Family of Six Persons.

Expences per Week£s. d.
Bread and Flour,043
Salt,001
Meat,016
Tea, Sugar, and Butter,011
Cheese (sometimes),005
Soap ¼ lb., Starch, etc.,00
Candles ½ lb., Thread, etc.,006
Total,£08
Amount per Annum,20 182
Rent,1 150
Fuel and coals,1 100
Clothing,2 150
Lying-in, loss of time, etc.,1 100
Total Expenses per Annum,£2882
Earnings per Week
The man,£076
The woman,00 10
The children,004
Total,£088
Total Earnings per Annum,£22 108

N.B.—To the earnings may be added what is got by gleaning.

Norfolk.—Diss, 1793.[510]

Family of Six Persons.

Expences by the Week£s. d.
Bread, flour or oatmeal,04
Yeast and salt,002
Bacon or other meat,003
Tea, sugar, and butter,00
Soap,00
Candles,003
Cheese,00
Milk,006
Potatoes,006
Thread and worsted,002
Total per Week,£0710½
Total per Annum,£2096
Rent,330
Fuel,140
Cloaths,230
Births, burials, sickness,0100
Total Expenses per Annum,£2796
Earnings per Week
The Man,£090
The Woman,010
The Children,016
Total,£0116
Total Earnings per Annum,£29180

N.B.—In 1795 the earnings of this family were the same but their expenses had risen to £36, 11s. 4d. On bread they spent 8s. a week instead of 4s. 7½d.

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