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in the malting and brewing trade of the kingdom. Pre- 

 suming that one man is able to malt 30 bushels per day> 

 there must be about 12,000 men engaged in the manufacture 

 of malt. In the cultivation of the barley, taking one man to 

 35 acres, there are employed about 70,000 men. In the 

 cultivation of hops, taking one man to 5 acres, there are 

 employed more than 12,000 men. In brewing, assuming 

 that one man is required for every 500 barrels brewed, there 

 must be employed about 135,000 men. There are about 

 145,000 dealers and retailers of beer in the United Kingdom, 

 and many of these employ several hands as tapsters, cellar- 

 men, &c. Taking into consideration all the accessory trades 

 in connection with breweries, including engineers, coopers, 

 carters, &c"., there cannot be far short of half a million hands 

 employed in this important industry, and the capital invested 

 must reach the almost fabulous sum of 200,000,0002. The 

 brewing and malting trades yield to the State for duty, 

 licences, &c., a revenue of almost 10,000,0007.* 



* Mr. T. A. Pooley, in ' British Manufacturing Industries.' 



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