31 OCTOBER 1958, Page 21

Mbe &ordain

NOVEMBER 2, 1833

THE poor-rates at Malmesbury have been nearly done away with, by making small allotments of land to the poor : there is one farmer in the parish who saves 100 I. per annum by the reduction. There was a large tract of common land in the neighbourhood belonging to the borough; the overseers applied to Parliament, and obtained a bill which enabled them to allot it in small portions to those who required parochial aid; and the consequence is, that those who were paupers are now small farmers, and are doing well as such.