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Porters and coal-heavers paid by the great. 

 State of the poor people in general incompa- 

 rably better off than they were 20 years ago. 

 There are imported 18,000 barrels annually of 

 Scotch herrings, at iSs. a barrel. The fait 

 for the beef trade comes from Lifbon, St. 

 Ube's, &c. The fait for the fiffi trade from 

 Rochelle - y for butter Englifh and Irifh. 



Particulars of the woollen fabricks of the 

 county of Corke received from a manufac- 

 turer.. The woollen trade, ferges and camb- 

 lets, ratteens, frizes, druggets, and narrow 

 cloths, the 'laft they make to i-o s. and 12 s. a 

 yard; if they might export to 8s. they are 

 very clear that they could get a great trade for 

 the woollen manufactures of Corke ; the- 

 wool comes from Gal way and Rofcommon, 

 combed here by combers, who earn 8s. to 

 10 s. a week into balls of 24 ounces, which 

 is fptm kito woriteds, of twelve ikains to the- 

 ball, and exported to Yarmouth for Nor- 

 wich > the export price, 30!. a pack, to 33!* 

 never before fo high ; average of them 26!. to 

 30 f. Some they work up at home into ferges, 

 (tuffs,. and camblets ; the ferges at i2d. a yard, 

 34 inches wide; the fluffs lixteen inches, at 

 iSd. the camblets at nine-pence halfpenny to 

 thirteen pence ; the fpinners at nine-pence a 

 ball, one in a week ; or a ball and half twelve- 

 pence a week, and attend the family befides ; 

 this is done mod in Water ford and Kerry, 

 particularly near Killarney ; the weavers earn 

 i s. a day on an average. Full three-fourths 



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