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No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, £1000. £500. £250. £100.

Housekeeping:--- Butcher's meat and bacon s. £s. £s. £s. 750 40 0 30 0 18 0 Fish and poultry 30 0 10 0 70 ...

Bread 200 16 0 14 0 10 0 ... ... ...

Milk, butter, and cheese 20 0 18 0 16 0 80 Grocery 30 0 20 0 18 0 80 Italian goods 80 50 30 ...

Green-grocery 200 12 0 10 0 ...

Beer 20 0 12 0 10 0 ... ...

Wine and spirits 50. 0 15 0 80 ...

Coals 25 0 15 0 12 0 ... ...

Chandlery 12 0 70 70 ... ...

Washing 40 0 30 0 15 0 1 0 2 0 5 0 651522 0 ... ... 959 350 0 200 0 150 0 65 0 Carriage and horses 150 0 50 0 ...

Rent and taxes 125 0 62 10 31 5 12 10 ... ...

Clothing Wages & incidental expenses Illness and amusements £1000 0 £500.0 £250 0 £100 0 This calculation is made on the supposition that in each case there is a family of four children, together with the parents, and the servants usually allotted to the several incomes. The rule given above, upon which it has been framed, has been strictly carried out in Nos. 1 and 2, while it has been modified in Nos. 3 and 4, by adding to "Housekeeping" £25 and £15 respectively, deducting the amounts from the two lowest items in the table. It will also be seen, in analyzing the details for housekeeping, that the allowances for each article have been varied according to the necessities of the case. Thus, the charge for bread in No. 1 does not bear the same ratio to Nos. 2, 3, and 4, that £350 bear to £250, £200, and £65 respectively, because this article is required in a proportionably larger amount in the poorer man's family than it is in that of the man with an expenditure of £1000 a-year; and the same remark will apply to many other items, though not to the same extent as in the "staff of life."