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On the 28th of August the number of daily rations issued was down to
967,575.
The seventh and last report of the Commissioners under the Relief Act,
bears date the 15th of October. In it they say, they have the
satisfaction of believing, that the Act was thoroughly successful in its
primary object; and they did not consider the expenditure excessive in
proportion to the object. The entire outlay under the Act was L1,676,268
11s. 7d.,[267] a part of which was a free gift from the State, the
remainder a charge to be repaid by the Unions, by a percentage on the
rateable property, which, in the opinion of the Commissioners, should in
no case exceed three shillings in the pound. The summary of the accounts
department informs us that the rations issued on the 11th of September,
the day previous to the final stoppage of relief under the Act, were
442,739, being a decrease from the 28th of August of 599,816 daily
rations.
The expenditure under the Act is thus detailed:--
To Sir R. Routh for provisions
from depots ... L136,795 0 8
_Money_ advanced fortnightly to
the several electoral divisions
for relief .
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