To His Majesty's Justices of the Peace
for the County
of Middlesex
in their General Quarter Session of the peace held
for the said County at the Session House or Clerkenwell
Green
by adjournment on Thursday the 27th. day of April
1786 assembled
State yd.mos.
for yd. last 10 Yr.
The further Report of the Committee appointed to Consider the allegation
Contained in or petition delivered by
Henry Adams< no role > This name instance is in set 1591.
Contractor for Conwaying
Vagrants
on though out of his County and all other Conceive leaves
relative to the passing to Vagrants as they might think proper
Present
Your Committee Report That having taken into Consideration
the Order of reference to them made relative to the Passing of Vagrants
they have called before them Henry Adams< no role > This name instance is in set 1591.
The Contractor for
Conveying Vagrants in through and out of this County and upon
the fullest and strictest investigation whick they have been able to
make into this Subject, they find that the following is a true
statement or Account of the member of Vagrants passed in
through and out of this County from [October Session 1775 1782 to
October Session 1785 distinguishing the Numbers passed from
the City of London
from those passed from the other parts of
England.
Session
Tothill fields
Clerenwell
City
other parts of
England
Total
Oct 82 to Oct 83
428 by 301
708 by 538
754 by 510
1001 by 635
2891 by 1985
Oct 83 to Oct 84
517395
756606
19311558
903601
41073160
Oct 84 to Oct 85
512423
760626
22311826
682479
41853354
Oct 82 to Oct 85
14571119
22241771
49163884
25861715
111838499
That your Committee having interregated the said Contractor as to
the Cause to which he attributed the great increase of Vagrants
he replied that he thought the same arose from the case with
which passes were obtained from the Magistrates of the City of