Note 65 — Early Typography. CHAPTER III.

“Most of the punch-cutters at present belonging to the type-founding trade are English, and their earnings depend in a great measure upon the abilities they display in the work. A first-rate cutter will earn from £5. to £6. weekly, and even more. ‘When I first came to the trade,’ said a man to Mr. Mayhew, ‘the punch-maker who worked for my old master, had £5. a week for producing two punches a day. This was all he was expected to do for his wages; but for every punch he turned out over and above that number he had his regular premiums.’”—Mayhew’s Trades and Manufactories of Great Britain, p. 250.