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<p n="570">Continued Thursday 21st: Novr: 1793.</p>
<p n="571">Report"the Estates and Revenues of the Hospital of Bridewell could<lb></lb>
"be appropriated with greater effect than at present to the<lb></lb>
"benefit of the poor objects thereof and to report their opini-<lb></lb>
"-on thereon together with the Estimates of the probable expence<lb></lb>
"of such improvements as they might recommend."</p>
<p n="572">Now we of the said Committee whose names are<lb></lb>
subscribed do certify that we have met several times on<lb></lb>
the subject of the said reference and having viewed the dif-<lb></lb>
-ferent parts of the Hospital and considering the encourage-<lb></lb>
-ment of Industry and the correction of Idleness to be the<lb></lb>
primary objects of the Charity we turned our thoughts to<lb></lb>
the defects in the present systems and the best means of im-<lb></lb>
-proving them.</p>
<p n="573">The teaching of proper trades and occupations to<lb></lb>
Young Men who have no other means of obtaining those<lb></lb>
arts on which their future success and prosperity is to<lb></lb>
depend we consider as a very desirable object and not<lb></lb>
incompatable with the spirit of the Charity but the<lb></lb>
prevention of disorder among a great number of Young<lb></lb>
Men harboured together for Seven years requires a stronger<lb></lb>
power than ever has been or perhaps ever can be exercised<lb></lb>
within this Hospital even if the Masters were at all<lb></lb>
times men of diligence and ingenuity and exemplary in<lb></lb>
their Conduct which is not likely to be the case the<lb></lb>
same or a greater number of young Men might perhaps<lb></lb>
be employed with more advantage to themselves tho' at<lb></lb>
a larger proportionable expence in one or more Work<lb></lb>
shops under Task masters which seems to have been<lb></lb>
the first attempt of the Governors and is now in<lb></lb>
experiment by the Philanthropic Society; but the<lb></lb>
inconvenience of harbouring so many Youths will not<lb></lb>
be removed; and unless all of them have Parochial<lb></lb>
Settlements a great difficulty will be created in that<lb></lb>
respect.</p>
<p n="574">For reasons like these we conceive that the propor-<lb></lb>
-tion of the Revenue which has been applied to Artsmaster</p>
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