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AS MEASURED BY MONEY.
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Prices of the following Articles at Birmingham, in the undermentioned Years.
| Description. | 1818. | 1824. | 1828. | 1830. | ||||||
| Þ | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
| Anvils | cwt. | 25 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Awls, polished, Liverpool | gross | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Bed-screws, 6 inches long | gross | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Bits, tinned, for bridles | doz. | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| Bolts for doors, 6 inches | doz. | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
| Braces for carpenters, with 12 bits | set | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Buttons, for coats | gross | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Buttons, small, for waistcoats, &c. | gross | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | |
| Candlesticks, 6 in., brass | pair | 2 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Curry-combs, six barred | doz. | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 11 | |
| Frying-pans | cwt. | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gun-locks, single roller | each | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | |
| Hammers, shoe, No. O | doz. | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| Hinges, cast-butts, 1 inch | doz. | 0 | 10 | 0 | 712 | 0 | 334 | 0 | 234 | |
| Knobs, brass, 2 inches for commodes | doz. | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |
| Latches for doors, bright thumb | doz. | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Locks for doors, iron rim, 6 inches | doz. | 38 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 13 | 6 | |
| Sad-irons & other castings | cwt. | 22 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 6 | |
| Shovel & tongs, fire-irons, | pair | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 6 | |
| Spoons, tinned table | gross | 17 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Stirrups, plated | pair | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trace-chains | cwt. | 28 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 16 | 6 | |
| Trays, japanned tea, 30 inches | each | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| Vices for blacksmiths, &c. | cwt. | 30 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 19 | 6 | |
| Wire, brass | lb. | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| , iron, No. 6 | bund | 16 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
(202.) I have taken some pains to assure myself of the accuracy of the above table: at different periods of the years quoted the prices may have varied; but
