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Hawick town - a descriptive account |
The following table was printed in the Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, edited by John Marius Wilson and published in 1868. This table appeared in volume II, p.53:
COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE TRADE OF HAWICK, 1771-1850
| 1771 | 1791 | 1816 | 1838 | 1850 | ||
| 1 | Carding mills | ... | ... | 7 | 11 (one of which is partly by steam) | 11 (6 of which water and steam) |
| 2 | Engines or scribbling machines | ... | ... | 44 | ... | 106 engines, or 53 sets |
| 3 | Spinning jennies | ... | ... | 100 (hand) | ... | ... |
| 4 | Annual consumption of wool | ... | ... | 12,000 stones of 24 lbs. | 108,162 st. of 24 lbs. value 65,000 pounds | 2,016,000 lbs value 142,100 pounds |
| 5 | Quantity of yarn manufactured | ... | ... | 290,000 lbs. | 854,462 lbs. | 1,209,600 lbs. |
| 6 | Number of stocking frames | 4 | 8 | 510 | 1,209 | 1,200 |
| 7 | Number of stockings made | 2,000 pairs | 3,500 pairs lambs' wool - 600 pairs' cotton | 328,000 | 1,049,676 pairs | ... |
| 8 | Articles of under-clothing | ... | ... | ... | 12,552 | 120,000 |
| 9 | Number of weaving looms | ... | ... | ... | 226 | 268 power and hand-looms |
| 10 | Number of operatives | 5 men, 6 women | 14 men, 51 women | 1,044 | 1,788 (besides females) | 3,465 |
| 11 | Quantity of soap consumed | ... | ... | ... | 102,899 lbs. | 207,387 lbs. |
| 12 | Annual amount of wages | ... | ... | ... | 48,726 pounds | 81,650 pounds |
| 13 | Value of property employed in manufactures | ... | ... | ... | 101,861 pounds | 185,616 pounds |
| 14 | Value of manufactures | ... | ... | ... | 140,000 pounds | 280,904 pounds |
| 15 | Quantity of coal consumed | ... | ... | ... | ... | 10,000 tons |
| 16 | Population | P. 2800 | T. 2,320 | T. 3,684 in 1821 | T. 5,306 | T. 8,800 in 1845 |
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