AND ON THE CONTINENT.
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YEARLY EXPENDITURE.
A,
B,
Weaverat Darwcn.
c.
Fustian Cutter atIlebden Bridge.
Brought forward
£141
9
8
£79
12
6
£122
12
8
Clothing
16
10
0
6
0
0
40
0
0
Boots, shoes, and clogsRepairs
3
12
0
2
0
0
3
10
0
1
10
0
2
0
0
Thread and sewing materials
0
4
2
0
5
0
0
12
0
Kitchen utensils, furniture ..Books (in case B from the
1
0
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
library of the Co-op Society)
1
0
0
0
18
0
Doctor, chemist
4
0
0
0
15
0
1
5
0
Taxes ..
2
0
0
• •
1
18
6
Other expenditure (for A, ex-
penses for Sunday schoolsand religious purposes; forB, washing)
1
5
0
6
0
0
Total yearly expenditure ..
£172
10
10
£94
15
0
1
t—
16
2
Savings (for A and C, in-cluding the expenditure foryearly holidays)
£55
0
0
£G
0
0
£69
8
0
As a proof of the fact that the cotton operatives of Lancashire are by no means in an exceptional position, but rather that theirposition is merely that of the operatives of English centralisedindustry generally, the following instances are also quoted : —
The first instance refers to a representative of the miners inNorthumberland. The husband is 14, the wife 40 years old, andthey live in the neighbourhood of Delaval. There are eightchildren of the marriage, aged respectively from 2 to 21 years—four boys and four girls. The father and the two eldest sons go towork—all three in the mine. The father earns 36s. per week, thesons 25s. and 14s. The hours of labour amount to 40 per week,and, on the average, 6 hours’ overtime. Every fortnight a day’sholiday is taken, so that in reality only 11 days are devoted towork. The yearly income of the father amounts—reckoning 50weeks yearly—to £90, that of the two sons to £97. To thesesums a yearly dividend of £19 4s. from the co-operative societyhas to be added, and from other investments £28 6s. This gives atotal yearly income of £234.