320 



DICKSON ON THE COST OF HIS 



ESTIMATED PKOFITS FKOM WOKKING. 



The above named Machines will turn off from five to six tons 

 per week of clean, marketable fibre, with the, following workers : 



2 men at Breaker, 20s. per week 200 

 6 Girls attending, 5s. 



12 do. Scutching, 6s. ( 

 6 do. attending, 5s. 



3 do. Washing, 6s. 

 3 do. Wringing, 6s. 

 6 do. attending, 5s. 

 3 Men at the Yats, 18s. 

 3 Girls attending, 5s. 



1 Silk Combing Machine Manager 



35s. per week 



6 Boys attending, 15s. per week 



2 boys slivering engine los. do. 

 2 boys carding do. 15s. do. 

 2 men at the Boilers, 20s. do. 

 1 Manager, 42g. do. 



Total 58 Hands, at Weekly wages 



Five tons of Dickson's prepared rheea* 

 would be worth Is. 6d. per lb., or 



168 per ton 840 



( Liquid, 6 per ton 30 



Wages ,. 29 



Cost of rheea, six 

 tons, at 30 per 



ton 180 



ICoals , 600 



29 



Deduct 



245 



Net weekly profit 

 or 30,900 per annum. 



...595 



* J. Hill Dickson had orders for 250 tons of prepared rheea, at 168 per 

 ton, lor French spinners, amounting to 42,000, but the JEW COMPANY obliged 

 him to refuse the order. 



