322 DICKSON ON THE PROFITS AND REFERENCE 



Five tons of New Zealand Flax (Phor- 



mium Tenax), £60 per ton 300 



f Cost of six tons of 

 undressed New- 

 Zealand, at £20 120 

 Deduct ^ Wages for breaking 



and scutching . 29 

 Liquid 30 



Coals 6 



. 185 



Net weekly profit £215 



or £11,180 per annum. 



In addition to this profit there is one-fourth of shorts or tow, 

 worth £30 to £36 and £56 per ton to be added ; also one ton is 

 allowed for waste in the Flax, hemp, and the New Zealand Flax 

 preparation. Mr. Dickson has been getting 2s. per lb. for 

 the rheea in Bradford, when combed, although, in estimating 

 the profits, he quotes it at Is. 6d. per lb. 



By the patent machine and processes, Flax and hemp, 

 from green unretted Flax and hemp straw, may be prepared 

 in from thirty minutes to three hours, according to the quality 

 of the material to be prepared, and for re-dressing (scutching 

 &c, &c.,) Irish hand-scutched, Friesland and Egyptian 

 native-scutched Flax, and also for re-dressing (thoroughly 

 cleansing,) New Zealand Flax (Phormium Tenax), Bombay, 

 Madras, Himalayan, Russian, Prussian, and Italian hemp. 

 The patent process will increase the value of each and all of 

 the above more than one-third in the markets of Great 

 Britain and Ireland, with the further advantage, that any 

 common labourer or girl can attend the machines, no skilled 

 scutchers being required. 



The Honourable the East India Company having sent to 

 the patentee's factory, Deptford, forty bales of Indian fibres, 



