320 



DICKSON ON THE COST OF HIS 



ESTIMATED PEOFITS FKOM WOKKING. 

 The above named Machines will turn off from five to six tons 

 per week of clean, marketable fibre, with the following workers : 



2 men at Breaker, 20s. per week 



£2 











6 Girls attending, 5s. do. ... 



1 



10 







12 do. Scutching, 6s.6d. do. ... 



3 



18 







6 do. attending, 5s. do. ... 



1 



10 







3 do. Washing, 6s. do. ... 







18 







3 do. Wringing, 6s. do. ... 







18 







6 do. attending, 5s. do. ... 



1 



10 







3 Men at the Vats, 18s. do. ... 



2 



14 







3 Girls attending, 5s. do. ... 



n 

 u 



10 



A 



u 



1 Silk Combing Machine Manager 









35s. per week 



1 



15 







6 Boys attending, 15s. per week 



4 



10 







2 boys slivering engine 15s. do. 



1 



10 







2 boys carding do. 15s. do. 



1 



10 







2 men at the Boilers, 20s. do. 



2 



•0 







1 Manager, 42s. do. 



2 



2 







Total 58 Hands, at Weekly wages £29 



Five tons of Dickson's prepared rheea* 

 would be worth Is. 6d. per lb., or 



£168 per ton " ...£840 



r Liquid, £6 per ton £30 

 Wages 29 



Cost of rheea, six 



Deduct 4 , , n Q n 



tons, at £30 per 



ton 180 



.Coals ... "... ... 6 



— — ; 245 o o 



Net weekly profit £595 



or £30,900 per annum. 



* J. Hill Dickson hadorders for 250 tons of prepared rheea, at £168 per 

 ton, tor French spinners, amounting to £42,000, but the Jew Company obliged 

 him to refuse the order. 



