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 472 THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL Mothers of abov Leeds .............. Yorkshire .......... England .......... Wes ............ Scotland .......... Ireland ............ Elsewhere..., ...... Total .......... 17 41 73 45 176 22 29 60 46 157 9 23 41 15 88 1 1 3, 5 -- 1 1 5 7 3 6 3 2 14 -- -- I 1 52 101 181 114 448  m m ', i OCCUPATIONS BEFORE M.IAGE OF MOTHERS 1 O! Tailoresses aged ...... Service ............ At home ............ Dressmaker, milliner. Weaver ............ Millhand, feeler, &c.. Machinist, tailoress.. Miscellaneous ...... Not stated .......... 25 & upwards. 20--25. 14 84 12 18 0 2 3 5 25 27 16 .20 13 ..16. 5O 32 26 9 12 8 27 I 26t 3 6 12 3 39 23 Percentages At home Not stated ........ Service ............ Weang, spinning, reehng, burling, &c. Other occupations .. 67 108 186 118 55'2 41'6 35 27 21 31'5 27 27 10'5 14 23'6 31 13'3 12'9 14'4 15 Tailoresses aged ........ Service ............ Dressmaking ...... Weaving .......... Miscellaneous ...... None .............. PREVIOUS OCCUPATION OF 25 & upwards. 20 25 Under 20. 14 11 9 9 6 13 6 2 5 10 22 33 79 260 Total ........ 67 108 804 I can here only touch upon the wages earned in other indus- tries, such as the boot and shoe trade, cap-making, nail-cutting by machinery, paper-bag-making. The wages in these trades are largely determined by the two principal industries in the town. In East London the wages of the majority of adult women of the factory class, Will be found to lie between 8s. and 13s. a week. In Leeds, except in the lowest class of labour, which is but a small proportion of the whole, they may be expected to lie between 11s. x The occupations of the fathers are too numerous for classification. The follow- ing are a few of them: Shoemaker, joiner, dyer, tile-maker, boiler-maker, brewer, mason, moulder, brick-maker, clerk, tailor, gamekeeper, greengrocer, chemist, currier, painter, cabinet-maker, leather-dresser, engineer, marble carver, forgeman, traveller, drayman, upholsterer, miner, foreman, wheelwright, machinery agent, farmer tobacc__onist, policeman, &c.