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PALGRAVE, Mr., his tables of

alterations in the Bank rate, 295

NATIONAL debts, increase of, Parliament, working-class legislation

since 1860, 15

Navvy, the English, 162
Neumann-Spellart, Dr., his tabular
statement of the imports and ex-
ports of the five divisions of the
globe, 120

New England, the factory population
of, 149

New South Wales, table showing the
condition of, 264

table of wages in, 274, 276
prices of provisions in, 278
prices of clothing in, 279

New York, exports of domestic cot-
ton piece goods from, between 1873
and 1878, 55

New Zealand, condition of, 263, 265

- table of wages in, 275, 277
- prices of provisions in, 278

- prices of clothing in, 279
Newcastle, the recent strike at, 205,
207

Newmarch, Mr., on the condition of

as

the agricultural population
affecting industry in general, 22
- on our predominance as exporters
of articles of native production
and manufacture, 125

- his table of imports and exports
of Protectionist countries, 126,
234

- on the beneficial results of free
trade in England, 141

on the effect of our industrial su-
premacy on our import trade, 187
North America, annual number of
British emigrants to, 268
Norway, merchant shipping of, 154

OVERCROWDING in cities, 335
Over-production in the United
States, 11, 40

- in England, 19, 40

in the German iron trade, 75

the depression of trade due to, 157

in, 207

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249
impossibility of reviving, in Eng-
land, 381

Provisions, cheapness of, 28

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price of, in the United States,
137
Railway stock, average yield of,
compared with Consols, in different
periods, 299

Railways, dividends of, maintained
by reduced expenditure, 31
directors of, 299
Australasian, 267

suburban, a means of relieving
overcrowding in cities, 336
Redgrave, Mr. A., on English and
foreign labour in cotton factories,
176, 181

on the beneficial working of the
Factory Acts among milliners and
seamstresses, 337

Renan, M., on the influence of women,
358

Reybaud, M., on co-operative societies,
244

increase of deposits in, 347
Scotland, prospects of the iron trade
in, 90

Seamen, British, character of, 195
Servants, indoor male, 365

Seyd, Mr., on the amount of our
foreign loans, 119

Sheep, reduced stock of, 108

- superiority of the English breed
of, 370

Shipbuilding, cost of, in French dock-
yards, 217

Shipping, British and foreign, statis-
tics of the number and tonnage of,
152-154

Short-time question, the, 44
Silver, depreciation of, 9
Slaughtering' of American goods,

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SOC

Socialism, influence of, on German
industry, 171

excuse for the existence of, 252
prevalence of, in France, 254
conditions favouring its growth in
Germany, 255

South Africa, our colonies in, 269
South Australia, condition of, 264,
266

- table of wages in, 274, 276
-prices of provisions in, 278
prices of clothing in, 279
Spencer, Mr. Herbert, on the cost of
slave labour, 213

on Socialism, 252
Spindles, increasing number of, 40

proportion of, to persons employed
in the various continental States,
176

Statistical Abstract, the, 233
Statistics, labour, need for more per-
fect, 229

collection of, in France and Ame-
rica, 230
suggested establishment of a
Government department of, in
England, 232

materials for, at present available,
233-236

Steam-engines, French and English,
compared, 93

Steamship companies, dividends of,
maintained by reduced expendi-
ture, 32

Steamships, British and foreign,
number and tonnage of, 152-155
Steel, reduced demand for, owing to
the cessation of foreign loans, 23
substitution of, for iron, 68, 70
Stock, raising of, in the United King-
dom, 109

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TAINE, M., on the comparative
efficiency of English and French
workmen, 178

Tariff, prohibitory, of the United
States, 52, 73

- example of the charge imposed
upon the consumer by, 137
- pressure of, upon the American
farmer, 138

the proposed German, 135
the two kinds of, 136
Tasmania, condition of, 265, 266
- table of wages in, 275, 277
prices of provisions in, 278
prices of clothing in, 279
Taxation, comparative lightness of,
in England, 132

Terrenoire, piece-work system adop-
ted at, 215

Textile industries, Mr. Mundella's
comparison of British and foreign
labour in the, 174

Textile manufactures, exports of,
from United Kingdom in 1878, 5
Trade, British, for 1878, chief fea-
tures of, 6

our colonial, 259

-state of, influenced by the condi-
tion of the masses, 21

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character of modern, 323
injury done to, by misapplication
of capital, 26

- alleged production of the crisis in,
by foreign competition, 121

future of British, dependent upon
the workman's freedom from re-
straint, 226

- depression of, its political causes,15
most apparent in home con-
sumption, 3

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mitigated by attendant cheap-
ness of commodities, 27

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due to over-production, 157
partly attributable to the al-
tered habits of employers, 327
Trade outrages, 209

Trades, comparative healthiness of,
337

Trades unions, cause of formation
of, 197

strength of, 199

influence of, in determining the
rate of wages, 200-205

proper work of, 207-209, 237

mischievous tendencies of, 211

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UNITED Kingdom, state of trade
in the, 18

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-exports from and imports into,
between 1860 and 1875, compared
with those of five leading Protec-
tionist countries, 126

exports of British and Irish pro-
duce from, in the years 1870 to
1878, 3

of cotton, woollen, iron, and
steel manufactures in 1878, 5

of cotton yarns and manufac-
tures in the years 1868 to 1878, 35,
56

of iron, steel, and tin plates, in
1868, 1872, and 1878, 73

of iron to Germany, between

1870 and 1877, 76

of metal wares between 1871
and 1877, 79

- of manufactured articles in
1876, 123

(supplemental) between 1856
and 1877, 128

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to foreign countries and British
possessions from 1872 to 1877, 261
- imports from foreign countries
and British possessions into, in 1876
and 1877, 122

of manufactured goods in 1873
and 1877, 125

(supplemental) between 1856
and 1877, 128
United States, condition of trade in,
10

British exports to, 12

- competition of, with England, in
agricultural produce, 18, 107, 372

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- trade of, with Cuba, 95; with
Australia, 96

growth of wheat in, 107, 110, 372
exportation of cattle to England
from, 109, 378

economical cultivation of the soil
in, 111, 372

exports and imports of, between
1860 and 1875, 126

- exports of manufactured articles
from, in 1876, 123

-exports of articles of domestic pro-
duction from, in 1868 and 1878,124
-condition of the farmer in, 138
future commercial supremacy of,

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142

results of labour-saving machinery
in, 144

resort to farming by artisans in,
146, 376

agricultural life in, 147
factory population of, 149
mercantile marine of, 152-154
British carrying trade from, 153
wages of artisans in, 202
labour statistics published in, 230
public investments in, 249
the railway riots in, 256

- British emigration to, 268
- example of the cotton operatives
of, 311

butter and cheese manufacture of,
392

Usurers, the popular feeling against,

291

VICTORIA, condition of 264, 266

table of wages in, 274, 276
prices of provisions in, 278
- prices of clothing in, 279

VOG

Vogel, Sir J., on the condition of the
Australasian colonies, 263, 266

WAGES not answerable for col-
lapses of trade, 157

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regulation of, by trades unions,
200-205

- payment of, on the piece-work
system, 212, 215, 239, 400

results of the opposite method of
paying, as shown in French dock-
yards, 217

Mr. Pease's suggestions for the
payment of, 245

influence of emigration on the
home rate of, 273

- table of, in the Australasian colo-
nies, 274-277

progressive tendency of, 289
increase in, arising from extra
profits, 301

relation of, to prices of provisions
and necessaries, 302

- rise of, caused by capital increas-
ing in a greater ratio than popu-
lation, 305; by scarcity of labour,
309

rise of, in relation to rise of prices,
312-322

- policy of reductions in, 45, 322,
359

fluctuations in, during the present
century, 323

Wales, the co-operative principle in
the slate quarries of, 242

South, condition of the people in,
343

War expenditure, how provided by
the present Government, 25
Watson, Mr., on English and Dutch
labour, 160

Wealth, unequal distribution of, 290

WRI

Wealth, most beneficial application
of, 363
Weavers, fluctuations in the wages
of, at the commencement of the
present century, 324

Wells, Mr., on the use of labour-
saving machinery by the Ameri-
cans, 144

on British competition with
America in Chili, 187

- on the agricultural capabilities of
Canada, 269

Wendel, M. de, on the Cleveland
ironworks, 104

Western Australia, table showing
the condition of, 265

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table of wages in, 275, 277
prices of provisions in, 278
prices of clothing in, 279
Wheat, low price of, in England, 18,
29, 107, 340

American, imports of, 107

cost of transport to England, 108
cost of growing, in England and
America, 110

cultivation of, in the colonies, 278,
280

Wilson, Mr., on railway extension in
America by European loans, 23
on British industry, 186
Wolowski, M., on the commercial
crisis in Germany, 14

Women, influence of, 358
-improved condition of, under the
Factory Acts, 338

Woollen trade, present situation of
the, 22, 39

- backward condition of England in
the, compared with France, 60
Working classes, future of, depen-
dent upon the practice of thrift, 344
Wright, Mr., on the utility of labour
statistics, 232

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