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England. At Honiton, in Devonshire, the broadest drawer under him, to examine if there be any flaws, Statistic. 
lace i ; but, the introduction of the Not- and fine-draw them. ih 
tinghamshire cotton lace, that made of linen thread has The leather trade of England is one of considerable Leather 
fallen much into disuse; nor is the decline of the trade extent and importance; but there are no materials manufec- 
to be lamented, since, from the sedentary habits which which can supply even a sketch of its history. In the “™™ 
were r to carry it on, and from the practice of ee re cee Cee oe, eee 
in it, crowding together ed in the year 1772, by J. Campbell, (though without 
in small, ill ventilated rooms, in the winter time, for his name), he gives the following estimate of the value 
the of coping themselves warm, it produced of this manufacture in Great Britain. Although it com- 
much ill health in districts in which it was the Scotland, and it does not appear on ‘what 
. it is grounded, yet, as this author seems to be ac- 
Shirt but- somewhat with this subject, thee 4 curate well informed on other points r ing © 
tons. ‘mention the manufacture of shirt-buttons. This trif- the state of our manufactures at this period, we shall, 
ling article is made toa considerable amount, in many in the absence of more satisfactory statements, subjoin 
“towns in Dorsetshire, particularly about Blandford and it. «S$ ing that there are nine millions of people 
‘Shi ;.and a practice ails here, which we im Great Britain and Ireland, and that three-fourths of 
haye noticed as ing with tothe them wear leather shoes, (which cannot be beyond the 
wmaking of linen ‘thread at Worki he shirt- reality), each person upon a medium five pairs ina year, 
ete ace tin Cha tank and the price, on a medium, 6s. a pair, (boots inclu- 
men, who in their turn to force them off, ded), this consumption amounts to 10,125,000 
in exchange for what commodities may want. Supposing the consumption of leather by 
This practice of paying for one species « manufacture coaches, chaises, &e. = - - 100,000 
another, or er of compelling the labouring ma- By harness, saddles, and bridles = - 500,000 
i. Brn Aa siege in for his work, By leather breeches, 200,000 pair 
seems to have prevailed at an early period; sincea _to be worn annually, at 103. on an ave- 
law was against it in the time of Edward IV. rage - - - - - 1,000,000 
law in the time of If.: but the 
practice still prevails, as we have seen in Dorsetshire ; Total L.11,725,000: 
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stance of @i- “may oy erate bee connected, with among the lower classes, (with whom it was then 
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produce are applied, we shall subjoin hienkp of Great Bri mas Nepeh heaiy no 
are |, we in to account ion it Britain too low, 
‘of them a curious and ing instance of the division but probably it does not the value of the leather 
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for superfine cloths, kerseymeres, &c. or cot- along with information on other points on which they 
linen goods, he applies to the packer, who, were not called upon to give their evidence. “he first 
experience, knows exactly the kind of goods polit tiditie te Fe’ sigptity of Bie naw” sabe, This 
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the foreign are estimated at three-sevenths of the 
purchases them what he decms necessary and pro- whole 5 gam Renal and of the skins of calves, sheep, 
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nished » undyed, et eee, e importation of raw hides appears to have been 
ker sees to js Were ing, pressing, dress- ~most considerable from the continent of Europe, till the 
&e. Even this, feenr more pecn- _ year 1807, when it fell off nearly one-half. In 1608 
toornament and 1809, it was not one-tenth of what it had been prior 
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Indies, for exa:nple, without the iate or- ell very re not Taincaiile on the average of 
: , ta they sete ese two years, to one-tenth of the i ion of 1807, 
of British manufacture, and would consequently re- From 1803 to 1807, the importation of hides from Ame- 
‘ fase to purchase them. The packer employs the fine- Tica was next in amount to the importation from Eu- 
