20.—1845.} 
prison for 
Pines, 
Again, I ha 
at an a price. of 4s. epee piant s however, on 
garn 
arkam 
aa not say, if it were only for the 
at glass = ufacturers and their 
THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
a breach of their agreement, and I am further | cheaper.” 
I ask, with hundreds of others, “w hy not?” 
If bit ae hitherto ots pay. ing = per cent. duty, and 
that 0 pere ent. is now repe ciy e publie s aars ea 
to 
| ant m 
I wis 
o gardens 
se Ariya t article, 
f this im 
egg rvations 
T- 
329 
farthings per ] ost too small to calculate om 
nag ror zotan riage xi = that I thus dispose of 
a ‘00 
69,900 on arak tles 
49, 108 on fiint-glass 
and 76,800 on plate-g 
[in 
45,700 amount of duty on glass retained for Aie kersra 
— duty o on plate-glass formed a very small gested 
of its when 
in the Ga 
e glass tr aie which I 
t of chen the man marda 
g the public the 
lass.—Hav Es gee cad you 
de nied. Chronicle respecting € 
trust will hav e the effect 
o ers of glass, to the ani of 
substituting glass or w wood o 
co onservatories, hothouse 
or = fo ‘or the frame es of aud 
in mtn À and polishing each surface ; large ` lates 
| being s cog Pao sufficiently good to finish ; ; tha are 
| very rare, even now cheaper than foreign plates. 
It is my ‘united the duty did not amount 
per foo 8. per 
ve tor 
rseries, at 
would arise 
light to Plants, and the avoidance of all risk af ‘bre 
È brad 
asked AOAN 
mie 
10s. 6d. for each ; e ‘and finally send Os, according to to the 
ak- 
age, a sudden — 
ange of temperatur 
regard to the aans of a material, I am in- 
or contraction of the m tal 
Wi th re 
3 When m 
; say iy that t they were dis 
their just rights, b 
was, that as the 
wel be in priren Ee 
gardener Pea this to 
hon robb bingi the public of 
A ata greater price i 
e I did n 
4 
begi 
mes 
Well, , We must extensive and 
rice of that 
J 
ane 
was to meet with 
ufactured. TI 
e, far below cost price, and their value is added to 
the price of large plates, to enable the makers to 
mf sony two y 
ave only femit, to par 
whose 
notorious, gs they arii made a 
per cent., a thoir share 
since the pie 
affairs 
their qunutity whilst prices uch 
pen 
ur glass manufac- 
peed 2. induced to meet the public 
Lin coln’ 
"if they choose tp aa it phon than be easa This, 
too, is 
deed 
the publio for one plate, as to as pres oa who buy many 
pe manufactur- 
pl yg 
ing about seven years since, but they have 
TER 
} h 
ajek or 
p the last ea m oe 
they co rofit, Now I 
it on 
E in the povier prehrat oe 
P 
heath 
p, 
real state 
the 
paner almost appear you were dis- 
4 lak 
we rl 
Sy overnment and 
on nya of A public, to the o a i if they vould 
submit t 
ontinuation T uld | fi 
is | P 
the House of Comm 
of the ae 
“a member 
Perhaps 
decane facts rather than avoid ex- 
In th 
either i in- 
FA cts of 
n you say, “We be lieve bol weer 
ave “reduc 
p “a 18, 
of mon ey ha es 
to perfection the grinding. beers eg of 8 io ig ; 
this has been effected, and pate ow madè by 
four sheet-glass rive has i ge " eoneidadebig 
under the > prices of plate-glass. It has quite — 
neglected to "ae- 
, hav 
it was 1 then and heré. admitted that a 
or right in our 
g priva! 
aware, ake’ that the Sonalin 
pa 
of coals has adva: need v very much,” with w. nen hati 
will see hereafter, asc ae ros Pit whatever to do. 
pee pre d have tay the dealers are 
te of glass for manufacturers, 
fx prices, a low 
aid 
pans 
g the dealers, re their gla 
in engravings, and i 
duced at y Royal Exchange, and in 
mF ot but here the labour and risk enter again 
largely into its cost; it is, in fact, made into plate- 
akage, and this may 
so thick. You w 
A refanded rth pore at 75 per aes 3 in 
othe: ee, Eesi ap te ad to get i it back th 
E. ing t 
eir share be rehand. 
e gs doubts, 
Matie are p small sora J 
ecome our partners; in other words, they the amount of their a As . So that r ‘rema ark chea; 
per hoy 
all manufacturers and dealers in the kingdom, and | is, as Mr. Pilkington ‘old you, a misrepresentation of 
e not yet the truth. a A eid trade are not much benefitted by 
st you, from week to week, urge t 
per 
admitted, it is not 
examination into the patent piate ‘tariff, that all pour 
pri ice 8, line for lin ne, are wr rongly placed 5, that the 
publi ic to dibin from Seton upon false premise 
barg: in was pa wih the 
be not 
ith 
equ 
glass manuftarer i if 
and as there seems 
A this “ great boon to on “pie” ai 
> opteg whether, if the income-tax shou 
do not correspond with those of 1844: ges trates one 
atly surprised 
immediately give the public the 
from the bs oe Sond duty. 
tt 
Aged brought fo G 
iv: t remweliias of te ig but J 
ount of duty paid, and is | pri 3 feet to 6 feet; in 1844, 3 feet to 
thon pre d by the public foz w windows noes ere Toas- Aldagi prices, No. 3, of 1845, is a 
you have a different őpinion. ,.' antity manufac- | jew w article, Pof an ma "hie, not ie = by Act of 
oe e a was 6, wi which pee chien > | Parliament t to be made i _No. 2 averages 19 oz. 
cely equal oot, in to the foot 
© printed prices throughout the i oi in LA | it now takes the place No mae 16 oz., which is not now 
were mani 
f Best. Seconds, Thirds. Fourths. Fifths. ’ ne ma: Aad S i No. 2, 19 oz. 
lam at 1sl0d 1s7@ I1s5d I1s3d 1s 2d per ft.—duty 1844. 844, 1845. 
6 ins. [say 6jd. 6X 4 and under 7X 5 2. 3d. 28. 9d.. -18, 5d. 
Present E T 3 ey 
basa beso prices Oslld 0s1l0d 0394 0s8d Os7d s trey ra 3 ; - 
The ‘gass ass of 1844 averaged 9} ounces to the foot ; it As a wla 0 f a5 
verages pos e than 11 oz, to the foo __ Sheet-glass mie, ee 
ast year was 31,560 cw bove 1 ft. .. as 
1,78 an ry large e proportion of this article, in the 2 eia eae 
trade called cylinder glass, or sold at ls. per foot,|9 °° g¢ 22 2: 0..4 3 
qual to 10}d., with 15 per cent. off. Race 6d. per $. RS oe r $ 
foot, less 2 pipes ere equal to ° 44d. It weighed from 9 to 4..04. es 0.5 0 er et 
that the | 10 oz. to the foot,and being made page ot The 6. 3 0..5 3 ES 
e J 0...5 E 6 
a duty of 53d. per pagal includ ling a bount, 8. staat tociey. 2 l ióga. 
shown tat $ the dealers are 
I Kare now sth $e 
te t 
| No. 1, Gog gee in 1844, averaged 13 oz. to the foot—Duty 
yes abe 
Sa ra ees 
d one, Sen I think clearly proves that] paid, 73s. 6d. per cwt. 
ight reduce the price more than the | s. d. $. d. 8. d. $. d. P Gi aeee eh pen Pigg or dealers, are in any case scents one iota 
amount formerly paid to Government, and still ig map ee Peri rin aoe “ x 24 Ff "new pices. es OF the duty ; and that you will, henceforth, consider you 
SS rok 2 i “Ace existe f the | No. 2, in 1844 $3.2 1.1 Teed 6 yy duty Od, at | Jaga Hat Se 
allu i i “i A 3..011..010  ,, ; the public n uy, before 
ent required co ith the he amount inte teal apes EA i 31002 8.12 4.2 2 * TES. live P> Maga Te a dha taal a yo AB p tn 
z 4 in the manufac f sheet-glass would | N08 one og i= age: ae oes aaa dealer is by far the largest sufferer already; he was 
hs one-third the ai mount, the duty having been, | The cost of sheet-glass in crates, you will see by the | muleted 25 per cent. on the sack he held, pity it is 
The bn a, already $ sO dees y stated, 200 per ten, | numerous lists with which your table is evened: is less | quite impossible he can ever recover. "aii ias 
Frer reakages m t like ae. okies ea considerable dif- | than when = a squares, which difference does not | will be greatly reduced, wit the same expenses 
§ the Pine she duty was always charged on the metal | pay the loss tting, but upon this ground I will take | over . You say it clear ther 
keo sont pee the amount paid was lost on| my stand, independently of cylinder sheet-glass, when | some profit upon sheet-glass, or the trade ould have 
; the manufacture. I hope very | comparing Sir pta ot wo ias about cost to the A ay long since become a ct. For aa information, I 
mie predictions verified, by the appear- | facturer. The y he assumed to be goo vod will tell you that as the cause of sheet-glass pemn 
of a strong green glass for horticul- | enough for the horialturt fo fo mip _ took the price | made pales pores ol o importing yee eign sheet-glass 
t will or, the el Jad Late 1e 15 per cent., The > present | of large: es than could be made here i in —— a 
reing oa a much r seale less 20 ereit t5l a ra 5 
een ie agg cable, I am also thier be nee the No. 1 of 1844, and the carriage now | is only men yia 20 years ; and such was the pees 
mon m an article of the kind 9 would pics couf®e, amount to double the price per foot, dice against it for years "A the pabio aaj the a 
e and with iculturists, for ceased making it had he no’ 
1 rvation, “that many farm 1 13 oz. 1s. 2d. in sheets No. 1—160z. 7d. in sheets | allowed to Oa it ae ‘Gu ncaa recovering the duty 
Inconveniently dark for want of a | Less15p.ct.0 2 Less 20 p. et. 1} F ith a time. The l list March an rai 
te m kg lighting them E ‘a ne 
e e.— Arthur Hall, EE ? Ded fifth for 3 r the 7th . Ae, before it came into oper was 
piety Pimlico, aon va | replaced througho ite cage sz om 6 in. 
Amateur hy, eral reader of your Paper and an a by 4 in, to 1 foot, ne whie emand, being 
the ar, allow me to say tbat T think the 2 na — ced in price to induc: The e new list i is in- 
the p= u have given we e pu apte a osed herewith, but that era ‘Bot alter the question 
da ufac e the | Now, I ape I have shown that the prey ot Mo Sey $ issue Joseph Chater, St. Dunstan’s Hill, London, 
Rea oe peaking T puters has been remitted to the public in ghee May 14, 1845. 
and that Was the same haggling’! about see Yo. admit that the duty on motes i is fi Ga as ners at Exhibitions. — The exhibitions at our 
“the duty off would not make it 
allowed, and the duty on flint-glass be 
, Which last season 
