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<p n="544">December 1784</p>
<p n="545">That there has been Work done by the Prisoners<lb></lb>
from the 5th. day of April 1783 to the 2d day of March 1784<lb></lb>
to the amount of}£37..6s..9d</p>
<p n="546">That Mr Harwood also received for Work done<lb></lb>
by the Prisoners in the time of his Predecessor}£11:13s:0d</p>
<p n="547">That the Wages of the Taskmaster which are<lb></lb>
now included in the general charge of Expenditure for<lb></lb>
Servants but which your Committee are of Opinion ought<lb></lb>
to come out of this fund amounts to}£32:19s:0d</p>
<p n="548">That out of this fund the account of which hath<lb></lb>
been kept separate and distinct from the Receipts of Office<lb></lb>
Mr Harwood hath expended by order of his Majestys Justices<lb></lb>
of the Peace for this County for Beds Coverlids Etc which are<lb></lb>
for the use of Sick Prisoners indiscriminately and which in<lb></lb>
the opinion of your Committee ought not to have been<lb></lb>
taken out of this fund}£22:2s:6d</p>
<p n="549">For Shoes and Stockings as a reward to Prisoners who labour £20:3s:0d</p>
<p n="550">For Incidental Charges attending the Work£2:3s:0d</p>
<p n="551">Making together £44..8s..6d</p>
<p n="552">Which Sum with the wages of the Task master being added makes a<lb></lb>
Balance in Expenditure against the Receipts arising by Work<lb></lb>
(exclusive of the Sum of £11:13s:0d received by Mr Harwood of his<lb></lb>
Predecessor of£40..9s<obscured></obscured>
</p>
<p n="553">But if the Receipts by Work had been strictly confined to<lb></lb>
defray the expence of incidental charges attending the<lb></lb>
Work, the Taskmaster and rewards in Shoes and Stockings<lb></lb>
to those only who labour there would have been a Balance<lb></lb>
in Expenditure against the Receipts by labour of only}£17:18s..3d</p>
<p n="554">And it is the Opinion of Your Committee that Profit<lb></lb>
would have arisen by Labour if Work could have been constantly<lb></lb>
procured</p>
<p n="555">That there does not appear to have been any extraordiny.<lb></lb>
Expenditures made by Mr Harwood on Account of the Government<lb></lb>
of his Prison.</p>
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