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annually carried out of the kingdom above £10,000, and is allowed to equal 

 any earthenware in Europe. That this manufactory brought up a great 

 number of apprentices, some of which are esteemed the first workmen in 

 England, who, for want of a capital, the proprietors of this manufactory were 

 obliged to discharge. That the proprietors entering on a small stock are 

 disabled from purchasing coals, block-tin, lead, colours, clay raised in the 

 North of Ireland, and other materials in the proper season, being all ready- 

 money articles, the want of which subjects the manufacture to many losses. 

 That a parliamentary aid would enable the executors to employ the entire 

 apparatus which is sufficient to manufacture £40,000 worth of ware every 

 year, half of which they could export to our islands in the West Indies, where 

 some ware was sent by the late proprietor and was sold to advantage, and 

 many orders have since come, which, for want of a capital, could not be 

 complied with. That said aid would enable the executors to lower the price 

 of the ware 20 per cent, and make it a lasting benefit to the nation without 

 any further assistance from Parliament. 



" Peter Shee, being sworn, said he was employed by Henry Delamain in the 

 year 1752, and continued until 1757 as painter and clerk, and that the said 

 Henry Delamain was the first that discovered the art of burning with coal, 

 instead of wood, by which the earthenware can be sold 30 per cent, cheaper ; 

 that the manufactory is carried on since March, 1760, by Samuel Wilkinson 

 and William Delamain for the benefit of the children of the late Henry and 

 Mary Delamain ; that great quantities of the ware are sold in every principal 

 city of this kingdom ; that the late Henry Delamain expended £6,311 14s. 2\d. 

 of his own family fortune before his first application to Parliament in 1753 

 in bringing said manufacture to perfection. 



Account of money expended by Henry Delamain on earthenware manufacture from 

 his commencement to the time of his first application to Parliament in 1753 : — 



Paid former proprietor for purchase of manufactory, . . . £580 

 ,, for additional buildings and improvements, . . . 1,456 14 2£ 



,, for building nine kilns of different construction, to discover 



the method of burning with coal, ..... 630 



, , for building mills at Palmerstown for grinding colours, . 287 

 ,, for sundry utensils, ........ 456 



,, for sundry materials, ........ 312 



,, for bringing several workmen from England and other 

 parts, maintaining and paying wages until works were 

 perfected, several of whom deserted the works, having 



been bribed from abroad, . 730 



,, Expenses in making experiments to discover the art of 

 burning with coal instead of wood in the course of 

 nineteen months, .... .... 1,860 



Total, £6,311 14 2£ 



