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December 1784
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That there has been Work done by the Prisoners
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from the 5th. day of April 1783 to the 2d day of March 1784
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to the amount of}£37..6s..9d
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That Mr Harwood also received for Work done
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by the Prisoners in the time of his Predecessor}£11:13s:0d
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That the Wages of the Taskmaster which are
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now included in the general charge of Expenditure for
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Servants but which your Committee are of Opinion ought
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to come out of this fund amounts to}£32:19s:0d
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That out of this fund the account of which hath
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been kept separate and distinct from the Receipts of Office
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Mr Harwood hath expended by order of his Majestys Justices
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of the Peace for this County for Beds Coverlids Etc which are
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for the use of Sick Prisoners indiscriminately and which in
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the opinion of your Committee ought not to have been
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taken out of this fund}£22:2s:6d
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For Shoes and Stockings as a reward to Prisoners who labour £20:3s:0d
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For Incidental Charges attending the Work£2:3s:0d
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Making together £44..8s..6d
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Which Sum with the wages of the Task master being added makes a
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Balance in Expenditure against the Receipts arising by Work
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(exclusive of the Sum of £11:13s:0d received by Mr Harwood of his
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Predecessor of£40..9s
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But if the Receipts by Work had been strictly confined to
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defray the expence of incidental charges attending the
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Work, the Taskmaster and rewards in Shoes and Stockings
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to those only who labour there would have been a Balance
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in Expenditure against the Receipts by labour of only}£17:18s..3d
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And it is the Opinion of Your Committee that Profit
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would have arisen by Labour if Work could have been constantly
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procured
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That there does not appear to have been any extraordiny.
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Expenditures made by Mr Harwood on Account of the Government
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of his Prison.
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