February 1795

Brought Over £679..10 ..

7Coals£16..17..6
8Candles and Oil£8..4..6
9Brooms, Brushes Mops Etc.£6..5..6
10Washing and Mending Sheets£3..2..4

11Bread for Prisoners 50. on an Average 18250
Loaves at 2d.£152..1..0

Additional Allowance to destitute
starving and sickly Prisoners 10
on an average3650 at 2d.} £22..1..8£174..2..8

12Meat for Sick Prisoners supposed£15..-..-
13Washing and Mending 1794£3..2..4
14Taxes in 1794 £84..2..0 for both Prisons one ½ is £42..1..-
15Repairs Estimated at £10 P Annum£10..-..-

Total Expence of New Prison Estimated in
time of War for 50 Prisoners Average} £958..5..10

Deduct from this the Emoluments of the Prisons
namely.

Bed Money 12 Months£69..0s..0d
Prison Fees£33..0s..0d
Copies of Commitments£7..10s..0d
Return to a Habeas Corpus£1..3s..6d£100..13s..6d

Nett Expence of the New Prison £857..12..4

Per Annum which upon the Scale of 50 Prisoners costs the County at
the Rate of Seventeen Pounds a year for each Prisoner.

A desire to meet the wishes of the Magistrates at large by
investigating every minute particular respecting the two Prisons
which might ultimately lead to a reduction of the enormous expence
which is at present incurred led the Reporter into a wider range
than had at first occurred to him to be necessary. In visiting
and examining the New Prison he was also induced to visit and
inspect the Old House of Correction and the Adjoining property of
the County which formerly was occupied as a Workhouse and
Garden for the Society of the Quakers.