A new system of practical domestic economy.

Date:
1828
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    ESTIMATE III. Adapted to an Income of 20001. per annum. The Family con- sisting of a Gentleman, his Lady, and three Children ; with an Establishment of Five Male and Five Female Servants; in all Fifteen Persons;—a Coach, Chariot, Phaeton, or other Four-wheel Carriage; a Tilbury, Chaise, Gig, or other Two- wheel Carriage, and Five Horses. . 3 13 6 Household Expenses, weekly. £■ s. d. Bread and Flour—for 15 persons—Is. each 0 15 0 Butter—7-8ths of a pound each, or 12 jibs.—average Is. per lb.— lOd. each 0 12 6 Butchers’-Meat—lib.per day each, or 1051bs. at 6d.—(3s. 6d. each) £2 12 Fish, Poultry, cfec. (3s. per day) 1 1 Beer or Ale—1 quart a day each, or 26!gallons,at 8d. (Is. 2d. each) 0 17 Other Liquors—(4s. 6d.a day) .. 1 11 Cheese—|lb. a veek each, or 7)lbs at lOd.—5d. each 0 Garden Produce—Gardener’s Wages 151.15s., Duty 21,9s. (exclu- sive of Board, 8s.) making in all 15s. per week 0 Grocery of all kinds (except Tea and Sugar)—Is. each 0 Sugar—7-8ths of a pound each, or 131bs. viz. 4lb. at Is., and 91bs. at 8d.—(8d. each) 0 Tea, Coflee, <fcc.—Is. a day 0 Milk and Eggs—the produce of 2 Cows and Poultry (6d each).. 0 g ^10s. 6d. a day g ^ 7s. per day 2 9 6 7 15 10 7 0 0 0 0 6 Total for Provisions, weekly, being 5271 per annum 10 2 9 Coals and Wood—8 Fires (see Estimate I.)—each Fire, per week, 2s. 6d 1 0 0 Candles, Gas, and Oil—equal to 31bs. Candles per night on an average, or 211bs., at 9d.—(2s, 3d. per day) 0 15 9 Soap, Starch, Blue, &c. for Washing—(Is. 6d. a day) 0 10 6 Sundries for cleaning and scowering 0 5 0 £12 14 0 Total, 121. 14s. per week, which is 6601. per annum, 33 per cent. Extra, for Entertainments 40 2 Medicine and Medical Assistance, &c. 20 1