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2. Men, y s. 6 d. 



No women. 



Children, 2 j. 6 d. to 6 J, 



3. Men, 12 j. 

 No women. 

 Children, ys. 6 d. 



4. No men. 



Women, 4/. to y s, 6 d. 

 Children, 2 /. 6 d. to b s. 



5. No men. 



Women, 4/. to ys. 6d. 

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

 This branch works chiefly for exportation ; 

 during the war it was furprizingly brifk ; 

 after the peace quite low ; lately it has been 

 middling. 



In the branch of fmall wares are numerous 

 little articles, but the earnings in general 

 run as follow : 



Men from 5 s. to 12;. 

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

 Children from is. 6 d. to 6 s. 

 The number of fpinners employed in and 

 Cut of Manche/ler is immenfe ; they reckon 

 thirty thoufand fouls in that town ; and 

 fifty thoufand manufacturers employed out 

 ©fit. 



Cotton fpinners earn, 

 Women, 2 s. to 5 s. 

 Girls from fix to twelve years, 1 s. to 

 1 s. 6 d. 



In 



