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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
Per Annam.
fer
Day'.'
* {•'
Per Taak
or
Job.
Predial
Domestic.
• • -.'*?+ •" mm
£ 2 to £ 2 0 ; the wages
varying as the labourer
receives * or not food
or food and clothing!
* —
mlm
.
s.'
Wages vary from''3 to
12 c.p!," according as
the labourer is fed or
not.
' !
•-.
Somewhat higher rates
• ire• paid during" har–
vesting. i-
.2.:
•-• *• *
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In the native houses the domestic servants, chiefly
women, are generally .clothed, housed and fed,
receiving no -wages. ^ In some cases payment
.; is made to male servants, Teaching £10:.per
. annum. - In foreign households servants are
v usually housed and fed, and aire paid Swages as
high, m some cases/ as £ 4 'a
1
month. Men' are
chiefly employed.
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Trades :—
Masons
Boot-and Shoe-makers
Carpenters
Smirhs
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I
i ailors
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Dvers
' /
JV
Tanners
Porters
Wheelwrights
CD.
II
A daily rate is
chiefly paid.
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6 ,
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s.
3
4
3
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4
3
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cp.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2 2
1 5
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'* TLis Column ii applicable to West Indian Colonies oniy.
(I) The winding machines at Papho are generally-worked as follows:—The owners get 30 to
36cp.
per oke of silk
wound and cither th":- *irn:lies turn the wheels or women are employed at A\ to 6cp. per diem. A*? much cs an oke
and a half of s.Ik cnn lw- w.-»und oa each whe-1 per dlca:. Ths winders pay all casts, fuel. Jcc. ..