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PROVISIONS, &c. 



Bread — Oat, f and i d. per lb. 



Cheefe, 3 d. 



Butter, yd. 16 oz* 



Beef, 3 d. 



Mutton, 3 d. 



Pork, 3</. 



Candles, 6\d. 



Soap, 6^£ 



Labourers houfe-rent, 15^. to 40 .j. 



-— firing, 30 J. 



BUILDING. 



Oak timber, 1 s. 6 d. to 3 s. 



Am, 1 j. 4 </. 



Elm, 1 j. 4 ^/. 



Soft woods, 6 d. 



Mafon, per day, 1 ^. 6//. and beer. 



Carpenter, 1 j-. and ditto. 



Walling, yd. a yard the workmanfhip. 



From Garjlang to Wigan land letts from 

 15 s. to 3 /. an acre, average 25J. and farms 

 rife from 30 /. to 100 /. a year. 



From Wigan to Warrington land from 

 1 5 '• to 3 I* 10S - an d farms 15/. to 100 /. 

 a year. At Warrington the manufactures 

 of fail-cloth and facking are very confidera- 

 ble. The firft is fpun by women and 

 girls, who earn about 2 d. a day. It is then 

 bleached, which is done by men, who earn 



M 2 10 j. 



