were employed in heating the oven to bake 304 lbs. of bread, which gives less than 4 lbs. of bread to each pound of wood; consequently, two thirds at least of the heat generated in the combustion of the fuel must, in that case, have been lost; and in all the other experiments the loss of heat appears to have been still much greater.

A considerable loss of heat in baking will always be inevitable; but it seems probable, that this loss might, with proper attention to the construction of the oven, and to the management of the fire, be reduced at least to one half the quantity generated from the fuel in its combustion. In the manner in which the baking business is now generally carried on, much more than three quarters of the heat generated, or which might be generated from the fuel consumed, is lost.

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APPENDIX, No VIII.

The following Account of the Persons in the House of Industry in Dublin, the 30th of April 1796, and of the Details of the Manner and Expence of feeding them, was given to the Author, by order of the Governors of that Institution.

Average of the Description of Poor for the Week ending
30th of April 1796.
Males. Females. Total.
Employed -- -- -- -- 74 352 426
Infirm and Incurable -- 172 585 757
Idiots -- -- -- --
16 13 29
Blind -- -- -- -- -- 5 10 16
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267 960 1227
In the Infirmary.
Sick Patients, Servants,
&c. 88 200 }
}-- 343
Lunaticks -- -- -- -- 15 40 }
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Total 1570
Employed at actual labour 322 Persons.
Ditto at menial offices 104 ditto
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Total 426
Amongst the 1570 Persons above mentioned, are 282
Children and 447 compelled Persons.
Of the Children, 205 are taught to spell, read, and write.
Saturday,
April 30, 1796.
1227 Persons fed at Breakfast.
120 Servants in New-House,
a 8 oz. bread -- -- -- 60
} lbs. loaves lb. value.
336 Incurables, Children, &c. } 186 is 41 1½ £ 1 14
a 6 ditto -- -- -- -- 126 }
771
Workers, &c. got Stirabout.
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1227
Weight of meal for Stirabout 4 cwt. costs £ 3 1 8
120 Servants
in New-House }
get 1 quart butter-milk Gal. P.}
each 30 0 } 167 gallons of
1084 Workers, Incurables,
&c. } butter-milk
1 pint ditto 135 4 } value 1 L.
23 Sucklers get no butter-milk }
----- Allowed for waste -- --
1 4 }
1227
Brought down, £ 5 15 8
s. d.
Fuel to cook the Stirabout, 3 bush. cost 2 3 }
} 0 3 0 1/2
Salt
for ditto, 1 qr. 3 lb. cost -- -- 0 9½ }
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The Breakfast cost £ 5 18 8 1/2
Quantity of water, 5 barrels
6 gallons.
1227 Persons fed at Dinner. -- BREAD and MEAL POTTAGE.
120 Servants a 9 oz. -- 68 }
bread } lbs. loaves. lb. value.
1107 Workers, Incurables, } 621½ is 138 0½ £ 5 10 4
&c. 8 oz. ditto -- 553
1/2}
Weight of meal for the pottage, 1 cwt. 3 qrs. -- -- -- 0 13 5
Pepper for ditto, half a pound -- -- -- -- -- --
0 1 1
Ginger for ditto, 1 pound -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 1 3
Salt for ditto, 21 pound -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 0 7
Fuel
for ditto, 3 bushels 2 pecks -- -- -- -- -- -- 0 2 7 1/2
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Dinner cost £ 6 9 3 1/2

For 165
Sickly Women on 6 oz, bread. 62 } lbs. loaves lb. value.
251 Children, 3 oz. do. 47 } 109 is 24 1 0 19
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120 Servants, a 8 oz. bread.
330 Incurables,
Children, &c. 6 oz. do.
770 Workers, &c. get Stirabout.
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1220 Persons.
The same quantity of provisions
delivered this day
for Breakfast as on Saturday, and cost the same: viz.
5L. 18s. 8 1/2d.
1220 Persons
fed at Dinner. -- BREAD, BEEF and BROTH.
Cost
120 Servants, a 9 oz. bread, 68 } lbs. loaves lbs.
L. s. d.
1100 Workers, Incurables, &c. } 618 is 137 1½ 5 9 6
8 do. -- -- -- -- -- 550 }
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1220 Persons.
Cwt. qrs. lbs.
Weight of raw beef, 4 2 10
Allowed for bone, 1 0 0
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5 2 10 -- 7 19 3
Meal for
the broth, 1 2 0 -- 1 3 1½
Waste bread for do. 1 0 0 -- 0 0 0
Salt for do. 0 0 24 -- 0 0 8
Pepper for do. 0
0 0½ -- 0 1 1
Fuel, 4 bushels 2 pecks, -- 0 3 4 1/2
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Total £ 14 17 0

The same number of women and children as yesterday, and the Supper cost the same: viz. 19s. 11d.

120 Servants in New-House, a 8 oz. bread
334 Incurables, Children, &c. a 6 oz. do.
762 Workers, &c. get Stirabout.
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1216 Persons.