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Two Reports from the Select Committee of the Local Taxation of the City of Dublin
Two Reports from the Select Committee of the Local Taxation of the City of Dublin
Second Report from the Select Committee of the Local Taxation of the City of Dublin
09/07/1823
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Rev. P. R. Gamble. ( 9 May.) 12 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE AMOUNT of Annual Expense of Dieting each Prisoner, in Dublin City; distinguishing the Prisons. Per Day each. Per Year each. Prisoners. ' . £. s. d. L- s- d. Richmond Bridewell - 31 6 1 8 300 1,825 - - Smithfield Penitentiary 3 i 6 1 8 150 912 10 - Newgate - - - - 4 x 7 12 1 300 2,181 5 - Sheriff's Prison - - 4 i 7 12 1 10 76 - 10 City Marshalsea - - 4f 712 1 20 152 1 8 780 Prisoners fed at an annual expense of - - L 5,146 17 6 Expense of Clothes. Richmond Bridewell: Each suit of Men's, IOJ. 150 prisoners Each suit, Female, 6 s. 150 d° -
Smithfield Penitentiary: Boys suit - - - 8s. - - - 120 d° - - - 1 Newgate: Men's suit of blanket clothes, 5 s. - - - 50 prisoners Convicts* - - - - 150 a' 19s. 6d. - - 60 a' 22s. 0d. - - - - TOTAL for one year - 780 Prisoners fed 680 D° clothed L- s. d. - 75 - - - 45 ~ ~ £ 120 - - - 48 - - 12 10 - - 146 5 - - 66 - - £• 392 15 - TOTAL for one year - Dietary, Richmond Bridewell. I- s. d. - 5,146 17 6 392 15 - £- 5,539 6 o , Breakfast. Sunday: Two ounces oatmeal boiled into one quart porridge and one noggin new milk, and half a pound of bread - - Monday: Seven Ounces oatmeal boiled into" one quart stirabout and one pint butter milk - - - - Tuesday
db - - d° - - Wednesday - - d° - - d° - - Thursday d° - - d° - - Friday Saturday - - d° - - d° - - d° - - d" Dinner. Half a pound beef, one quart broth, 2f lbs. potatoes, for all prisoners under 16 years old, and 3 lbs. for adults. Seven ox heads boiled into broth, one quart each prisoner, and 31b. potatoes. 12 Ox heads - - d° - - d°. 1 Herring and 3lbs. potatoes each. 12 Ox heads, in broth, one quart, and same allowance as Sunday. 1 Herring and 3 lbs. potatoes each. Same as Thursday. Smithfield:— Same as Richmond Bridewell as to expense. Newgate: — Each prisoner gets 2 lb. bread and one quart milk each day, same as at debtor's
prisons. * This expense for the future will be paid by the government.
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