402
&
a
1
c
o
° t
I 5
II
Number of
Apprentices.
Shillings.
20 to 21
40
35
25
598
329
25
280
130
Kilmarnock - - - -
20
6
6
20
21
18
Stirling — - — - -
20
9
12
954
550
In London there are, besides the numbers stated, 800 menand 350 boys who work exclusively at press.
There are printed in London , 50 weekly, 294 monthly, and55 quarterly publications. The majority of the weeklies,and about 100 of the monthlies, are chiefly composed byboys; but the quarterlies are mostly done by journeymen.In the United Kingdom there are 14 daily papers, 18 tri-weekly ones, 41 bi-weekly ones, and 403 weekly journals.Total, 476. Of these, 84 are printed in London , 238 in theprovinces of England and Wales, 70 in Scotland , and 84 inIreland . The ratio of employment afforded for the 14,500persons in the trade may be stated to be as follows:—
25
63
100
-
20 to 26
58
32
-
{
30 to 732s. 6 d. 5
380
270
-
15
9
5
-
20 to 21
10
8
Londonderry — -
-
18 to 21
12
24
—
15
12
-
12 to 15
4
14
543
475
RECAPITULATION.
33 to 4S
3,000
1.500
-
12 to 30
1,937
1,929
-
20 to 25
954
550
-
9
t
1 ’2s. to )32s. G d. i
548
475
Total - -
6,439
4,454
Journeymen
Appr
entices.
_
_
3,000
! 1
500
Provinces of EnglandWales — - -
and
}
2,500
i 2
000
-
-
1,500
: i
200
-
-
1,500
i
300
8,500
! 6
000
Total of persons
-
-
14,500
j
Newspaper
Jobbing;, Bookwork,
Department.
Publications, &c.
Journey-
Journey-
Boys.
London (daily press \excepted) — —3
600
300
1,940
1,200
1,430
1,200
1,070
800
500
350
1,000
850
600
450
900
850
3,130
2,300
4,910
3,700
On the London daily press 460 men are employed ; boy-labour is not countenanced on this work.
Shillingsper week.
1. London average wages of 2,350 members - - 25
2. The South Eastern District (8 towns), aver- ) ... , 0 .
age wages of 165 members - — from J 0 t0 -■*
3. The South Western District (14 towns), 320) . ^
members - -- -- - - j i!S
4. The Midland District (26 towns), 939 mem-) , Q ,
bers ------- from / 18 to 22
5. The Western District, Ireland (13 towns), 694 ) 1Q . 00
members _ from / 0 —
6. The Northern District, Scotland (10 towns), ) , . , ...
953 members - - - - - from/ 12 to 12
£. s.
London , 3,000 members at 25s. per week - — 3,750 u
Provinces of England, 2,500 members, at 20*\ 1 0 rnn nper week - -- -- -- - j ouu
Provinces of Ireland , 1,500 members, at 17s. 6 d. ) . irtperweek - -- -- -- - / 1 >' 31 - 10
Provinces of Scotland , 1,500 members, at 15s. 6d. ) . lro .per week - -- -- -- - j > ^ 11
Total Amount - - - £8,725 0
The following list, extracted from “ The Times,” ofMarch 1 , 1852, shows the Statistics of the London DailyNewspapers:—
1815
1816
IS IT
1S4S
1S49
1S50
The Times - - -
8
100,000
8
,950,000
9
025,230
a
021,500
11
300,000
n
900
000
Morning Advertiser —
i
440,000
1
,480.000
1
500,000
1
538,957
1
528,220
1
549
143
Daily News- — —
— -
3
,520,500
3
477,009
3
053,638
i
357,000
1
152
000
Morning Herald -
2
018,025
1
752,500
1
510,000
1
335,000
1
147,000
i
139
000
Morning Chronicle -
1
554,000
1
356,000
1
233,000
1
151,304
937,500
912
547
Morning Post - -
i
002,500
1
045,500
990,100
964.500
905,000
829
000
Sun — — — —.
i
093,500
1
104,000
909,000
893,312
873,000
831
500
Express - — —,
- -
160,000
778,714
8S3.013
964,000
776
950
Globe — — - —
852,000
764,000
690,000
720,000
630,000
585
000
Standard — — -
i
816,000
780,000
659,500
652,500
539,000
492
000
In London , the centre of the book trade, nearly 3,000works (including new editions), are published yearly, ofthe value of 45J,000/. ; two hundred and thirty monthlyand quarterly magazines produce 500,000/. yearly. Thestamp-duty on newspapers in 1845 was 327,682/.; in1850, sixty-five millions and three-quarters of pennystamps, and eleven millions and three-quarters of half-
penny stamps, were used by 159 London and 222 English provincial newspapers. Seven millions and three-quartersof penny stamps, and half a million of halfpenny stamps,by 110 Scottish papers. Six millions and three-quartersof penny, and half a million of halfpenny stamps, by102 Irish papers.—Vide “ Sharp's Gazetteer ” edition1852, page 977.