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ISDEX                     453
                  Relenl Changu III Pnctl anti III-  Relenl Role of Malenal Progress
                    ldtfvS t;pmlaretl [1888]-ltmltl.   ill Englanti  L18871 ii. 99-144-
                       Board of Trade on trada r'ons,   Introductory Rmaru as 10 scope of
                       179·                       addr,,", 99.
                     TaDll F. Wage. in Lancashire mills   L  Primd ftM~ eYidence as to  the
                      given by Mr.  Lord, President 01   rate  of  accumulation  of weal th
                       the Manche5terChamber olCom.   and the rale of increase of material
                       merce,  18S«>lIl, 181.     prO&perit,  not  haTing  beea  10
                     -- G.  Summary 01 tables &how-  great in late years as in time just
                      ing  increase  of wages  given  in   preceding,  leo.
                      several  trades  in  Lancashire,   TaDiI of  production and  consump-
                      given in by Mr.  Lord, President   tion of certain articles,  101.
                      of  the  Manchester  Chamber  of   Growth of the income tax; fall  or
                      Commerce, 1860-83, 18l.     prices,  102-1°3.
                     -- H.  Record of wages  paid  at   Production  of  coal  and  pig  iroa;
                      the  Newcastle  Chemical  Works   other minrral produce,  10J-I04-
                      from  1840  to  end  of  1885,   Agriculture,  105.
                       1114·                    Textile industries, 106.
                     -  I.  Earning' of coal hewers in   Railway traffic and shipping. 107.
                      Durham, .87.-84, .85.     Domestic  consumption  and  COD-
                     -- K.  Rate of mooey  wages of   clusions.  109-
                      ordinary  agricultural  labourers,   II.  Explanations suggested :
                       .87«>71,  and  1880-81.  State-  Foreign competition and  the effect
                      ment  01  Mr.  S.  B.  L.  Druce,   of adverse tariffs considered. 111.
                      186.                      Redaction  of the  hours of lalx>V,
                     ~pp'reciation  or  depreciation  of   121.
                      silver;  the  apprec;iation  of  ~()Id   Weather  unfnourable  10  agricnI-
                      measured hyavtragecommodities   ture,  12J.
                      beini:  e.tablished,  and  the  ap-  F aU of prices,  124-
                      preciation  being  of  a  type  lD   The  stalemenl  that  a  community
                      w hich,as the cotnmunities&/iec;ted   may get" to the top" as regards
                      are advancing  at  the same  time   its development.  124-
                      in  material  wealth,  there  is  no   Loss  of naluraJ  advantages  as  re-
                      diminution.  or  at  any  rate  no   gards coal and iron.  I2S-fJO.
                      great diminution, of anrage in-  Ill.  Inquiry whether the apparent
                      comes,the similar facts respecting   check to our n Ie of growtll  is.
                      silver  to be  inquired  into,  190-  real  one.  Income  tu,  popula-
                       196-                       tion,  pauperism,  savings  banks
                     Characters of appr«iation and de-  and post office bu&ipess,  fll.
                      prec:iation  at  different  periods:   Foreign trade, IIJ~k, 138.
                      Australian  and CaliforruaD gold   Occupations  of  the  people,  Wk,
                      discoveries and earlier dates, 197-  139·
                      !lOl.                     Conclusions. 142-
                     Causes  01  appreciation  and  de-  REcRUITS, difficulty or obtaining,
                      preciati01l;  difficulty  of  the  in-
                      quiry, cbanges in  the movement   e  owing  to  insufficient  pay,  ii.
                      of money, dynamic:  equilibrium,   '59·
                      :I03-2tS·              Relative Growl" of lite ComlOlUJil
                     Redistribution  of  wealth:  COn-  Parts of the Emlin [1899], ii.
                      sequences 01  the appreciation of
                      PlOney dealt witll  in  their socW   '22-24 1•
                      and other effects, al6-uQ.   IntroductoryRmarks, '22_
                     Fulure  COIllW  01  prices,  1.61"   Ana of Empire,  II.S00,OOOlqlUfe
                      !lat.                       miles;  populalion.  ahowt  4C17
                     HIII'- Anticipatams as to a farther   millions,  equal  to  abc.t  ODe-
                      appreciation of gold not I'ftlized   fourth of popuIal ion of the earth.
                       becau~ of fresh gold discoveries;   uae
                      they  have  not caused.  howevu,   Inaed in  area  and  popalatioa
                      an)' depreciation of gold, 218.   since 1871, uJ.
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