A new system of practical domestic economy.

Date:
1828
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    abridge his Expenditure to 8001. or even to a still less sum ;—and so of the rest. The principle of these Estimates is remarkably simple and perspicuous, the whole being comprehended under the following general rule, which affords a comparative view of the principal branches of Expenditure, in the proportions that they severally bear to each other, and to the whole expense; whereby any gentleman may be ena- bled to establish a practical system of Domestic Economy, according to his Income ;—to detect any error that may have arisen in the management,—and to discover, at once, what part or parts he may best alter in order to in- crease or diminish the expense of any other part that may be desired. Rule—Divide the whole Annual Income, be it what it may, into J 00 equal parts, which may be appropriated to the several branches of the establishment in the fol- lowing proportions, viz :— 30 per Cent, for Provisions and other Articles of Household Expense. 22 per Cent, for Servants, Horses, and Carriages. 12 per Cent, for Clothing, Haberdashery, and other incidental Ex- penses of that nature. 8 per Cent, for Education, Pocket, Private and other extra Ex- penses. 12 per Cent, for Rent, Taxes, and Piepairs of House and Furniture. 10 per Cent, to be reserved for future contingencies. 100 Total.