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THE ALKALI TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIN. 

 The quantity of raw material consumed, the amount of capital 

 employed in the manufacture, the number of hands engaged, and the 

 value of the commercial product, chiefly consisting of carbonate and 

 caustic soda, are truly enormous. 



Statistics of the Alkali Trade op Great Britain, 1862. 

 Annual value of finished products - - £2,500,000 

 Weight of dry products - 280,000 tons. 



Raw Materials consumed per annum. 

 Salt ..... 



Coals 



Limestone and Chalk - 



Pyrites - - - - - - 



Nitrate of Soda - 



Manganese - - - - - 



Timber for Casks - 



Total - 

 Capital employed in the Manufacture. 



In Land 



In Plant, Buildings, &c. 



Working Capital - 



Tons. 



254,600 



961,000 



280,500 



264,000 



8,300 



33,000 



33,000 



1,834,500 



£235,000 

 950,000 

 825,000 



Total Capital 



£2,010,000 



Annual Cost of Material for Repairs. 

 Stones, bricks, slates, iron, lead, timber, &c. - £135,500 



Labour, not including Labour in Transit 





No of 

 Hands. 



Souls. 



Annual 



Amount of 



Wages. 



Directly employed 

 Employed in getting coals 

 „ making salt 

 Getting and breaking limestone 

 Getting pyrites - 

 Felling and sawing timber for 

 casks - - - - - 



10,600 



3,110 



420 



660 



4,030 



330 



53,000 



15,500 



2,100 



3,300 



20,150 



1,656 



£ 



549,500 



112,840 



16,380 



25,740 



157,150 



10,140 



Total labour employed in the 

 manufacture, and in the pre- 

 paration of raw materials 

 used in it - 



19,140 



95,700 



871,750 



Manufactures depending upon the Products of the Alkali Trade. 



Soap. 

 Glass. 

 Paper. 

 Cotton. 



Linen. 

 Woollen. 

 Colour making. 



All chemical ma- 

 nufactures of 

 any magnitude. 



