24 men, 16_s._ weekly £998
120 sets of brooms for 12 machines, 4_l._ per set 480
Wear and tear, &c. (15 per cent.) 255
Keep of 19 horses, 10_s._ each weekly 494
Rent (say) 150
Clerk (say) 100
Interest on capital, at 10 per cent. 170
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£2674
In this calculation I have included wear and tear of the whole of the
implements of the stock-in-trade, &c., taking that of the brooms on the
most moderate estimate. According to the scale of payment by the parish
of St. Martin (which is now 1000_l._ per annum) the probable receipts
of a single year will be:--