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1783, when two occasional Vessels, called Wherrys, were hired for the pur-
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THAT by a particular account taken from the Custom-house Books at the
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Port of Liverpool it appears that, exclusive of the Packets, the Vessels of
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above 20 tons burden, occasionally failing from thence to different part of
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in the year 1783 were 842, and in the year 1784 were 746 in number.
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THAT according to the proportion of one vagrant to every 20 tons burden
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of all the said Packets and occasional Vessels failing from the Port of
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in the years 1783 and 1784, the whole number of Vagrants which the
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Magistrates of the
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County of Lancaster
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had a right to send from the
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Port of
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to
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during the year 1783 was 2164, and during the year
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1784 was 1994.
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THAT it appears to the Committee from authentic information that the
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City of
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has annually been at a considerable expence in sending over to
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Ireland the Vagrants belonging to that Kingdom, at the rate of 5s. per head,
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and 1s.6d. for necessary stores for each Person; and that the number of Va-
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grants sent from
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to
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in the year 1784 was 387, and the expence
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about £200. That the expences in 1782 wee about £600, and in 1783
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£480; but that no particular account has been transmitted to this Committee
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of the number of Vagrants sent in the two last mentioned years. That the
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Vagrants are usually sent from
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to the nearest Port in
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, and the
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Principal number to
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Cork
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.
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THAT the number of Vessels above 20 tons burden which have failed from
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the Port of
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to
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, during the last year, have been 121. And by
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an account taken of the Tonnage of such Vessels, it appears that the whole
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number of Vagrants which could during the last year have been sent from the
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burden of each respective Vessel, was 308.
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THAT many Irish Vagrants which have been apprehended in the
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County of
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, and in Counties to which
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or
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are not the
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nearest Sea Ports, have been improperly sent to
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or
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, in-
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stead of being conveyed to the Ports nearest to the places where they were ap-
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prehended, and from whence they might have been most convenienty shipped
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to the Kingdom of
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.
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THAT those Irishmen who come to work in the Harvest are in general Na-
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tives of the South West parts of
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, and there is reason to suppose that
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it is a common practice with them to collect all the Money they have earned,
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and to intrust some one or more of their Companions to carry over the Wages
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of a great Number of them, who being then without money, commit acts
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of Vagrancy, by begging, Etc.
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THAT the from of the Pass prescribed by the Statute of the 17th Geo. II.
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C. 5. has not been adhered to by the Magistrates of several Counties on their
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passing
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