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have stood the test of local criticism. The 



are exainpl^'^ of the iirst- 



meutioned of these coiiciitions, while our linen and woollen 



ilk manufactures ot England 



manufacture 



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other Class. 



To 



ascertain merely the quantity of raw material used would 

 o but a little way towards determhiing the value of anj/ 



manufacture to a country. This will he jjlainly seen if 

 we '-all to mind the ^miliar instance of the ch-in-cahlo 



and the watch-spring, both of which arc products of the 

 same material ; while one, by reason of the amount of 

 labour bestowed upon it, is many thousaud fold more 

 valuable, weight for weigiit, than the other. ' The cotton 

 manufacture is open to the like dimculty, although in a 

 minor dc>grce ; even the yarn, which is the result of a 



prelimlu...ry process, sell 



ness, from a few ^.^nce to as many shillings per pound. 



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The inquirer vxll, therefore, feel it necessary to ascertain 

 the increased value that is ordinarily imparted by pro 

 ce.ous of manufacture to the materials 



used, and Mhether 



any and what changes are going forward in this -spect. 



The inform ' ation here suggested may partly be gathered by 

 comparing the prices of given weights and measures of 



the materials with those of the average qualities of 

 finished goods ; but it must be evident that little mure 

 can be done in this bv^..ch than to apply to men of intel- 

 ligence and rc^pectahllity for such info^rmation and ophiions 

 a:, they may be able to impart. It need hardly be pointed 

 out as desirable to know in what degree the general po- 

 pulation shares in the use or consumption ot home-manu- 

 factured articles— whether any part of them tails to the 



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