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Report of the Committee appointed on the
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2nd.. day of November 1797 To enquire into the State
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they have since their Appointment met once or
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oftner in every week
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-that they have examined
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into all the expensive Articles of it Vizt. Coals, Flour,
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Meat, Wine, Spirits, Cloathing, Malt, & Hops, Grocery
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That they have selected the years 1791
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92, 96, & 97 as proper years of Examination the year
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That the Committee have found a very
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great & alarming Increase of each of the above
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Articles from the year 1791 to the present time-that the
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That the Increase of Flour is from 180 to 270
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Sacks which has Occasioned the Overseers to discontinue
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Baking for the present and to Contract for the
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Bread
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That the Increase of the Batchers Bills
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Members of the Poor in the difft. Periods is £105 P Annum
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