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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
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Domestic
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Boot-and Shoe-makers
Carpenters
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Tailors
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Potters
Wheelwrights
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£ 2 to £20; the wages
varvinsr as the labourer
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receives or not food
or food and clothing.
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In the native houses d«
fur Day
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Wages varv from 3 to
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-'12c.p., according as
the labourer is fed or
not.
Somewhat higher rates
are paid dunng har–
vesting.
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unestic servants, chieflv
female, are general Iv clothed, housed and fed,
in certain Districts receiving: washes varvins:
from 10/- to £6 a year. In some cases pavment
is made to male servants, reaching £10 ner
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annum. In foreign households servaurs are
usually housed and fed. aud are paid wages as
high, iu some cases, as £4 a mouth. 3Ien are
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or Job.
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chiefly employed.
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their families turn rl:*; whv-oU -*r w n i n o n are -*-:i>i'!--y..i- -tr 4 ; tu iV.ji. [».T dit.-m. As *::«.jh a- a n o k e *t*;d a ba'.f of silk c a n b e w o u n d o n
each T h ' - H n?r fli«m. T h ? •.v'-'-i-V-r-* p a y nl! j--*:? !•'•,•:•'. .'::.