Total yearly incomings of the London dust trade £147,700
Total yearly out-goings 75,400
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Total yearly profit £72,300
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Hence it would appear that the profits of the dust-contractors are very
nearly at the rate of 100_l._ per cent. on their expenditure. I do
not think I have over estimated the incomings, or under estimated the
out-goings; at least I have striven to avoid doing so, in order that no
injustice might be done to the members of the trade.
This aggregate profit, when divided among the 90 contractors, will make
the clear gains of each master dustman amount to about 800_l._ per
annum: of course some derive considerably more than this amount, and
some considerably less.