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The chief source from which we obtain our information as to conditions in the
factories is the reports of the various factory commissions . I append a table
compiled from the report of the Commission of 1816 ( Peel ' s Report ) , showing
the ...
The chief source from which we obtain our information as to conditions in the
factories is the reports of the various factory commissions . I append a table
compiled from the report of the Commission of 1816 ( Peel ' s Report ) , showing
the ...
Page 47
If we then take the report of the Factory Commission of 1833 , the classical
authority on the subject , we find the hours of labour stated as follows : * In
Scotland , a few factories worked 10 – 11 hours , most of them 12 – 121 hours ,
one or two 13 ...
If we then take the report of the Factory Commission of 1833 , the classical
authority on the subject , we find the hours of labour stated as follows : * In
Scotland , a few factories worked 10 – 11 hours , most of them 12 – 121 hours ,
one or two 13 ...
Page 48
There was thus little daylight for father or children out of the mine , ' say our
authors . " The race lived underground ' ( * Town Labourer , ' p . 28 ) . Yet the
Report of 1844 states that at all seasons the colliers had many idle days , that
they ...
There was thus little daylight for father or children out of the mine , ' say our
authors . " The race lived underground ' ( * Town Labourer , ' p . 28 ) . Yet the
Report of 1844 states that at all seasons the colliers had many idle days , that
they ...
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| Title | The Quarterly Review, 252. köide |
| Contributors | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1929 |
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