. 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 . or whipping 3G0 tons at 8f/. per £ s. 12 0 0 Lightermans wages for 1 week en-gaged in lightering the said 360tons from ship to wharf . 1 10 0 Expenses of backing the said coalsfrom craft to wharf at \l\d. perton 10 17 0 £m G Expense of delivering a Ship of 3(50 tons bi/ ihcprocess of Coalbacking. For backing a ship of 3G0 tonsdu-ectly from the ship to thewharf £10 17 G By the above accoimtit will be seen, that ifa coUier of 300 to
. 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 . or whipping 3G0 tons at 8f/. per £ s. 12 0 0 Lightermans wages for 1 week en-gaged in lightering the said 360tons from ship to wharf . 1 10 0 Expenses of backing the said coalsfrom craft to wharf at \l\d. perton 10 17 0 £m G Expense of delivering a Ship of 3(50 tons bi/ ihcprocess of Coalbacking. For backing a ship of 3G0 tonsdu-ectly from the ship to thewharf £10 17 G By the above accoimtit will be seen, that ifa coUier of 300 tons is delivered in the Pool,the expense is 30/. 7s. 6f/., but if delivered atthe wharf-side the expense is 10/. lis. Qd., thedifference between the two processes being13/. 10s. Hence, if the consumer were thegainer, the coals should be delivered belowbridge 9(/. a ton cheaper than they are abovebridge. The nine coalwhippers ordinarily en-gaged in the whipping of the coals would havegained 1/. Cs. 8f/. each man if they had notbeen backed out of the ship ; but as thecoals delivered by backing below bridge arenot cheaper, and the whippers have not re-. LONDON LABOUR AND THE LONDON POOR. iVd cived auy money, it foUons that the 12/.vvhicli has been jiaid by the shipowner to thoniercliant for the expense of wliipping liasbeen pocketed by the merchant, and the ex-pense of lightering, 1/. 10s., saved by huu;making a total profit of 13/. 10s., not to men-tion the cost of wear and t(;ar, and interest ofcapital simk in barges. This sum of moneyis made at the expense of the coalbackersthemselves, who are seldom able to continuethe labour (so extreme is it) for more thantwenty years at the outside, the average dura-tion of the labourers being only twelve this period, the men, from having beenoverstrained by their violent exertion, are un-able to pursue any other calling; and yet themerchants, I am sorry to say, have not evenencouraged them to form either a benefitsociety, a
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