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15. OF THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

Before giving a Summary of the Capital and
Income of the above-mentioned class, I shall en-
deavour to arrive at some notion as to the number
of persons belonging to this division of the London
Street-sellers.

As far as I am able to ascertain, the following
estimate may be taken as an approximation to the
truth. There are in the metropolis 100 hard
ware-sellers, 6 cheap Johns, 30 sellers of cutlery,
6 sellers of tailors' needles, 20 sellers of metal
spoons, 500 sellers of jewellery, 2 sellers of card
counters, 15 sellers of medals, 6 sellers of rings
and sovereigns for a wager, 25 sellers of children's
gilt watches, 100 sellers of tin-ware, 100 swag-
barrowmen, 12 sellers of dog-collars, &c., 40 sellers
of tools, 380 sellers of crockery and glass-wares,
12 sellers of spar-ornaments, 30 sellers of China-
ornaments, 6 sellers of stone-fruit, 120 packmen
and duffers or hawkers of soft wares, 500 sellers
of tapes, cottons, &c.. 100 sellers of lace, 15
sellers of japanned table covers, 500 brace and
belt-sellers, 50 sellers of hose, 3 sellers of waist-
coats, 230 sellers of blacking, 125 sellers of black-
lead, 5 sellers of French polish, 7 sellers of grease-
removing composition, 4 sellers of plating-balls,
8 sellers of corn-salve, 4 sellers of China and
glass cement, 6 sellers of razor paste, 55 sellers of
crackers and detonating-balls, 200 sellers of
Lucifer matches, 100 sellers of cigar-lights, 30
sellers of gutta-percha heads, 50 sellers of fly-
papers and beetle-wafers, 25 sellers of poison for
rats, 35 sellers of walking-sticks, 30 sellers of
whips, 4 sellers of clay and Meerschaum pipes, 15
sellers of tobacco-boxes, snuff-boxes, and cigar-
cases, 100 sellers of cigars, 50 sellers of sponge,
200 sellers of wash-leathers, 35 sellers of specta-
cles, and eye-glasses, 50 sellers of dolls, 50 lot-
sellers, 2 sellers of Roulette tables, 4 sellers of
rhubarb, 100 rat-catchers, 50 sellers of combs, 50
sellers of money-bags, 70 sellers of coat-studs;
making altogether a total of 4272.

Some few of the above trades are, however, of
only a temporary character; as, for instance, such
as are engaged in the street-sale of crackers and
detonating-balls — the month of November and the
Christmas week being the only regular periods, with
the exception of fairs and races, for the vending of
those articles. The fly-papers and beetle-wafers
are other instances of the same kind — summer
being the only season in which there is a demand
for such things. Making due allowance therefore
for the temporary character of some of the callings,
as well as for the itinerancy and unsettledness of
other trades or traders, we may, I think, safely as-
sume that the street-sellers connected with this
class are about 4000 in number.

Concerning the amount of capital invested in
this branch of the street-traffic as well as the
income derived therefrom, the following tables are
given as being somewhat near the truth.

METAL.

Street-Sellers of Hardware.

Stock-money for 100 vendors at 10s. £ s. d. each...50 0 0

Cheap Johns.

6 carts 30l. each, and stock-money
for the same, 50l. each...480 0 0

Street-Sellers of Cutlery.

Stock-money for 30 vendors at
1s. 6d. each...2 5 0

Blind Street-Sellers of Tailors' Needles.

6 boxes at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 6 vendors at 2s. each...1 1 0

Streets-Sellers of Metal Spoons, &c., at Public-
Houses.

Stock-money for 20 vendors at
2s. 6d. each...2 10 0

Street-Sellers of Jewellery.

500 boxes at 3s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 500 vendors at 15s. each. 462 10 0

Street-Sellers of Card-Counters, Medals, &c.

17 boxes at 3s. each; stock-money
for 17 vendors at 2s. 6d. each...4 13 6

Street-Sellers of Rings and Sovereigns for Wagers.

Stock-money for 6 vendors at 2s. 6d. each...0 15 0

Street-Sellers of Children's Gilt Watches.

Stock-money for 25 vendors at 5s. each...6 5 0

Street-Sellers of Tin-Ware. £ s. d.

50 stalls, at 3s. each; stock-money
for 100 vendors, averaging 6s. each 37 10 0

Street Swag-barrowmen.

100 barrows, at 1l. each; stock-
money for 150 swag-barrowmen, at
10s. each...175 0 0

Street-Sellers of Dog-collars, Key-rings, &c.

6 stalls, at 3s. each; stock-money
for 12 vendors, at 5s. each...3 18 0

Street-Sellers of Tools.

6 stalls, at 3s. each; stock-money
for 40 vendors, at 10s. each...20 18 0

CROCKERY AND GLASS.

Street-Sellers of Crockery and Glass-Wares.

100 barrows, at 1l. each; 280 bas-
kets, at 2s. 6d. each; 280 linen bags,
at 1s. 6d. each; stock-money for 380
vendors, at 10s. each...346 0 0

Street-Sellers of Spar and China-Ornaments,
and Stone-Fruit.

16 barrows, at 1l. each; stock-
money for 12 vendors of spar-orna-
ments, at 15s. each; 16 baskets, at
2s. 6d. each; 16 stalls, at 3s. each;
stock-money for 6 vendors of stone-
fruit, at 10s. each; and 20 roulette
tables, at 2s. 6d. each; stock-money
for 30 sellers of China-ornaments, at
5s. each...42 8 0

TEXTILE.

Packmen and Duffers, or Hawkers of Soft Wares.

120 wrappers, at 2s. each; stock-
money for 120 hawkers, at 5l. each 612 0 0

Street-Sellers of Small Ware, or Tapes,
Cottons, &c.

500 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 500 vendors, at 1s. each 62 10 0

Street-Sellers of Lace.

20 baskets, at 2s. 6d. each; 20
boxes, at 3s. each; 60 stalls, at 3s. each; stock-money for 100 vendors,
averaging 2s. 6d. each...27 0 0

Street-Sellers of Japan Table-Covers.

Stock-money for 15 sellers, at 10s. each...7 10 0

Street-Sellers of Braces and Belts, Hose, Trowser-
straps, and Waistcoats.

100 stalls, at 4s. each; 300 rods,
with hooks to hang the braces upon,
at 3d. each; stock-money for 500
brace-sellers, at 5s. each...148 15 0

Street-Sellers of Hose.

Stock-money for 50 vendors, at
10s. each...25 0 0

Street-Sellers of Waistcoats.

Stock-money for 3 vendors, at 15s. each...2 5 0

CHEMICALS.

Street-Sellers of Blacking.

200 boxes, at 6d. each; 30 bags,
at 1s. each; stock-money for 230 £ s. d. vendors, averaging 2s. each...29 10 0

Street-Sellers of Black-Lead.

Stock-money for 125 vendors, at
1s. each...6 5 0

Street-Sellers of French Polish.

5 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 5 vendors, at 2s. 6d. each 1 0 0

Street-Sellers of Grease-removing Composition.

7 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 7 vendors, at 1s. 6d. each 1 1 0

Street-Sellers of Plating-Balls.

4 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 4 vendors, at 1s. each. 0 10 0

Street-Sellers of Corn-Salve.

8 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 8 vendors, at 6d. each. 0 16 0

Street-Sellers of Glass and China-Cement.

4 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 4 vendors, at 6d. each. 0 8 0

Street-Sellers of Razor-Paste.

6 trays, at 2s. each; stock-money
for 6 vendors, at 1s. each...0 18 0

Street-Sellers of Crackers and Detonating-Balls.

55 trays, at 2s. each; stock-money
for 55 vendors, at 1s. 6d. each..9 12 6

Street-Sellers of Lucifer Matches.

200 boxes, at 6d. each; stock-
money for 200 vendors, at 6d. each. 10 0 0

Street-Sellers of Cigar-Lights.

Stock-money for 100 vendors, at
6d. each...2 10 0

Street-Sellers of Gutta-Percha Heads.

30 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 30 vendors, at 1s. each. 3 15 0

Street-Sellers of Fly-Papers and Beetle-Wafers.

Stock-money for 50 vendors, at 1s. each...2 10 0

Street-Sellers of Poison for Rats.

Stock-money for 25 vendors, at
2s. 6d. each...3 2 6

MISCELLANEOUS.

Street-Sellers of Walking-sticks.

Stock-money for 35 vendors, at 5s. each...8 15 0

Street-Sellers of Whips.

Stock-money for 30 vendors, at 15s. each...22 10 0

Street-Sellers of Pipes (Tobacco).

Stock-money for 4 vendors, at 5s. each...1 0 0

Street-Sellers of Snuff-Boxes, Tobacco-Boxes, &c.

15 stalls, at 4s. each; stock-money
for 15 vendors, at 10s. each...10 10 0

Street-Sellers of Cigars.

Stock-money for 100 vendors, at
10s. each...50 0 0

Street-Sellers of Sponge.

50 baskets, at 1s. each; stock-
money for 50 vendors, at 5s. each. 15 0 0

Street-Sellers of Wash-Leathers.

Stock-money for 200 vendors, at
2s. 6d. each...25 0 0

Street-Sellers of Spectacles and £ s. d.
Eye-Glasses.

Stock-money for 35 vendors, at 5s. each...8 15 0

Street-Sellers of Dolls.

20 stalls, at 4s. each; 30 baskets,
at 3s. 6d. each; stock-money for 50
vendors, at 10s. each...34 5 0

Street Lot-Sellers.

50 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each; stock-
money for 50 sellers, at 2s. 6d. each. 10 0 0

Street-Sellers of Roulette Boxes.

2 baskets, at 3s. 6d.; stock-money
for 2 vendors, at 1l. each...2 7 0

Street-Sellers of Rhubarb and Spice.

4 boxes, at 6s. each; stock-money
for 4 vendors, at 10s. each...3 4 0

Rat-Catchers.

20 belts, at 3s. 6d. each; 25 cages,
at 1s. each; 25 pair of ferrets, at
2s. 6d. per pair; keep for 25 pair of
ferrets, at 4d. per pair weekly..8 5 10

Street-Sellers of Combs.

50 stalls, at 3s. each; 50 boxes,
at 3s. 6d. each; stock-money for 50
vendors, at 2s. 6d. each...22 10 0

Street-Sellers of Money-Bags.

Stock-money for 50 vendors, at 2s. each...5 0 0

Street-Sellers of Coat-Studs.

70 boxes, at 1s. 6d. each, stock-
money for 70 vendors, at 2s. 6d. each 14 0 0

Total amount of capital...2,833 13 4

INCOME OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES.
METAL.

Street-Sellers of Hardware.

There are at present 100 hardware
sellers, trading in London, &c.; half
of them, I am assured, may be said
to take on an average from 20s. to 25s., weekly the year through; a quarter
take 15s., and the remaining quarter
from 7s. 6d. to 10s. Calculating an
average receipt of 15s. each per week,
throughout the entire class, men,
women, and children, we find there
is annually expended in street-sold
hardwares...3,900 0 0

Cheap Johns.

If we calculate that there are 6
"Cheap Johns" in London through-
out the year, and that they each
take 4l. per day for nine months in
the year, or 24l. per week; this
amounts to about 5,000l. in nine
months. Say that during the winter
or the remaining 13 weeks of the
year, their receipts are 15l. each per
week, this amounts to upwards of
1000l. additional, thus making a gross
annual outlay with these dealers of 6,000 0 0

Street-Sellers of Cutlery.

Reckoning there are 30 men who
are engaged regularly in the sale of
cutlery, and that the average takings £ s. d. of each are about 15s. weekly, this
gives a yearly expenditure in the street-
trade of cutlery...1,170 0 0

Blind Street-Sellers of Tailors' Needles.

There are now 6 men engaged in
selling needles at the several tailors'
shops, and calculating their average
daily receipts to be 2s. 6d. or 15s. a week each, we find that the annual
takings of the whole are...234 0 0

Street-Sellers of Metal-Spoons in Publichouses.

From the best information I can
arrive at, the number of metal-spoon
hawkers is 20, each of whom take
upon an average 16s. weekly, thus
showing a yearly expenditure in the
street-sale of spoons of...832 0 0

Street-Sellers of Jewellery.

I am informed that there are at
present 500 persons engaged in the
street sale of jewellery, and calcu-
lating a weekly profit of 10s. 6d., and
a receipt of 18s. per individual, we
find expended in the street-trade..23,400

Street-Sellers of Card-Counters.

If there be, on the year's average,
only two street-sellers disposing of
"Jacks" and earning 9s. a week, — to
earn which the receipts will be about
20s., — we find expended in the streets
on these trifles annually...104 0 0

Street-Sellers of Medals.

An intelligent man, familiar with
the trade, and who was in the habit
of clubbing his stock-money with two
others, so that they might buy a gross
of medals at a time, calculated that
15 medal-sellers were engaged in
the traffic the year through, and
earned, upon medals alone, 6d. a day
each, to clear which they must take
6s. 6d. weekly, giving a yearly out-
lay of...253 10 0

Street-Sellers of Rings and Sovereigns for a
Wager.

One of this class, who is "up to all
the dodges of the trade," informed me
that there were only 6 men working
the rings and sovereigns now in the
streets, and that the average takings
of each might be about 12s. weekly,
thus showing a yearly expenditure of 187 4 0

Street-Sellers of Children's Gilt Watches.

Calculating that 25 persons now
vend watches for twelve weeks in the
year and that each clears 8s. weekly,
taking 24s., we find yearly expended
in London streets on these toy
watches...360 0 0

Street-Sellers of Tin-Ware.

If we calculate an average receipt,
per individual, of 10s. weekly: we find,
reckoning 100 sellers, a yearly ex-
penditure on tins, bought in the
street, of...2,600 0 0

Swag-Barrowmen. £ s. d.

Calculating that 100 of these
traders are, the year round, in London
(some are absent all the summer at
country fairs, and on any favourable
opportunity), and that each takes 2l. weekly, we find thus expended in the
streets of London, in a year, no less
than...10,400 0 0

Sellers of Dog-Collars, Key-Rings, &c.

Reckoning 12s. weekly taken by
12 men, there is expended yearly in
the streets upon dog-collars...374 0 0

Street-Sellers of Tools.

There are at present 40 men en-
gaged in selling tools throughout the
metropolis and they each average
about 15s. weekly. This gives a
yearly outlay of...1,560 0 0

Street-Sellers of Crockery and Glass-Wares.

According to the best calculation
there are 380 vendors of crockery
and glass-wares, and the average tak-
ings of each may be said to amount to
10s. weekly, so giving an annual ex-
penditure in the streets of...9,880 0 0

Street-Sellers of Spar-Ornaments.

In this trade I am informed that
there are now 12 men, 9 of whom
are assisted by their wives, and that
in the summer months there are
18. Their profits are about 15s. per
week on an average of the whole
year. What amount of money may
be expended by the public in the
street-purchase of "spars" I am unable
definitely to state, so much being done
in the way of barter; but assuming
that there are 14 sellers throughout
the year, and that their profits are
cent. per cent., there would appear to
be laid out in the streets every year
on these articles, about...1,000 0 0

Street-Sellers of China-Ornaments.

There are, I am informed, about
30 persons in this trade. If we
calculate the receipts at 10s. weekly
(a low average considering the success
of some of the raffles), we find yearly
expended in the streets in these orna-
mental productions...780 0 0

Street-Sellers of Stone-Fruit.

Supposing that there are 6 per-
sons selling stone-fruit in the streets
through the year, and that each earns
9s. weekly (one man said 7s. 6d. was
the limit of his weekly profits), we find
140l. received as profit on these arti-
cles, and calculating the gains at 33
per cent., an outlay of...420 0 0

TEXTILE.

Packmen and Duffers, or Hawkers of Soft Wares.

I am told by a London hawker of
soft goods that the number of his
craft, hawking London and its vicinity,
as far as he can judge, is about 120.
In this number are included the Irish £ s. d. linen hawkers. I am also informed
that the fair trader's profits amount to
about 20 per cent., while those of the
not over-particular trader range from
80 to 200 per cent. In a fair way of
business it is said the hawker's takings
will amount, upon an average, to 7l. or 8l. per week; whereas the receipts
of the "duffer," or unfair hawker, will
sometimes reach to 50l. per week;
at 7l. per week each, the gross takings
will amount to...43,680 0 0

Street-Sellers of Small Ware, or Tapes, Cottons,
Laces, &c.

From the best data at my command,
I believe there are not fewer than 500
individuals selling these wares in Lon-
don. Their weekly receipts do not
appear to average more than 6s. each,
hence the expenditure on these arti-
cles will amount to...7800 0 0

Street-Sellers of Lace.

100 persons in this trade may be
said each to take 10s. 6d. weekly, the
profit being about cent, per cent.;
hence the annual sum expended in
the streets in lace and similar commo-
dities is...2730 0 0

Street-Sellers of Japanned Table-Covers.

Calculating that 15 street-sellers
each take 25s. weekly the year round
— one-half being the profit, in-
cluding their advantages in bartering
and raffling — we find there is expended
yearly upon japanned table-covers,
bought in the streets...975 0 0

Street-Sellers of Braces and Belts.

500 brace-sellers are said to clear 5s. a week each on those articles alone,
and estimating the profit at 33 per
cent., it shows a street expenditure of
26,196l., and calculating one-eighth
less for belts, we find that the annual
outlay in the streets on braces and
belts is...29,470 0 0

Street-Sellers of Hose.

A few pairs of women's stockings
are hawked by women, and sold to
servant-maids; but the trade in these
goods, I am informed, including all
classes of sellers — of whom there may
be fifty — does not exceed (notwith-
standing the universality of the wear)
the receipt of 6s. weekly per indivi-
dual, with a profit of from 1s. 4d. to
2s.; thus there is an aggregate expen-
diture yearly of...800 0 0

Street-Sellers of Waistcoats.

There are sometimes no waistcoat-
sellers at all; but generally two, and
not unfrequently three. The profits
of these men are 1s. on a bad, and
2s. 6d. on a good day. As, at in-
tervals, the street-sellers dispose
of a sleeve-waistcoat (waistcoat with

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sleeves) at from 4s. 6d. to 6s., we may £ s. d. estimate the average earnings in the
trade at 5s. per market day, or 10s. in
the week; assuming their profits to
be 33 per cent., this shows an annual
outlay of...312 0 0

CHEMICAL.

Street-Sellers of Blacking.

There are at present 230 vendors
of blacking in the London streets,
210 of these sell cake and liquid
blacking, each taking 6s. weekly,
while the 20 others "work" the
Mews with a superior kind of black-
ing, taking 15s. each; thus there is a
yearly expenditure in the sale of
blacking in the streets of...4,056 0 0

Street-Sellers of Black-Lead.

There are, I am informed, 100 to
150 persons selling and hawking
black-lead in the streets; it may
be estimated that they take 4s. each
weekly (the adults selling other small
articles with the black-lead); thus
we find — averaging the number of
sellers at 125 — that there is ex-
pended yearly in the street-sale of
this article...1,300 0 0

Street-Sellers of French Polish.

The French-polish-Sellers, I am as-
sured by a man familiar with the
business, take 2s. a day each; the
2s. leaves a profit of 10d. The street
expenditure is, therefore (reckoning
five regular sellers) annually..156 0 0

Street-Sellers of Grease-removing Composition.

Calculating that 7 grease-removers
carry on the sale of the article 3 days
each week, and clear 1s. 6d. per day,
we find a yearly expenditure on this
commodity equal to...81 18 0

Street-Sellers of Plating-Balls.

Reckoning that 4 men are engaged
in selling plating-balls 3 days in each
week, and that each take 2s. a day,
we find there is an annual outlay on
the sale of this article of...62 8 0

Street-Sellers of Corn Salve.

Calculating that 8 of these traders
take 10s. weekly, we find there is
expended in the streets on this salve 208 0 0

Street-Sellers of Glass and China-Cement.

There are at present 4 men vending
this article in the streets of London,
and if each seller take 5s. weekly (of
which 4s. may be profit), we find
there is expended yearly by street
customers in this cement...52 0 0

Street-Sellers of Razor Paste.

Calculating that 6 men "work"
the metropolis daily, taking 2s. each
per day (with 1s. 2d. profit), we find
the amount of the street outlay to be
upwards of...187 0 0

Street-Sellers of Crackers and Detonating-Balls.

I am assured that for a few days
last November, from 50 to 60 men £ s. d. and women were selling crackers in
the streets. The most intelligent man
that I met with, acquainted, as he
called it, "with all the ins and outs
of the trade," calculated that during
the month of November and at Christ-
mas, 100l. at least was expended in
the streets in these combustibles, and
another 100l. at other times of the
year, thus giving altogether a yearly
outlay of...200 0 0

Street-Sellers of Lucifer-Matches.

Supposing that each of the 200
traders take, on lucifers alone, but
4s. weekly, selling nine dozen (with
a profit to the seller of from 1s. 9d. to
2s. 6d.), we find on lucifer-matches
bought in the streets an annual outlay
of...2,080 0 0

Street-Sellers of Cigar-Lights or Fuzees.

It will, I believe, be accurate to
state that in the streets there are
generally 100 persons subsisting, or
endeavouring to subsist, on the sale of
fuzees alone. It may be estimated
also that each of these traders ave-
rages a receipt of 10d. a day (with a
profit exceeding 6d.), so that the sum
yearly laid out in the streets in this
way amounts to...1,300 0 0

Street-Sellers of Gutta-Percha Heads, &c.

There are at present, I am in-
formed, 30 persons selling gutta-
percha heads in the streets, some of
them confining their business solely
to those articles. Their average re-
ceipts, I am assured, do not exceed
5s. a week each, for, though some
may take 15s. a week, others, and
generally the stationary head-sellers,
do not take 1s. The profit to the
street retailer is one-third of his
receipts. From this calculation it
appears, that if the present rate of
sale continue, the sum spent yearly in
these street toys is...390 0 0

Street-Sellers of Fly-Papers and Beetle-Wafers.

Last summer, I was informed, there
were 50 or 60 persons selling fly-
papers and beetle-wafers in the
streets; some of them boys, and all
of them of the general class of street-
sellers, who "take" to any trade for
which 1s. suffices as capital. Their
average earnings may be estimated at
2s. 6d. a day, about one-half being
profit. This gives a street outlay, for
a "season" of ten weeks, of..375 0 0

Street-Sellers of Poison for Rats.

Calculating 25 sellers of rat-poison,
and each taking on an average 1s. daily for the sale of their article, we
find that the sum annually expended
upon this commodity amounts to. 390 0 0

MISCELLANEOUS.

Street-Sellers of Walking-Sticks. £ s. d.

For 12 weeks of the year there are,
I am told, every day 35 stick-sellers,
each taking, on an average, 30s. a
week (with a profit, individually, of
about 12s.); we find thus that the sum
expended yearly in walking-sticks in
the streets is...630 0 0

Street-Sellers of Whips, &c.

Averaging that 30 whip-sellers
take 25s. each weekly (with profits of
from 5s. to 10s.) in London alone, we
find that the yearly sum expended in
the streets in whips amounts to.1,950 0 0

Street-Sellers of Pipes (Tobacco).

If we calculate that 4 persons sell
pipes daily the year through, taking
each 25s. (and clearing 10s.), we find
the yearly sum expended upon the
hawkers' pipes amounts to...260 0 0

Street-Sellers of Snuff-Boxes, Tobacco-Boxes, &c.

Reckoning that 15 persons trading
on snuff and tobacco and cigar-boxes
take 18s. weekly (clearing 7s. or 8s.),
we find the sum thus expended an-
nually amounts to...702 0 0

Street-Sellers of Cigars.

Reckoning the number of vendors
of cigars at 100, and the average
takings of each to be 20s. weekly, we
have a yearly outlay of...5,200 0 0

Street-Sellers of Sponge.

Calculating, then, that only 50 per-
sons (and so allowing for the irre-
gularities in the trade) vend sponge
daily, and that each takes 15s. weekly,
— some taking 25s., and others but
5s. — with about half profit on the
whole (the common sponge) is often
from 200 to 300 per cent. profit), we
find the outlay to be...1,950 0 0

Street-Sellers of Wash-Leather.

There are, I am assured, 100 in-
dividuals selling little or nothing else
but wash-leather in London (for these
traders are found in all the suburbs),
and that they respectively take 10s. weekly, with a profit of from 4s. to
5s. There are, also, 100 other per-
sons selling them occasionally, along
with other goods, and as they vend
the higher-priced articles, they pro-
bably receive nearly an equal amount,
Hence it would appear that there is
annually expended in the streets in
this purchase, upwards of...5,000 0 0

Street-Sellers of Spectacles and Eye-glasses.

It may be estimated, I am as-
sured, that there are 35 men who
vend these articles daily, taking 15s. a week (with a profit of 10s.), the
yearly expenditure being thus...1,365 0 0

Street-Sellers of Dolls. £ s. d.

There are, at least, at this time of
year, when the fairs are coming on,
50 doll-hawkers, who vend nothing
else. Say that each of these sell one
dozen dolls per day, and that their
average price is 4d. each; that is just
10l. a day, and 60l. per week. In the
winter time so many are not sold; but
I have no doubt that 50l.'s worth of
dolls are sold each week throughout
the year by London hawkers alone,
hence the annual outlay on street-
dolls would be close upon...3,000 0 0

Street Lot-sellers.

It may be estimated that 50 men
carry on this trade. Each of these
may take 13s. weekly (with a profit
of 7s. 6d.), so showing the annual
street outlay to be...1,690 0 0

Street-Sellers of Roulette Tables.

Calculating the 2 sellers of Roulette
tables take 30s. each weekly, we find
the annual outlay amounts to...156 0 0

Street-Sellers of Rhubarb.

Reckoning 4 street-sellers of rhu-
barb and spice each taking 18s. weekly, we find the sum annually
spent in the sale of these articles to
be upwards of...187 0 0

Rat-Catchers.

There are, I am told, 100 rat-
catchers resorting, at intervals, to Lon-
don, but only a fourth of that number
can be estimated as carrying on their
labours regularly in town; their ave-
rage earnings, I am assured, do not ex-
ceed 15s. a week; thus there is a
yearly expenditure of...975 0 0

Street-Sellers of Combs.

From the best information I have
gained, there are 50 persons who sell
nothing but combs, the average takings
of each are 9s. a week, showing the
yearly outlay in the streets on these
articles to be...1,170 0 0

Street-Sellers of Money-Bags.

There are at present 50 persons con-
sisting of men, women, and children
vending money-bags in the streets of
London, each taking on an average
1s. 6d. daily, or 9s. per week, and so
giving a yearly expenditure of..1,170 0 0

Street-Sellers of Coat-Studs.

There are, I am informed, no less
than 70 persons, consisting of men,
women, and children. These, I am told,
take upon an average 15s. a week each,
their usual profits being cent. percent.;
thus we find a yearly outlay on
studs bought in the streets of..2,730 0 0

Total amount of income..£188,189 0 0