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in each county to be thus supported. The Asylum would suffice for a large extent of country.

The prospects for this winter are, owing to the partly successful crop, better than they were at the same time last year.

The Register of Marriages is in the same condition as when last reported upon.

It is the intention of county authorities to provide for the poor irrespective of color, but, owing to the depressed condition of finances, the help afforded will be very meager.

Destitutes are extremely reluctant to enter county poor houses, and, when they do, are apt to become, in a short time, completely demoralized.