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does not exceed 14,000,0001. which divided among 2000 manufac* 

 turers allots to each 7,0001. 



I shall state on a very moderate estimate that 600I. will be re- 

 quired to stock a corn and sheep farm of 200I. per annum, this under 

 the calculation of 45,000 occupants will produce a capital of 

 27,000,0001. exceeding that employed in the clothing manufactory 

 in the proportion of nearly 2 to 1 . 



We now proceed to ascertain the quantum of labour furnished by 

 each, hoping that due allowance will be made for the unavoidable 

 intrusion of error and imperfection, which calculation on general 

 principles must be subject to. In Yorkshire, where almost every 

 branch of the manufacture is executed by machinery, manual la- 

 bour is in a great measure annihilated] or it is no further employed 

 then to regulate the action and application of the former. 



The progress of machinery in the west is rapid ; its adoption 

 there in a short time must become universal on a principle of self- 

 defence; without it, the trade must migrate from that district to the* 

 north. An estimate of the number of persons at present employed 

 in the manufacture, including as a basis the almost complete esta- 

 blishment of machinery in the north, with its progreffive advance 

 in the west, I think cannot exceed 100 to each clothier with a capital 

 of 7,0001. comprehending men, women and children, and this will 

 make the aggregate number 200,000. 



It is a received maxim that a farmer should make three rents ; 

 one for his landlord, one for the wages of labour, provision and 

 liquor to servants, and implements of husbandry ; and the third 

 for profit on his capital. My attention will be limited to that 

 destined for the wages of labour, &c. and after deducting 50I, 

 for implements of husbandry, I shall consider the remaining 150I. 

 as wholly reserved for that express purpose. Allow two weeks of 

 suspension during festivals and holidays in the course of a year, 

 the weekly disbursement will stand at 3I. Men, women and chil- 

 dren at an average of 6s. per week to the number of 10 will make 

 up the weekly amount of 3I. 45,000!. sheep and corn farms will 

 therefore employ 450,000 persons. 



We are now arrived at -the fourth and last article of discussion, 

 namely, the supply of means for levying the national revenue. 



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