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DICKSON ON THE INCREASE AND DECREASE 



following table, giving the nnmber of stocks instead of the 

 number of mills : 



TIME TABLE OF IRISH SCUTCH-MILLS, 1853. 



The proportion of the whole number of scutching-stocks to 

 each or these sections, is as follows : 



5 J per cent, worked less than ten weeks. 

 11 to 15 

 16 to 20 

 21 to 25 

 26 to 30 

 ,, 31 to 35 ,, 

 36 to 40 

 41 to 45 

 , , , Upwards of 45 



22J 



14 



18J 

 81 

 BJ 

 3 



3* 



