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Rh the directors and guardians, at one of the inns at the town of Dereham. At the annual meeting, which must be in the month of June, the directors and guardians are formed into twelve committees by ballot; three directors and two guardians being to attend every month, at the house of industry, on each Tuesday, from ten o'clock in the forenoon, till three, four, and sometimes five o'clock in the afternoon; for the purpose of visiting and inspecting the state of the house and the governor's accounts; of receiving reports from the overseers of the parishes, signed by the surgeons of the district, as to the state and condition of the sick poor in the several parishes—and of granting them temporary relief—and also of directing that employment may be found for such as apply for it.

There is a farm of about one hundred and fifty acres of land belonging to the house, kept in hand and managed by the governor; this provides a dairy, and occasionally fats a few oxen and sheep: there is