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THAT in pursuance of the said Act, an order has been made in the
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of Chester
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, for regulating and ascertaining the allowance for maintaining, con-
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veying and shipping Vagrants in that County, but that no such order has yet
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been made for those purposes in the County of
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THAT Irish Vagrants have been shipped from
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Park-gate
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, and maintained
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there in a House, which is provided for their reception, upon the following
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terms, viz. 1½d. per day, besides an allowance for necessaries for each Vagrant,
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while maintained at the said House, and 2s.4d. for bread, boatage and freight
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for each Vagrant when put on board, and in addition to these charges the Per-
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son employed to receive, maintain and keep such Vagrants, brings in a quar-
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terly Bill for straw, coals, victuals and necessaries for sick Vagrants, and
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other expences, which are allowed him each Sessions, and paid out of the
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Public Stock for the said
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THAT the Vessels statedly sailing from
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to
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are at present only
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two in number, each of 140 tons burden. That by an account taken from
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the
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Custom-house
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Books at the
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Port of Chester
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of all Vessels, as well stated
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as occasional, (above 20 Tons burden) which have sailed from the
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Chester
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to
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Ireland
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, during the last year, it appears that they have been 74 in
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number. And according to the proportion of one Vagrant to every 20 tons
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burden of the said respective Vessels, the whole number of Vagrants which
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the Magistrates of the
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had, during the last year, a right to
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order to be sent over to
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, was 102. That the Masters of vessels sailing
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from
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, have, during the year, ending at Michaelmas 1784,
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carried over 1170, and have not hitherto refused to take over such Vagrants
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as have been ordered to be put on board their vessels, although the number
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has, during the above period, exceeded by 1068 the proportion they were
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under the Act of Parliament obliged to take according to the amount o their
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Tonnage.
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THAT Irish vagrants coming by Passes into, or apprehended in the County
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of
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, have been usually shipped from
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Liverpool
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, and maintained and
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lodged in a Barn or House there kept for their Reception, at the Public Ex-
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pence of the Inhabitants of the
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County of Lancaster
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, at the rate of 4d. per
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day during the time the Vagrants wait for shipping, and 3s.6d. for freight
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and sea store for each Vagrant, when sent on board.
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THAT there are four Packets which statedly said form Liverpool to Dublin
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of 240 tons burden in the whole, and they made altogether 91 trips in
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the Year 1783, and 93 trips in the year 1784 to
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, and the total amount
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of their burden being 5520 tons, upon an average of the years 1783 and 1784,
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the number of Vagrants which such Packets might by Law be compelled to
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take over was 276 per annum upon an average of the said years 1783 and
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1784, but the Masters of such Packets have hitherto taken over all the Va-
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grants from
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, except in one instance during the Summer of the year
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1783,
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