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 Children, 2s. 6 ^. to 6 j. 

 5. No men. 



Women, 4 j. toy s, 6 d. 

 Children, 2 j. (id. to 6 j-. 

 This branch works chiefly for exporta^-- 

 tlon; during the war it was furprizingly 

 brifk ; after the peace quite low ; lately it 

 has been middling. 



In the branch of fmall wares are nume- 

 rous little articles, but the earnings in ge- 

 neral run as follow : 



Men from 51. to \is. 

 Women from 2 j. 6 d. to y s. 

 Children from is. 6 d. to 6 j-. 

 The number of fpinners employed in, 

 and out of Manchefter is immenfe; they 

 reckon 30,000 fouls in that town ; and, 

 50,000 manufacturers employed out pf it. 

 Cotton fpinners earn. 

 Women, 2 j. to 5 s. 

 Girls from fix to twelve years, is, to 

 \s. 6d, 

 In general all thefe branches find, that 

 their befl: friend is high prices of provifions: 

 I was particular in my enquiries on this 

 head, and found the fentiment univerfal : 

 The manufadurers themfelves, as well as 

 their families, are in fucli times better 



cloathed. 



