Continued Thursday 21st: Novr: 1793.

Report"the Estates and Revenues of the Hospital of Bridewell could
"be appropriated with greater effect than at present to the
"benefit of the poor objects thereof and to report their opini-
"-on thereon together with the Estimates of the probable expence
"of such improvements as they might recommend."

Now we of the said Committee whose names are
subscribed do certify that we have met several times on
the subject of the said reference and having viewed the dif-
-ferent parts of the Hospital and considering the encourage-
-ment of Industry and the correction of Idleness to be the
primary objects of the Charity we turned our thoughts to
the defects in the present systems and the best means of im-
-proving them.

The teaching of proper trades and occupations to
Young Men who have no other means of obtaining those
arts on which their future success and prosperity is to
depend we consider as a very desirable object and not
incompatable with the spirit of the Charity but the
prevention of disorder among a great number of Young
Men harboured together for Seven years requires a stronger
power than ever has been or perhaps ever can be exercised
within this Hospital even if the Masters were at all
times men of diligence and ingenuity and exemplary in
their Conduct which is not likely to be the case the
same or a greater number of young Men might perhaps
be employed with more advantage to themselves tho' at
a larger proportionable expence in one or more Work
shops under Task masters which seems to have been
the first attempt of the Governors and is now in
experiment by the Philanthropic Society; but the
inconvenience of harbouring so many Youths will not
be removed; and unless all of them have Parochial
Settlements a great difficulty will be created in that
respect.

For reasons like these we conceive that the propor-
-tion of the Revenue which has been applied to Artsmaster