Journal of the House of Assembly of Newfoundland first session of the fourth House of Assembly St. John's , E.D.Shea , 1848 A return from the Commissioners for the Relief of the Poor Of Harbour Grace Division , from the 1st October ,1847 to the 14th December 1848. ------------------------------------------------------------ It seems they were given relief of Indian Meal & Molasses, which were dispersed in lbs. & gal. { I'll use those symbols} and it looks like they also worked on the roads for a bit of money. My shortforms.....I.M. = Indian Meal , Mol = molasses , Lab. = labour obtained. dys = days , recall the currency... s = sterling , d = pence, @ = at ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This will take quite a few postings as it is 9 pgs. long. ------------------------------------------------------------- William Badcock I.M. - 90 lbs , Mol - 2 gal. Lab - 6 dys @ 2s ---------------------------------- Abner Snow I.M. - 58 lbs , Mol - 2 gal. Lab - 6 dys @ 2s --------------------------------- George French I.M. - 90 lbs , Mol - 2 gal. Lab- 6 dys @ 2s ------------------------------ Phillip Jones I.M. - 90 lbs , mol - 2 gal. Lab- 6 dys @ 2s --------------------------------- James Ash [ William ] I.M. - 144 lbs , Mol - { 1 or 4 ? } Lab - 10 dys @ 2s ----------------------------------- Michael Duhig I.M. - 784 lbs , Mol - { 1 or 4 ? } Lab - 18 dys @ 5s & dys @ 3s ------------------------------------------- Timothy Tool I.M. - 784 lbs , Mol - 8 gal. Lab - 21 dys @ 5s & 3 dys @ 3s ------------------------------------------ Thomas Scanlan Jr. I.M. - 196 lbs , Mol - 6 gal. Lab - 20 dys @ 2s --------------------------------------- { the report ends with the following...} Note. All work was done on the public roads. Labourers were allowed 2s currency per day. Overseers of gangs , 2s . 6d. " " " Man , Horse , and cart , 5s " " " Horse and Cart only , 3s " " " The cost of Tools had , by some of the labourers , amounted to £27 17s 6d . Currency which sum is deducted from the amount of their labour - in each case according to the cost of the Tools supplied. { dated & signed} Harbour Grace, February 14 th , 1849. Robert John Pinsent, Chairman of the Harbour Grace Board of Commissioners for the Relief of the Poor. well...that's it folks for this document..... ~ Ann~ Ann { MacDonald ] Batten