72 
against continuing them, but for co-operative dwellings there was 
much to be said. Of the 351 single-room tenements in Burnley 90 
were occupied by one person, 165 by two, 48 by three, 31 by four, 
8 by five, 7 by six, and 2 by seven and eight each. 
In many of these great cleanliness prevailed. The Cor- 
poration could not prevent conversion into tenements, and 
Burnley would do with a revision of its building bye-laws. As 
to the proportion of bad property to good, he said he had never 
regarded Burnley as a slum town, but that was no reason why 
they should not improve. 

WEAVING: OLD AND NEW. 
(Wir Lantern Views.) 
By Mr. THOMAS PICKLES. 13th December, 1904. 
The President (Mr. W. L. Grant) observed that the Lecturer was 
considered one of Burnley’s captains of industry—energetic, in- 
ventive, and enterprising in business—and also a man who devoted 
himself to different matters socially. He was eminently practical, 
and the topic was one of interest, and would appeal to Burnley 
with unrivalled force, for we prided ourselves on a world-wide 
fame for weaving-sheds and machinery and skilled weavers. 
At the outset, Mr. Pickles said he had dealt very lightly with 
past history, being more concerned about the weaving methods 
of the present. The linen trade of England is now very 
insignificant. The firm with which I am connected uses more 
linen yarn than any other firm in England. The North of 
Ireland is the chief seat of this important industry, its humid 
atmosphere rendering it peculiarly adapted for weaving purposes. 
