18.79 | 75.81 | 11.87 | 49.19 | 151.34 | 315 |
|1898-1899* | 6.21 | 17.29 | 72.74 | 10.38 | 48.38 | 150.99 | 306 |
|1901 | 4.72 | 14.86 | 73.81 | 8.0 | 45.66 | 155.03 | 302 |
+------------+-------+---------+-------+-------+---------+--------+----------+
* Average for 1898 and 1899.

The figures in this table are not quite complete except for 1901; the
relations between the changes shown for each class should nevertheless
be accurately represented.

_Index Numbers of Money, Wages and Prices._

+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+
| |1840.|1855.|1860.|1866.|1870.|1874.|1877.|1880.|1883.|1886.|1891.| 1902.|
+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+
|Cotton operatives. | 50 | 54 | 64 | 74 | 74 | 90 | 90 | 85 | 90 | 93 | 100 |105 |
|Average wages for | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| eight trades | 61 | 61 | 73 | 81 | 83 | 97 | 94 | 89 | 92 | 90 | 100 |108.7*|
|Sauerbeck's | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| index number | 103 | 73 | 99 | 102 | 96 | 102 | 94 | 88 | 82 | 69 | 72 | 69 |
|Average price of | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| wheat per quarter| 66/4| 40/3| 53/3|49/11|46/11| 55/9| 56/9| 44/4| 41/7| 31/-| 37/-|28/1 |
+-------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+
* Average for a slightly different group.

_Weekly Wages in the Manchester and District Cotton Trade._

+--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| |1834.|1836.|1839.|1841.|1849.|1850.|1859.|1860.|1870.|1877.|1882.|1883.|1886.|
+--------------------+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+
| |s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|s. d.|
|Spinners' average |23 4 |23 11|22 1 |22 0 |21 7 |20 5 |24 1 |23 2 |27 8 |34 4 |31 6 |32 4 |35 7 |
|Big piecers' average|11 0 | 9 3 | 8 6 | 8 8 | 8 6 |13 0 |10 0 |10 0 |11 0 |12 4 |16 0 |16 0 |13 7 |
|Weavers' average |11 0 |10 2 | 9 6 | 9 6 |10 6 |10 3 |1