Premiums offered in the Parish of North Stoneham
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PARISH OF NORTH STONEHAM.
The following premiums are hereby offered to the most industrious and deserving Candidates.
PREMIUMS FOR THE YEAR 18--
FIRST CLASS.
No.1. To three married labourers, who shall support the largest families by their own exertions and honest industry, without assistance from the parish during the preceding year, each -Five Pounds. Half in Money and Half in Clothes.
No.2. To three married labourers, who shall support the largest families by their own exertions and honest industry, with the smallest assistance from the parish during the preceding year, each -Three Pounds. Half in Money and Half in Clothes.
SEC0ND CLASS.
No.1. To three unmarried men, who shall have lived the longest in any farmer's or other respectable service, and produce from their master the most satisfactory certificate of their honesty, sobriety, industry, and general good conduct, each -One Pound.
No.2. To three unmarried women, who shall have lived the longest in any farmer's or other respectable service, and produce from their master the most satisfactory certificate of their honesty, sobriety, industry, and general good conduct, each -One Pound.
THIRD CLASS.
No.1. To three unmarried men, who, from the produce of their own industry; shall have made the largest deposit in the Bank for Savings, at Southampton, during the preceding year, each -One Pound. And the one, whose deposits, together with former years, shall appear the most considerable upon the books of the Bank, in addition -One Pound.
No.2. To three unmarried women, , who, from the produce of their own industry; shall have made the largest deposit in the Bank for Savings, at Southampton, during the preceding year, each -One Pound. And the one, whose deposits, together with former years, shall appear the most considerable upon the books of the Bank, in addition -One Pound.
FOURTH CLASS.
No.1. To the man, with a wife and family, not less than four children, whose united industry shall have procured the largest sum towards their own maintenance during the preceding year -Five Pounds. Half in Money and Half in Clothes.
No.2. To the man, with a wife and family, who shall have obtained apprentice-ships, or situations in respectable services, in which they shall have remained not less than one year, for the greatest number of children, previously educated at the parish school, and sufficiently taught to read and write -Five Pounds. Half in Money and Half in Clothes. And, in addition for every son, whose service shall have been out of the parish, subsequent to the first of January, 1818, Two Pounds, in addition for every daughter, whose service shall have been out of the parish, during the same period -One Pound.
FIFTH CLASS.
No.1. To the three oldest men in the parish, who, by their industry and exertions, shall have been enabled to maintain themselves with the least assistance from the parish, and who, by their respectability and goodness of their conduct and character, afford the best and most instructive example to the rest of the parish, each -One Pound.
No.2. To the three oldest women in the parish, who, by their industry and exertions, shall have been enabled to maintain themselves with the least assistance from the parish, and who, by their respectability and goodness of their conduct and character, afford the best and most instructive example to the rest of the parish, each -One Pound.
SIXTH CLASS.
No.1. To the occupiers of any rented tenements, who shall constantly keep the house and garden in the neatest order, and the best state of repair -One Year's Rent, with a Hat for the Man, and a Bonnet for the Woman.
No.2. To the family which shall be able to offer the best claim to the greatest number of the above premiums, shall be most distinguished for the best management of their household concerns the neat and creditable appearance of their house, and persons, suitable to their condition in life, for their good character, for honesty, sobriety, industry, and attention to Divine Worship, as well at home, as at the public Church -Ten Pounds. Half in Clothes to the Father and Mother of the Family.
REGULATIONS FOR THE PREMIUMS.
THE candidates in every class must produce certificates, signed by the Minister of the parish, declaratory of their moral and orderly conduct in the parish, and most particularly as to their regular attendance at the service of the Church.
They must also belong to, and be resident in, the parish, excepting the candidates in CLASS 2, whose residence in the parish will not be required.
The candidates in CLASSES 1, and 5, must produce certificates from the overseers or churchwardens, certifying the amount of relief (if any) issued within the prescribed periods, as also their opinion as to the character and conduct of the claimants.
The candidates in CLASS 3 must produce certificates, signed by the minister of the parish, stating the amount of deposits in the Savings' Bank.
The candidates in CLASS 4 must produce certificates from the persons by whom they were employed, stating the amount of the sums earned in their employ, and opinion as to the character of the candidate.
The candidates in CLASS 6 are expected to signify their intention of becoming claimants for the premiums in that class, on or before Whit-Sunday, that opportunities may be afforded of visiting their houses, and of observing their personal conduct and appearance.
One candidate may offer claims for any number of the premiums, but cannot receive more than one premium .
The pretentions of the several candidates to be determined by Mr. FLEMING, or whom he may appoint; anyone detected in the least deceit, or endeavouring to evade the meaning and spirit of these regulations, shall, for ever, be incapacitated from receiving any premium.
Also, any person detected in drunkenness, swearing, disorderly, riotous, and quarrelsome conduct, or in depredations upon the fences, hedges, or coppices, shall be incapacitated from receiving a premium for that year.
The certificates of the candidates for the premiums must be delivered to Mr. FLEMING after Easter Sunday, in each year; and the premium will be delivered to those, to whom they are adjudged, after morning service the first Sunday in May.
JOHN FLEMING.
STONEHAM PARK, April 4, 1818.
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