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its value; and that of weaving cotton thread into cloth 117 per cent. on its value. The expense of spinning cotton into a fine thread is, in England, about 33 per cent.^[1]

(256.) As an example of the cost of the different processes of a manufacture, perhaps an analytical statement of the expense of the volume now in the reader's hands may not be uninteresting; more especially as it will afford an insight into the nature and extent of the taxes upon literature. It is found economical to print it upon paper of a very large size, so that although thirty-two pages, instead of sixteen, are really contained in each sheet, this work is still called 8vo.

					⁠£⁠	s.	⁠d.⁠
To Printer for composing (per sheet ⁠of 32 pages) 3l. 1s.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	101/2 sheets			⁠32	⁠0	6
[This relates to the ordinary size of the type used in the volume.]
To Printer for composing small type, ⁠as in extracts and contents, extra ⁠per sheet, 3s. 10d.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	......			⁠2	⁠0	3
To Printer, for composing table-work, ⁠extra per sheet, 5s. 6d.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	......			⁠2	17	9
Average charge for corrections, per ⁠sheet, 3l. 2s. 10d.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	......			⁠33	⁠0	0
Press-work, 3000 being printed off, ⁠per sheet, 3l. 10s.	$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$	......			⁠36	15	0
Paper for 3000, at 1l 11s. 6d. per ⁠ream, weighing 28lbs.: the duty on ⁠paper at 3d. per lb. amounts to 7s. ⁠per ream, so that the 63 reams which ⁠are required for the work will cost:—
⁠Paper		77	3	6
⁠Excise Duty		22	1	0
⁠Total expense of paper		—————			⁠99	⁠4	6
⁠Total expense of printing and paper					205	18	0

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1. These facts are taken from Crawfurd's Indian Archipelago.