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MEMORANDUM OF LABOUR AND WAGES. 
sion, I was requested by a particular friend of mine to go and 
look at a horse for him, advertised as “ a capital hackney/’ with 
the usual ad captandum et cateras , standing in a mews near 
Russell Square. My reply to the request was that I should 
comply with much pleasure ; but that from my experience in 
such matters, my counsel was to have nothing to do with 
advertised horses. I went. I found the stable with some 
difficulty; but it proved so dark, I could scarcely see 
whether any horse was within it or not. After considerable 
hesitation, amounting almost to refusal, on the part of the 
man, to bring the horse out into daylight, I found the horse 
lame, besides being imperfect in his vision. I wrote to my 
friend stating such particulars, who then agreed with me 
that iC all was not gold that glitters ” in the public papers ; 
but, on the contrary, that the majority of such advertisements 
were impositions. 
MEMORANDA OF SHOEING. 
The Number of Shoes to be made for a Day’s work by Two Men ; 
the Number to be put on for a Dafs work , and likewise the 
Number of Removes and Leather Soles. 
Making 
5 dozen of saddle-horse shoes is a day’s work for 2 men. 
5 „ coach-horse „ ,, 3 men. 
4 „ cart-horse „ „ 3 men. 
32 shoes put on is a day’s work for 2 men. 
48 „ „ „ 3 men. 
20 shoes removed is a day’s work for 1 man. 
40 „ „ „ 2 men. 
16 leather soles are a day’s work for 1 man; they are 
charged the same as new shoes. 
£ s. d. 
The foreman has per week 
1 
7 
0 
Three quarters of a day overtime . 
• 
0 
3 
41 
1 
10 
41 
The door-man’s wages per week £ 1 
1 s. 0 d. 
Overtime three quarters of a 
day at 3s. 6d. per day . . 0 
2 7\ 
1 
3 
71 
The amount of the two men’s wages 
for the week and f ths of a day 
over 
2 
14 
0 
