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statistics, but published the names both of the labouring families examined and of their landlords. The following list gives the wages paid in three villages in the neighborhood of Blanford, Wimbourne, and Poole. The villages are the property of Mr. G. Bankes and of the Earl of Shaftesbury. It will be noted that, just like Bankes, this “low church pope,” this head of English pietists, pockets a great part of the miserable wages of the labourers under the pretext of house-rent:—
FIRST VILLAGE
(a) Children | (b) Number of Members in Family |
(c) Weekly Wage of the Men |
(d) Weekly Wage of the Children |
(e) Weekly Income of the Whole Family |
(f) Weekly Rent |
(g) Total weekly wage after deduction of Rent |
(h) Weekly Income per head | |||||
s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3½ |
2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
2 | 4 | 8 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 -, 1 6, | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0¼ |
3 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 1 -, 2 - | 7 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1¼ |
SECOND VILLAGE
s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |||
6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 -, 1 6, | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0¾ |
6 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 -, 1 6, | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3½ | 5 | 8½ | 0 | 8½ |
8 | 10 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 3⅓ | 5 | 8½ | 0 | 7 |
4 | 6 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6½ | 5 | 5½ | 0 | 11 |
8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6½ | 5 | 5½ | 1 | 1 |