00|483,000|504,100|528,800|538,900|513,000|
+-----------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

_Number of Operatives (in Thousands) engaged in Spinning,
Manufacturing and Subsidiary Processes (excluding Lace-making, but
including the Fustian Manufacture). (From Census Returns.)_

+------+------------------------+------------------------+------------------------+
| | Males. | Females. | Males and Females. |
+------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+
| |Under| |Over | All |Under| |Over | All |Under| |Over | All |
| | 15.|15-20.| 20. |Ages.| 15. |15-20.| 20. |Ages.| 15.|15-20.| 20. |Ages.|
+------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+
| 1881 | 29 | 39 | 121 | 189 | 40 | 81 | 189 | 310 | 69 | 120 | 310 | 500 |
| 1891 | 36 | 45 | 137 | 218 | 50 | 94 | 197 | 341 | 86 | 139 | 334 | 560 |
| 1901 | 24 | 36 | 139 | 199 | 36 | 92 | 207 | 335 | 60 | 128 | 346 | 535 |
+------+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+-----+------+-----+-----+

The fact that the branches of work covered by the figures are not
identical explains discrepancies between this and the previous table.

_Number of Operatives engaged in the Cotton Industry (Processes
being distinguished and Ages and Sex). (From Special Returns made by
Factory Inspectors.)_

+------------+-------------------------+--------------------------+----------+
| | Males in Thousands. | Females in Thousands. | |
| +-------+---------+-------+-------+---------+--------+ Total in |
| | Half- | Under |18 and | Half- | Under | 18 and |Thousands.|
| |timers.| 18. | over. |timers.| 18. | over. | |
+------------+-------+---------+-------+-------+---------+--------+----------+
| | | |Spinning and Preparatory Processes| |
|1896 | 5.58 | 22.24 | 71.44 | 4.40 | 30.12 | 78.96 | 212 |
|1898-1899* | 5.42 | 21.57 | 71.37 | 3.86 | 30.44 | 77.64 | 210 |
|1901 | 4.98 | 21.10 | 68.98 | 3.10 | 30.98 | 81.68 | 211 |
| | | |Weaving and Preparatory Processes | |
|1896 | 7.54 |