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JEWELLERS.

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far as can be done without disclosing the namesof individuals or manufacturing firms, or withoutcommunicating the extent of the dealings of eachrespectively. The conclusion to which we havecome is that in the jewellery manufacture of Eng-land, including London, Birmingham , and theother places where gold is used, the consumptionof standard gold is four times as much as theweight of that which is used in that manufacture inpure gold as sold to the jewellers by the refiners.

We would then state the actual conversion orapplication of gold in Great Britain to be

Fine gold used bygilders of the severalkinds, and by platers, 88,000 ounces;

By jewellers of allkinds, . . . 58,000

146,000 at 4/. Is. 6d. £638,750 0 0Standard gold used

by jewellers, . . 232,000 3 17 10i 902,270 O O

Gold watches, viz. in Lon-don annually 13,820', inBirmingham 600 , in all theother places about 300; inthe whole 14,720 watches,which average two ounceseach, being 29,440 ounces,which, being only of 18 carats,may be valued at 3 1. 5s. per

ounce, . . . 3 5 0 95,680 0 0

Tl,636,700 0 0

1 See Appendix, No. 16.