Chapter VI

Third Annual Report of Poor-Law Commissioners—Further Amendment
Act—Fourth Annual Report—New unions and electoral
divisions—Consolidated Debts Act—Rates in aid—Fifth Annual
Report—Annuities under Consolidated Debts Act—Treasury
minute—Act to amend Acts relating to payment of
advances—Medical charities—Medical Charities Act—First Report
of Medical Charity Commissioners—Census of
1851—Retrospection—Sixth Annual Report—Rate of
wages—Expenditure, and numbers relieved—Changes in Poor-Law
executive—New order of accounts—Author’s letter to Lord John
Russell, 1853—Present state and future prospects of Ireland 364

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HISTORY

OF

THE IRISH POOR LAW,

IN CONNEXION WITH

THE CONDITION OF THE PEOPLE.

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