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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
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Predial
Domesiic.
Per Annum.
£2 to £ 2 0 ; the wages
varying as the labourer
receives or not food
or food and clothing.
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For Day
Wa-sres 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 the domestic servants, chiefly
women, are generally clothed, housed and fed,
receiving no wages. In some cases payment '
is made to male servants, reaching £10 ner
annum. In foreign households servants are
usually housed and fed, and are paid wages as
high, iu some cases, as £4 a month. M e n are
chiefly employed.
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Trades :—
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Boot-and iShoe-makers
Carpenters
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Smiths
Tailors
Dvers
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Tanners
Potters
"Wheelwrights
O; Silk Winders
I A daily rate is /
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». cp.
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or Job.
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• This Column is applicable to West Indian Colonies ouly.
(1) The winding machines at Papbo ave generally worked as follows:—The owners get "30 to 36c.p. per oke of silk
wound and either their families turn the wheels or woc-.en are employed at 4J to Gcp. per diem. As much as an oke
and a halt of silk can be wound on each wheel per diem. The winders pay all costs, fuel. &c. ••*•••'