The expenses of a parish council may not, without the consent of a parish meeting, exceed the amount of a rate of threepence in the for the financial year; but with the consent of the parish meeting the limit may be increased to sixpence, exclusive of expenses under the adoptive acts.
The average rate of pay to an agricultural labourer is about threepence a day in addition to food, which may cost another penny a day.
The man had also to pay threepence per dozen to the ' master ' for ' giving out ' of the work.
The old penny and threepence coins ceased to be legal tender on 31st August 1971, just over six months after D-day.
