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Title: London labour and the London poor; a cyclopædia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work
Year: 1861 (1860s)
Authors: Mayhew, Henry, 1812-1887 Tuckniss, William
Subjects: Working class Crime Prostitution Poor Charities
Publisher: London : Griffin, Bohn, and Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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y earnings about . 0 16 6 Second Quarter.—April 7 to June 30.Employed 44 days-Delivered 2GO0 tons Amount earned at 9d. per ton £10 10 &Deduct waterage . . 7s. 4f/. ; „ -., ^Office expenses , . 4s. id. J £d 19 0 Average weekly earnings . 0 15 3-^ Third Quarter—July 4 to September 24. Employed 42 days Delivered ..... 2485 tonsAmount earned at 8d. per ton . £9 4 4^Deduct waterage . 7s. Od ; ^^ ^^ ^^^Office expenses . Ss. Wfd.) * £8 13 6^ Average weekly earnings . 0 14 2 Fourth Quarter—Oct. 4 to Dec. 20. Employed 49 days Delivered .... 2858-2- tons Amount earned at Bcf. per ton . ^£9 10 4gDeduct waterage . . 8s. 2rf. \ ^ -.,-> _oaOffice expenses . .-is.l^d.) * 1-9 4 1 Average weekly earnings . 0 14 1 f Fii-st QuarterSecond Quarter .Thii-d Quarter .Fourth Quarter . £.10 2 4i 9 19 0 8 13 6-J 9 4 1 £37 19 0 Average weekly earnings . 0 14 6 Employed—First Quarter . . 50 days. Second Quarter . 44 „ Third Quarter . 42 „ Fourth Quarter . 49 „ Idle 185 days.180 days.
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LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. Ml Second Account. Coalwhlppers,Employed . . . .193 days Delivered .... 11,)733 tons Amount earned at dd. per ton . £46 15 10^Deduct waterage . . . 1 12 2 Ub 3 8i Average Tveekly earnings . 0 17 4^ Third Account. EmployedDelivered .Amount earned .Deduct -waterage Gross earnings 168 days98741 tons£37 19 018 0 £36 11 0 Average weeMy earnings . 0 14 0^ The above accounts are ratlier above thanunder the average. I then proceeded to take the statement ofsome of the different classes of the men.The first was a coalwhipper, whom the menhad selected as one knowing more about theircalling than the generality. He told me asfollows:— I am about forty, and am a manied manwith a family of six children. I worked underthe old system, and that to my soitow. If Ihad been paid in money, according to thework I then did, I could have averaged 305.a-week. Instead of recei%dng that amount inmoney, I was compelled to spend in drink15s. to 18s. per week, when work was

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