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\\Zi^ 1000 men with 400 women> may be uni-
versally adopted, and tlie young children (if
numerous) may be left with the parishes till
the parents are capable of providing for
them ; but, if sent with the parents, an allow-
ance must be made for their support.
It will be recollected, that even if these
poor should cost, for a short time, double or
treble the amount of the poor-rates, it will
only he for one year ; as the second year the
districts will repay more than half their ex-
penses ; and the third year, a very trifling
sum will be required; so that by the fourth
year, the original sum and every expense will
be repaid. This is allowing for the worst of
cases to happen ; for it is confidently ex-
pected, that, by the quantity of land brought
into cultivation, the debt will be cancelled by
the end of the second year.
