3189 ) 3300 ( 1·034 per cent. 3189 ------ 11100 9567 ------ 15330 WAGES--STANDARD LISTS. In those towns where a uniform class of goods is made of simple weave, it is possible to formulate and adhere to a standard method of payment such as is done in Burnley, Blackburn, and other towns. In other districts, such as Bolton and Preston, the sorts are so varied and difficult to classify that at many mills a private list is adhered to with satisfaction to the employer and employed. For the benefit of some readers a typical calculation will be given, based on the 1853 Blackburn list, as in 1883 this list was adopted in Preston, Chorley, and other towns. This may be considered a list of medium position with regard to other lists--Burnley being lower for plains, Ashton list being considered a low one for fancies. The Blackburn list is based on a 40-inch loom, weaving from 36 to 41-inch cloth, 60 reed Stockport counts, 16 picks per 1/4 inch, 37-1/2 yards, from 30’s to 60’s weft, and from 28’s to 45’s twist, for 12·25d. _Reeds._--A 60 reed or 30 dents, being the standard, is made the starting point, and 3/4 per cent. is deducted for every two ends or counts of reeds, from 60 to 48; but no deduction is made below 48 reed, and 3/4 per cent. is added for every two ends or counts of reed above 60. _Weft._--All weft from 30’s to 60’s, both included, is considered medium, and reckoned equal, but all weft above 60’s to be allowed 1 per cent. for every 10 hanks, and all below 30’s to 26’s to be allowed 2 per cent. on list. " 26’s to 20’s " 5 " " 20’s to 16’s " 8 " " 16’s to 14’s " 10 " _Twist._--All twist from 28’s to 45’s, both included, is considered medium, and reckoned equal, but all twist above 45’s up to 60’s to be allowed 1-1/2 per cent., and all above 60’s 1 per cent. for each 10 hanks, and all below 28’s to 20’s to be allowed 1 per cent. on list. " 20’s to 14’s " 2 " _Additions for Picks._--All picks above 8 and up to 18 are considered proportionate, but 8 picks and all below and all above 18, to have 1 per cent. allowed for every pick over and above the proportionate difference in the number of picks. _Width of Looms._--A 40-inch loom being the standard, is taken as the starting point, and all additions or deductions are made therefrom. (The reed space is measured from back board to forkgrate.) 25-inch loom has 2-1/2 per cent. deducted from 30-inch loom. 30-inch " 5 " " 35-inch " 35-inch " 5 " " 40-inch " 40-inch loom (45-inch reed space) the standard--