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POOR RATES IN WALES.

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POOR RATES IN WALES. TO THE EDITOR OF THE "WELSHMAN." SIB,—Are the Poor Rates increasing in Wales ? This is a question easily answered in the affirmative I have always been averse to the administration of the new Poor Law ever since its passing1 the Legislature, and it has become truly oppressive to the Welsh farmer. In 1833, under the old system, the quarterly rate in this parish was 5d in the pound or Is 8d annually the rate is now Is 2d in the pound or 4s 8d annually nearly 25 per cent. It is still increasing-, and will doubtless con- tinue to increase. The farmer is oppressed by the accu- mulation of other rates, the Police Hate, County Bate, Highway Rate, and the payment for the Lunatic Asylum. The new Union Houses have cost much unnecessary expense, and contain few paupers. Had they been con- structed and managed something similar to the old Gilbert Unions, they might have been partly self-sup- porting but no they must all be upon one uniform system, to admit of what is called the Workhouse Test." Something must soon be done to moderate the rates Perhaps our newly-appointed ministry, who promise economy in all departments, will devise some means to relieve the poor agriculturists. The Assess- ment Committees have signally failed either to equalize or moderate the rates. I happened to know of an union of three parishes in a purely agricultural county, who jointly held a farm of 70 acres they stocked it, &c., and employed their paupers upon it, making it nearly self-supporting. But the system of centralization must be adopted in 1834, and that union was dissolved, to the great loss of the ratepayers of these three parishes. I repeat that something must be done, or the rates will eat up the farmer's profits and leave him destitute of the means of supporting his own family, much less con- tributing towards the support of his poorer neighbours and the ticket-of-leave vagrants" who now infest the country. I am, &0., AGEICOLA. Newcastle-Emlyn, 6th Feb., 18G9.

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