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Rh 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.

(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.