Capital or Value of the Stock-in-Trade of the Street-sellers of Stationery, Literature and the Fine Arts

£ s. d.

Street-sellers of Stationery.

40 stalls, 4s. each; 80 boxes, 3s. 6d. each; and stock-money for 120 sellers, 10s. each 82 0 0

Street-sellers of Pocket-books and Diaries.

Stock-money for 20 vendors, 10s. each 10 0 0

Street-sellers of Almanacks and Memorandum-books.

Stock-money for 50 vendors, 1s. per head 2 10 0

Street-sellers of Account-books.

12 baskets, 3s. each; 12 waterproof bags, 2s. 6d. each; stock-money for 12 sellers, 15s. each 12 6 0

Street-sellers of Cards.

Stock-money for 20 sellers, 1s. 6d. each 2 5 0

Street-seller of Stenographic-cards.

Stock-money for 1 seller 0 1 6

Street-sellers of Long-songs.

20 poles to which songs are attached, 2d. each; stock-money for 20 sellers, 1s. each 1 3 4

Street-sellers of Wall-songs (“Pinners-up.”)

30 canvass frames, to which songs are hung, 2s. each; stock-money for 30 sellers, 1s. each 4 10 0

Street-sellers of Ballads (“Chaunters.”)

2 fiddles, 7s. each; stock-money for 200 chaunters, 1s. each 10 14 0

Street-sellers of “Dialogues,” “Litanies,” &c. (“Standing Patterers.”)

20 boards with appendages “for pictures,” 5s. 6d. each; 20 paintings for boards, 3s. 6d. each; stock-money for 20 vendors, 1s. each 10 0 0

Street-sellers of Executions, &c. (“Running Patterers.”)

Stock-money for 90 sellers, 1s. each 4 10 0

Street-sellers of “Cocks.”

Stock-money for 8 sellers, 1s. each 0 8 0

Street-sellers of Conundrums and Nuts to Crack.

Stock-money for 15 sellers, 1s. each 0 15 0

Street-sellers of Exhibition Papers, Magical Delusions, &c.

Stock-money for 15 sellers, 1s. each 0 15 0

Street-sellers of Secret Papers.

Stock-money for 6 vendors, 1s. each 0 6 0

Street-sellers of Play-bills and Books of the Play.

Stock-money for 200 vendors, 2s. each 20 0 0

Street-sellers of Back Numbers.

Stock-money for 40 sellers, 5s. each 10 0 0

Street-sellers of Waste-paper at Billingsgate.

Stock-money for 4 sellers, 5s. each 1 0 0

Street-sellers of Tracts and Pamphlets.

Stock-money for 40 sellers, 6d. each 1 0 0

Street-sellers of Newspapers (Second Edition).

Stock-money for 20 sellers, 2s. 6d. each 2 10 0

Street-sellers of Newspapers, &c., on board Steam-boats.

Stock-money for 12 sellers, 5s. each 3 0 0

Street-sellers of Books by Auction.

Stock-money for 2 sellers, 2l. each; 2 barrows, 1l. each; 2 boards, for barrows, 3s. each 6 6 0

Street-sellers of Books on Stalls and Barrows.

20 stalls, 4s. each; 50 barrows, 1l. each; 50 boards, for barrows, 3s. each; stock-money, for 70 sellers, 2l. each 201 10 0

Street-sellers of Guide-books.

Stock-money, for 16 sellers, 5s. each 4 0 0

Street-sellers of Song Books and Children’s Books.

Stock-money, for 30 vendors, 1s. each 1 10 0

Street-sellers of Pictures in Frames.

40 stalls, 2s. 6d. each; stock-money, for 40 sellers, 5s. each 15 0 0

Street-sellers of Engravings in Umbrellas.

Umbrellas, 2s. 6d. each; stock-money for 30 sellers, 2s. each 3 0 0

Street-sellers of Manuscript-music.

Stock-money, for 4 sellers, 1s. 6d. each 0 6 0

Total Capital invested in the Street-sale of Stationery, Literature, and the Fine Arts 411 5 10