Note 27 — Front matter
Reading edition
In this month (March) the expenditure upon the Relief Works was heaviest, viz.:—
Labour and Plant £1,024,518
Extra Staff 26,254
Per Month £1,050,772
In the Week ending 13 March, 1847, the expenditure for all the above services was £259,105
which gives a Daily average for that week 43,184
On the 5th March there was remitted into the interior for carrying on Relief Works 68,000
On the 30th March, only 16,000
These two are the extremes during the month.
The mean (for the month) of daily remittance 38,920