L s. d.
Head Ploughman, Waggoner, or Seedsman 8 0 0
His Mate 4 0 0
Best Woman Servant 3 0 0
Second Sort 2 0 0
Second Ploughman 6 0 0
His Mate 3 0 0
Labourers by the Day, in Summer 0 1 2
Ditto, in Winter 0 1 0

_County of Gloucester._

Head Servant in Husbandry 5 0 0
Second Servant 4 0 0
Driving Boy under 14 Years 1 0 0
Head Maid Servant in Dairy, and Cook 2 10 0
Second Maid Servant 2 0 0
Mower in Hay Harvest, without Drink,
per Day 0 1 2
With Drink, per Day 0 1 0
Mower and Reaper in Corn Harvest, with
Diet, per Day 0 1 0
Other Day labourer, from Corn to Hay
Harvest, with Drink only, per Day 0 0 8
With Diet, per Day 0 0 4
Without Diet or Drink, per Day 0 0 10
Carpenter, Wheelwright, and Mason, without
Drink, per Day 0 1 2
With Drink, per Day 0 1 0."

I send the note as I have it in my commonplace book; but I should think
that the periodical from which the above is extracted, contains much that
would suit A. A.'s purpose.

E. S. TAYLOR.

Martham, Norfolk.

_Tradesmen's Signs_ (Vol. iii., p. 224.).--The _projecting_ signs over
tradesmen's shop-doors were removed under the London Paving Act, 6 Geo.
III. c. 26. s. 17. In the _Percy History of London_, i. 179., the act is
erroneously said to have been passed in 1762. From Malcolm's _Anecdotes of
London_, pp. 468, 469., it seems that the clause in question was inserted
in the act in consequence of inquiries by a committee appointed by the
Court of Common Council in 1764. _Mr. Peter Cunningham_, in the "London
Occurrences" prefixed to his _Handbook for London_, says: "1766. The
house-signs of London taken down."

No doubt the existing Metropolitan Paving Acts contain clauses which will
preve