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ment was moved that the words " as a wholesale 

 warehouse only " be inserted, but on the further re- 

 presentation of some clothiers, who thought that any 

 alteration would materially injure the woollen manu- 

 facture of Ireland, the amendment was negatived. In 

 August 1784, another memorial was presented by the 

 same manufacturers, who, being ready to end all con- 

 troversies, stated themselves willing to relinquish retail 

 sales for a term of two years. The Society agreed to 

 this proposition, and instructed the directors to adopt 

 such regulations as would make it a wholesale ware- 

 house only. In June 1786, the Society resolved to 

 open it again as a retail warehouse. 



Robert Kemp, of Cork, clothier, stated that he 

 had established several spinning-jennies, and had im- 

 ported a carding machine at great expense. He had 

 also gone into some of the clothing counties of 

 England, to make himself acquainted with the mode 

 of business carried on there, and brought over, at a 

 large salary, a person fully qualified to conduct the 

 machinery. Having incurred various expenses up to 

 ^400, he asked for aid. Certificates of woollen drapers 

 in Cork, in furtherance of his claims, having been read, 

 and the matter enquired into by a committee, a sum 

 of ^100 was granted to Kemp. 



During inclement seasons, the working poor in the 

 liberties of Dublin, who were bred to the woollen manu- 

 facture, suffered great privations and destitution when, 

 by reason of the wet, they could not have their wool, 

 wraps, and cloths dried. In 1809, they memorialised 

 the Society to take steps to provide means for having 

 this done. Another petition on behalf of the same 

 class of the poor was presented by the Lord Mayor 

 and a number of eminent citizens, praying the Society 

 to represent to Parliament the necessity for a grant to 



