Sessions and were committed
to the House of Correction for hard Labour pursuant to the Act of
Parliament for Authorising for a limited time the punishment by
hard Labour of Offenders who for certain Crimes are or shall become
liable to be Transported to any of his Majestys Colonies and plantations
and that at this time he has Ninety Four and that such persons
were never before committed to Houses of Correction and that he is
thence more liable to Escapes, at large Expences in recovering such as
[..] get away and at greater charges in preventing them and that
he is at much more Carepains and trouble in keeping them at Work
and Mr. Hall being new desired to withdraw

Resolved It is the Opinion of this Committee
that it be recommended to His Majestys Justices of the peace in their
next General Quarter Session of the peace assembled to Confirm the
allowance of Twenty five pounds per Annum for the Two Years past