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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
Per Annum.
Per Lav.
Per Tr«k
or .lob.
Predial
Domestic.
£ 2 to £20; the wages
varying as the labourer
receives or not food
or food aud clothing.
Wasjes varv from 3 to
12 c.p., according as
the labourer is fed or
not.
Somewhat higher rates
are paid during har–
vesting.
in the native houses thii domestic servants, chiefiy
woinen, are generally clothed, housed and fed,
receiving no -wages. I a some cases pavment
is made to male servants, reaching £10 ner
annum. In ibreign households servants are
usually housed and fed, and are paid wages as
high, in some cases, as £ 4 'a month. M e n are
chiefly employed.
Trades :—
Masons
Boot-and Shoe-makers
Carpenters
Smiths
Tailors
Dyers
Tanners
Potters
Wheelwrights
(o Silk Winders
c.p.
*. C.p.
to 3 0
A daily rate i.
;
chiefly paid.
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