The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1870-10-25 00:00:00

DORSET IIENDICITY SOCIETY.

The annual meethig of this society was bold on TOM-
day afternoon, al the SbirehalL Rader the presidency of
John Floyer, Seq., H.P. There were also prompt the
Right Hon. the Sari of Shaftesbury, KG., H.
Williams, Esq., 0. J. Parke, Zap, J. H. Caleraft,
, U. Williams, Seq., S. S. Coz, Fog ,J. Brycner,
Jun., gag., 0. W. Ferrer, Si, J. C. Allansal, Seq.,
El
Yr. Pope, J. amesy, Seq. .f.si Haaham.
The Chairman sailed ea the on. Seerstaip (Captain
Await Brown) to read the report, which was as
10/lose :

Dominator, Dith Donohoe, 1870.
My Lords and Gset'emae-1 beg to lay before you a report
of the operation' of the Doren llmdWty Society linen Ile
enahliatunent In January lest. With the enietaam tithe Loon
Committee, the society bas been at work throughout the
county for the pen aloe moths, and the pubis) have very
generally adopted the mins recommended, via, that of giving
Molten Indeed of money to tramps. 31,400 tickets have been
distributed to 'Windburn and other, ; these 6,822 or about
one-rxth have been exchanged at the relief stations, so that the
moiety ham en. away bread to the amount of L4B u. 6d.
The spine of thus supplying food under certain restrictions
ha. had the effect of dlmlntoblng the number of vaa_r_not
Mg for relief, by 2,402 compered with the air
period in 18212. The number relieved at the erre‘rartM7for
the nine mouths ending IlDth September, 186). we 511,0134, In the
corresponding period of 1870,6,641. The rapid increase of
vagrancy In preening yens has thee for the lint time been
checked, and we have on the other hand to record a decrease
of 10 per cent Through the kind seenteme of member. of the
local committees, and the appointment of collectors In email
unions, the total suboalptions reoslved to 304 h September,
amount to £134 Se ;bd. The expenses have been—breed
tri lix 6d., printing and matlosery £lO 14. hi, advertising
L 6 6d., postap 44 64. nd., seediest Ll 14x, total LO3 10x ,
leaving a balance In hand of £4Oll. Ed. Doran being the first
lcounty in which the experiment ha. been tried, and the result
having been ea far , It Is hoped Mtn the public (on
whom the emcees of the scheme mu* deposed), will continue
to supc,ovt the Liquified which have been made in
lever.l cans, only tend to prove mod fully that the plauelble
'stories of trumps c moot in any way be relied on. Vagrancy is
a prolong°. and Indlacrimleate eimeglvlng a/or& a direct
eneouregensent to Wiener sad impoltlon.-1 ham the honour
to be, dm, AYTAIT BIROWN, HOOOlll7 B•INIPLery.

In reply to Lord SHAITIIIBOILY, Captain BILOWn
said that in Hants, and in Somerset also he understood, '
ea= TIO largely on the iaaresse.
moved • vote of thanks to Capt.
Brown, the hoe. secretory of the society, saying bow
mash the want, were indebted to his ability and dili-
gence in this matter.
Mr. J. H. 0•1011•17 satondied, and It was curled.
Mr. Fromm pointed out that if the expenditure
dories the fourth quarter was the mame as in the past
three, at the ead of the year the balance would be
reduced to about ES. He thought this was too small,
and hoped the nubile would continue to support the m-
oiety ID it. allioieney. B. SILO wished to remove LO
Impression that 2s. fld. was the maximum subscription
desired. Sum from Is. 61 to 10s. were sought. He
had received oommanicalloos from Kant and Baits
askiog about the working of this society, showing that
Dorset, having made the first experiment of thekiad as
• moiety, was rather looked to by other *panties in the
waiter; and that, In addition to the actual good done,
was, bethought, • reason why they should try ti keep
the county in thorough efiltror/. He hoped time
county would imontiane its so and ha cordially
endorsed what was said by the Lord Lieutenant sal
Calereft se to their indebtedness to Captain Brown.
.lit the suggestion of the honorary 'mastery, it was
decided to issue *otiose asking the public to withhold
dimes relief to beggua awl elating where the satiety's
ticket. could be had.
The hon. secretary said the chief decrease in time
number of vagrants applying for relief was in the anima
of Wimboree and Poole ; in the former 410. and the
latter 416, and in Blandforl 240. He mentioned the
case of • vagrant, who had been convicted within the
last ten days: he Is a professional vagrant, • native of
Dorset, who has been convicted many times—four
times within the lad eight months for begging. On the
last occasion he had El 14s. in his possession, and six
weeks before he had El
The meeting then ended.