Excerpt from On the Supply of Employment and Subsistence for the Labouring Classes: In Fisheries, Manufactures, and the Cultivation of Waste Lands; With Remarks on the Operation of the Salt Duties, and a Proposal for Their Repeal, Addressed to the Right Hon. Nicholas Vansittart Duties, which call for our exertions. We have to supply means of occupation and subsistence for those, to whom not only England, but Europe is so deeply in debted; the duty and difficulty of which are increased in proportion to the immense numbers which we have enrolled by sea and land, and to the distinguished part which we have taken in restoring to the civilized world the blessings Of social order and civil government. At the same time, many of the labouring poor, by a con currence of unprecedented circumstances, have been deprived of their ordinary means of labour. In our efforts, how ever, for the relief Of our fellow sub jects, it is no small encouragement to're. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.