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Here's the Ashton budget for the year (1876) as well as a sample of my monthly accounts, through July 22. As a basis of comparison, the second chart shows the Annual Budget and July expenditures as 1876 and 2006 US Dollars.
1876 Annual Budget/July Expenditures
Item | Annual 1876 | Month
- July | Balance at 6/30 |
|
| Income | £2600 | £216/16 | £1300 | |
| Mortgage and taxes | £500 | £45 | £520 | |
| Housekeeping: | ||||
| Servants | £91 | £5/6 | ||
| Fuel (oil, coal, gas) | £67 | £4/10 | ||
| Laundry | £30 | £2/5 | ||
| Grounds Upkeep | £12 | £1 | ||
| Repairs | £50 | - - - | ||
| Total | £250 | £13/1 | £182 | |
| Food | £150 | £24/5 | £195 | |
| Medical | £52 | - - - | ||
| Schooling | £200 | - - - | £104 | |
| Savings | £1222 | £134/10 | £104 | |
| Clothing: | ||||
| Laurence | £35/8 | - - - | ||
| Elisabeth | £42/8 | £6/6 | ||
| 3 Children | £22/4 | £3/10 | ||
| Total | £100 | £9/16 | £104 | |
| Insurance: | ||||
| Life | £59/8 | £5/2 | ||
| Fire | £9/8 | £1/5 | ||
| Accidental | £5/4 | - - - | ||
| Total | £74 | £6/7 | £39 | |
| Incidentals | £52 | - - - | £5/8 | |
Comparison Against 1876/2006 US Dollars
(Rounded to Nearest $)
Item | Annual 1876 | US $ 1876 |
US $ 2006 |
Month July |
US $ 1876 | US $ 2006 | ||
| Income | £2600 | $14,100 | $245,090 | £192/6 | $1,214 | $20,436 | ||
| Mortgage and taxes | £500 | 2,711 | 47,133 | £86/6 | 244 | 4,242 | ||
| Housekeeping: | ||||||||
| Servants | £91 | 492 | 8,578 | £5/6 | 43 | 499 | ||
| Fuel (oil, coal, gas) | £67 | 364 | 6,316 | £4/10 | 30 | 424 | ||
| Laundry | £30 | 162 | 2,828 | £2.5 | 3 | 189 | ||
| Grounds Upkeep | £12 | 66 | 1,131 | £1 | 5 | 94 | ||
| Repairs | £50 | 271 | 4,713 | - - - | - - - | - - - | ||
| Food | £150 | 810 | 14,140 | £24/5 | 66 | 1,154 | ||
| Medical | £52 | 282 | 4,902 | - - - | ||||
| Schooling | £200 | 1,080 | 18,853 | - - - | ||||
| Savings | £1222 | 6,620 | 115,193 | £131/10 | 734 | 12,270 | ||
| Clothing: | £100 | 540 | 9,427 | 53 | 924 | |||
| Insurance | 420 | 6,976 | 36 | 640 | ||||
| Incidentals | £52 | 282 | 4,900 | - - - | - - - | - - - | ||
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