for six days' work, and he would have 2s.6d.added to the 6s., and perhaps a pair of clogs for one of his children.

To a man who had a wife and four children, 10s.

was paid for six days' labour, and in addition 4s., and sometimes 4s.6d., was given to him, and also bits of clothing and other things which he absolutely wanted." Sitting at that Board I saw some curious--some painful things.

It was, as one of the Board said to me, "Hard work being there." In one case, a poor, pale, clean-looking, and almost speechless woman presented herself.

Her thin and sunken eyes, as well as her known circumstances, explained her want sufficiently, and I heard one of the guardians whisper to another, "That's a bad case.