Note 15 — SECOND ANNUAL REPORT.
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“The present month, has afforded further evidence of the discontent and disappointment produced by undiscriminating bounty. The gift of bread or coals to a certain number of families taken indiscriminately, or to every poor person, in such a locality, is not only indiscreet but unjust, and impedes the exertions of a society whose principle is to discover and encourage the good, to deter the bad.”—Report of a Visitor, February, 1845.