| FOREIGN AND COLONIAL WOOL IMPORTED INTO ENGLAND.[765] | |||
| lb. | |||
| 1766 | 1,926,000 | ||
| 1771 | 1,829,000 | ||
| 1780 | 323,000 | ||
| 1790 | 2,582,000 | ||
| 1800 | 8,609,000 | ||
| 1810 | 10,914,000 | ||
| 1820 | 9,775,000 | ||
| 1830 | 32,305,000 | ||
| 1840 | 49,436,000 | ||
| 1850 | 74,326,000 | ||
| 1855 | 99,300,000 | ||
| 1857 | 127,390,000 | ||
| PRICES OF LABOUR IN SURREY IN 1780.[766] | ||
| s. | d. | |
| Day labourer, per day, in winter | 1 | 4 |
| " " in summer | 1 | 6 |
| Reaping wheat, per acre | 7 | 0 |
| " " and according to the crop up to | 12 | 0 |
| Mowing barley, per acre | 2 | 6 |
| " oats " | 1s. 6d. to 2 | 0 |
| " grass " | 2 | 6 |
| Hand-hoeing turnips, per acre, first time | 6 | 0 |
| " " second time | 4 | 0 |
| Thatching hayricks, per square of 100 ft. | 1 | 0 |
| Washing and shearing sheep, per score | 3 | 0 |
| Ploughing light land, per acre | 5 | 0 |
| " stiff " " | 7s. to 10 | 0 |
| Common hurdles, each | 5 | |
In 1816 there were said to be 589,374 occupiers of land in Great Britain[767]—
| With incomes under £50 | 114,778 |
| Between £50 and £150 | 432,534 |
| Over £150 | 42,062 |
| ——— | |
| 589,374 | |
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In 1907 there were 510,954 occupiers of one acre and more.
| MULHALL'S CALCULATION OF AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGES IN ENGLAND. | |||||
| Bailiff. | Shepherd. | Labourer. | Woman. | Boy. | |
| 1800 | £20 | £16 | £12 | £8 | £6 |
| 1850 | 40 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 8 |
| 1880 | 52 | 36 | 30 | 15 | 10 |
The average annual cost of living of an agricultural family of five was in 1823 £31, in 1883, £37.
| COMPARATIVE STATEMENT BY A. YOUNG OF PRICES AND WAGES IN ENGLAND FROM 1200 TO 1810 ON THE PRINCIPLE OF REPRESENTING FACTS IN 1810 BY THE NUMBER 20, AND THE FACTS OF THE PRECEDING PERIODS BY THE PROPORTION BORNE BY THEM TO THAT NUMBER. | |||||
| Periods. | Wheat. | Meat. | Wool. | Labourer's Wages. | Horses. |
| 1200-99 | 51/2 | ... | ... | 31/2 | ... |
| 1300-99 | 61/4 | ... | ... | 43/4 | ... |
| 1400-99 | 3 | ... | ... | 51/2 | ... |
| 1500-99 | 6 | ... | ... | 51/2 | ... |
| 1600-99 | 91/4 | ... | ... | 8 | ... |
| 1700-66 | 73/4 | 71/2 | 12 | 10 | 153/4 |
| 1767-89 | 11 | 111/2 | 151/3 | 121/2 | 171/4 |
| 1790-1803 | 13 | 161/2 | 161/6 | 163/4 | 191/2 |
| 1804-10 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
Thus wheat in 1804-10 had risen 233 per cent. since the sixteenth century.