Relief may have been a direct supply of actual life necessities,
or a money allowance which, in 1869, varied between 1s (5p) to 6s (30p) per week.
At a meeting of the Oyne Parochial Board in February 1852,
the parish inspector reported he had visited Widow Cooper’s children and seen that they were in great want of clothes,
and that one of them had neither stockings or shoes so he had paid for these.
Another colonist required 2 petticoats, 2 flannel jackets, an apron and pair of stockings
the inspector reported he had provided 2 petticoats and a pair of stockings,
previously owned by a deceased pauper, and that he had paid for flannel and an apron.