A history of the Irish poor law, in connexion with the condition of the people

Note 69 — Chapter II · (continued 2)

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See ‘History of the Scotch Poor Law.’ The number of parishes assessed to the relief of the poor in Scotland in 1855, was 700, and the number unassessed, in which the relief is raised by voluntary contributions, was 183. The latter are continually diminishing, and will probably ere long cease altogether.

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