£ s. d.
Coachmaker 1,637 15 0
Carver 2,500 0 0
Gilder 935 14 0
Painter 315 0 0
Laceman 737 10 7
Chaser 665 4 6
Harness Maker 385 15 0
Mercer 202 510½
Belt Maker 99 6 6
Milliner 31 3 4
Sadler 10 16 6
Woollen Draper 4 3 6
Cover Maker 3 9 6
7,562 4 3½

[2] There are 36 Trusses in a Load of Hay, and the same in a Load of Straw; 40 Trusses of each, 1 Ton.

[3] These were by Chief Justice Mansfield called “Bankrupt Carts,” because they were, and are, frequently driven by those who could neither afford the Money to support them, nor the Time spent in using them, the want of which, in their Business, brought them to Bankruptcy.

[4] Do not give unusually high standing Wages. These should neither exceed nor fall short of the Rates which Custom has established; or, in the former case, you will make your own servants idle and extravagant, and those of your neighbours unhappy and discontented. If you do not pay the customary compensation for the service you receive, you will excite a continually rankling discontent in the minds of your Domestics, and will be harassed with those continual changes in your establishment, which will soon render Good Servants shy of engaging in it.

The best way to encourage Servants is to give them “Occasional Presents and Indulgences.” These I would not bestow in Money, but give him a pair of Good Boots or Shoes, or an Umbrella, or a Watch, according to his Diligence and Long Service: confer these Rewards, rather as given for general Good Conduct, than as for any particular occurrence, or they may be received as merited payment for an insulated piece of service.

[5] The price charged by Mr. Williams, Button Manufacturer, No. 103, St. Martin’s Lane, for a pair of Button Dies, is £2. 2s.

Buttons are not always stamped so carefully as they ought to be:—caution your Button Maker, that you will not take any impressions that are imperfect: you may be charged a trifle more per Dozen, if you will have every Button as perfect as the Proof Specimen. Let the Letters of the Motto, which is generally put round the Crest, be large enough to be legible—they are generally too small.

[6]

s. d.
Letting the Horses wash their Mouths, which is comfortable to them in very hot weather. If you are Travelling a long Journey, it will refresh them much more, if you at the same time give them a little bit of Hay; for these you are generally charged, for a Pair of Horses 0 6
For a Short Bait, i. e. if you go out for Ten Miles, and the Horses are put up for an hour or two, a feed, a Quartern of Corn each, including 6d. to the Hostler, is about 1 6

See more of the Estimates of Expenses in Travelling, in Part I. of the “Traveller’s Oracle.”