Volume 1 — OF THE STREET-SELLERS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. (continued 2)

499,530bushels of onions, at 4s. per bushel99,900

10,920bushels of cucumbers, at 1d. each (60 to the bush.)2,730

3,290dozen bundles of herbs, at 3d. a bundle490

Total expended yearly in vegetables£292,240

Putting the above sums together we have the following aggregate result:—

Expended yearly in green fruit£332,400

Expended yearly in dry fruit1,000

Expended yearly in vegetables292,240

Gross sum taken annually by the London costermongers for fruit and vegetables£625,640

Then adding the above to the gross amount received by the street-sellers of fish, which we have before seen comes to as much as £1,460,850, we have for the annual income of the London costermongers no less a sum than £2,086,490.