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AVERAGE RATE of WAGES for LABOUR.
Predial
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Domestic.
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Trades :—
Masons
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Boot-aud Shoe-makers
Carpenters
Smiths
Tailors
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Dyers
Tanners
Potters
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Wheelwrights
(u Silk Winders
Per Annum.
£2 to £20; the wages
vary iug as the labourer
receives or not food
or food and clothing.
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Per Day
Wages vary from 3 to
12c.p., according as
the labourer is fed or
not.
Somewhat higher rates
are paid during har–
vesting.
lu the native houses domestic servants, chiefly
female, are generally clothed, housed and fed,
in certain Districts receiving wages varying
from 10/- to £6 a year. In some cases payment
is made to male servants, reaching £10 per
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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c.p.
s. c.p.
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5
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4 0
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3 0
18
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4 „ 4 0
3 „ 3 0
6 „ 2 0
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2 5
9 „ 2 0
5 „ 1 6
Per Task
or Job.
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" This Column is applicable to West Indian Colonies only.
(I) The winding machines at Papho are generally worked as follows:—The owners get 30 to 36c.p. per oke of silk wonnd aad either
their famines turn the wheels or women are employed at 4J to 6c.p. per diem. As much as an oke and a half of silk cnn be wound on
each wheel per diem. The winders nay all costs, fuel. itc.