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EEPORT — 1887. 



These figures measure the industrial progress of Lancasliire. Whilst each, 

 hundred has had its share of prosperity, the greatest increase of wealth has been 

 in the Salford hundred, which comprises the Manchester district, and West Derby, 

 which includes Liverpool. The average vaUie per acre was, in 1692, Is. &\ld. ; in 

 1841, 5/. 2s. 5f^d. ; and in 1884, 15/. S.v. V^d. If we compare the rateable value 

 with the population, the proportion per head in 1841 was 3/. 14s. y|rf., and in 

 1884, 51. 7s. 8ld. In less than iifty years the material wealth of the county of 

 Lancaster has trebled. 



