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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
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Carpenters
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(o Silk Winders
Per A n n u m .
£2 to £20; the wages
varviugas the labourer
receives or nor food
or food and clothing.
Per T;isk
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AVagus vary from 3 to
12c.p., according as
tin-? labourer is fed or j
not.
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Somewhat higher rates ;
are paid during har–
vesting.
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in the native houses domestic servants, chieflv i
female, are generally clothed, housed and fed, j
in certain Districts receiving wages varying j
from 10/- to £6 a year. In some cases payment !
is made to male servants, reaching £10 oer •
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annum. In foreign households servants are
usually housed and fed. and are paid wages as j
high, in some cases, as £4 a month. Men are t
chieflv eniploved.
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* This Column is applicable to West Indian Colonies only.
(1) The winding machines at Papho arc generally worked as follows:—The owners get 30 to 3Ge.p. per oke of silk wound andeither
their families tarn the wheels or w o m e n are employed at 44 to 8<**.p. per diem. As much as an oke and a half of silk can be wound on
each wheel per diem. The winders pay all costs, fuel. itc.