and ages of the persons employed, with other useful facts:silk, wool and flax of this parish and county, the number exhibit the extent of the manufactures in cotton, worsted, The following tables, extracted from recent official papers, RETURN OF THE NUMBER AND AGES OF HANDS EMPLOYED EACH TOWNSHIP OF THE PARISH OF MANCHESTER: May, 1836. IN COTTON, SILK, WOOLLEN, WORSTED AND FLAX MILLS IN under 12.funder 13.junder 14.funder 15.15 & under 18. Above 18. Total. Children in Schooling. 12 5 39 15 20 45 Crumpsall. 12 23 34 25 19561 རྣམ་ 21 48 15 30 40 30 82 194 180 294 375 11 14 10 20 16 28 127 94 173 168 3 14 8 7 14 31 391 70 69 127 20 53 73 94 176 260 328 467 19 19 18 18 40 66 102 137 191 The following is a return of the hands employed in that part of the parish superintended by Mr. Trimmer, which, added to Mr. Heathcote's, will give the complete numbers for the parish of Manchester: under 12. under 13. under 14.(under 15.junder 18.jabove 18.1 Total. Cotton.... 42 2 14 13 103 114 321 342 196 200 280 3011553 1963 2467 2933 6 1 5 5 41 40 63 47 Total..... 16 13 105 114 328 343 202 201 285 306 1594 2003 2530 2980 SUMMARY OF THE FACTORY HANDS IN ALL THE OTHER PARISHES OF LANCASHIRE, EMBRACED IN MR. HEATHCOTE'S SUPERIN * The return not received. Last year the total in all the mills was 9,600. SUMMARY OF MILLS IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER, THE NUMBER OF STEAM ENGINES AND WATER WHEELS, WITH THE HORSE POWER, AND THE NUMBER OF HANDS EMPLOYED IN 1835. 56 STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF MILLS NEWLY-BUILT OR ENLARGED DURING THE YEAR 1835-6, IN THE COUNTY OF LANCASTER: May, 1836. The power here stated is incomplete, several factories being yet unfinished. Of the total number of mills given above, five of the cotton and one of the woollen have merely been enlarged: all the rest are new. The actual power of the cotton mills varies slightly from the "available" amount, which is 2,007. The next official Table shews the number of powerlooms employed by manufacturers in the parish ; |