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Predial
Domestic.
A V E R A G E JUTE of W A G E S for LABOUR.
Per Annum.
l
:
er Day
Per Task
or Job.
| £ 2 to £20 - the wages
i varyi ug as tlie labourer
receives or not food
or food aud clothing.
Wages vary 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 thednine.--tic servant**, chiellv
women, are generally clothed, housed and fed,
receiving no wages. In some cases payment
is made to male servants, reaching £10 i>er
annum. In foreign households servants are
usually housed and fed, and are paid wages as
high, in some cases, as £4 a month. M e n :u*e
| chiefly employed. .
Trades :—
Masons
Boot-and Shoe-makers
Carpenters
Smiths
Tailors
Dyers
Tanners
Potters
Wheelwrights
(•• Silk Wiuders
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A daily rate is
chiefly paid.
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