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APPENDIX XVI. 



Table 1. — Arthur Yoiaig's Calculations of Wages and Prices} 



1. The average wages of agricultui'al labourers, taking into 

 account extra pay at harvest and haymaking, and commuting 

 food allowances in money, is — in the South and East, 7s. \Qd.; 

 in the North, 7s. \d. He adds that in the former case wages 

 had risen by a quarter in the last eighteen years. 



2. Prices of provisions, tkc. : — 



Bread, per lb. 

 Butter „ 

 Cheese „ 



Butcher's meat, per lb 

 House rent, yearly 

 Firine: 



Table 2. — Prices'^ of Articles of Food, dec, in 1815, 

 1836, 1860, 1887. 



' Eastern Tour (1770), vol. iv., pp. 311-326; and I^'ortliern Tour 

 (1771), vol. iv., pp. 293-313. 



- If these prices appear high, it must be remembered that they are 

 naturally greater when small quantities (as, for instance, ounces of tea) 

 are purchased. 



