The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-04-10 00:00:00

DORSET MENDICITY SOCIETY.

This society, which has been so greed a means of the
repreenion of that intolerable and dangerous niiiimnce,
vagrancy, held its annual committee meeting on Tues-
day, at the Shirehall. The Karl of Eldon presided,
end there were preeent- Amyatt Brown, the
secretary of the society and the originator of this use-
ful movement, and Mr. John Moyer, a.r. (deputy-
chairman of the Court of Quarter Sessions), Colonel
Cox, Mr. Herbert Williams, Captain E. W. Williams,
Mr. C. J. Parks, Captain Bragge, Rev. Carr .1. :lyn,
Mr. W. M. ('alcralt. Mr. IL C. Goodden, Mr. G.
Warry, and Mr. H. N. Middleton (county magistrates).
Captain Anverr Flttown read the following report :
" I beg to lay before you the seventh annual report of
the Bonet Ifeadicity Society, and, for the first timelines
Its establishment. I have to state that during the peat
twelve maths there has been an increase in the number
of vssets relieved in our unions a• compared with this
prseslsg yaw Hitherto, in each year once the adspliss
of Ibisqse, there has been • large and continents
deem. is the number of persons relieved in our talinall
mein bet during Ifc6 the number amounted.:2
egaisst_ %CV in For some time past there hea
• switted and general increase in vagrancy
the tinentry, and there can he no doubt that owing he the
enslisseit depression in trade want persons bieleseging be
the misinfeetunne and mining districts, and those not
the beet hands, have been thrown out of employment and
ars now wandering about in search of work. Notwith-
atandtm however, these circumstances, the number of
commis relieved in this county has been reduced by tit per
cent, as compared with the year previous to the formation '
of this eociety, whilst the committals under the Vagrant
Art have in like manner decreased by 69 per cent., and
at the annual etasuu taken on the tfith March it was
found that there were only M tramps and vagrants in
Dorset on that night la • proof that • large amount of
food has been supplied to persons pawing through this
county it appears that during the past year 4,441 tickets
have been exchanged for bread at therein! stations. The
receipts and expenditure have been ea follows :
Reenters. d.
Balance in hand, lit January, 1:1
Subscriptions and sale of tickets, . 11 6
.f% 5 0
Ex lerSDlTrltr-
_

Printing and stationery . 7 19 9
.... . 1 4 3
Gratuities to clerk and superintendents of police 1500
Total oost . . £2lll 5
Balance in hand 31st December, 1•76 ... 30 13 7

4:95 5 0
Tsàing into consideration that owing to circumstances
over whlch as Mandtioity Socistg coo 114= "'Wyk an
satimainessgas et pamons aro the county,
It nem ems thma over nomismerylp impress upon the
chsallegio yea& en namosity for carrying maths Milla-
ret as as=r--' not relief to wayfarers be confined
intr. To give money to such persons is
allifiellill=nek tfatring does not pay, those who are
=Odd will not be tempted to become
lesteste. will return to work at the first
°I
that elm." regtr oYsta moved the adoption of the report.
In reply to queries, Captain MASAI'? BROWN pointed
out the wahsa•daan received from the let of January
.
this amoulad to 4 £l3, while in the same
tboro bed bus for bread dietribution
Ant el, as list the limiteally been carrying
em ilseze=ergt the balance in hand en
the ns received last
”re timeated to £46. Milloreliktto had been ez-