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APPENDIX D
INDEX OF WAGE CHANGES SINCE 1958
(Base Year 1958 100)
Industry
1958
1959
1960
1961 1962
1963 1964
1965
1966 1967
1968
1969
Cotton spinning
100
100
108
110
116
120
138
152
155
169
179
185
Cotton weaving (3 shifts)
100
104
105
122
122
127
139
154
167
172
187
192
Cotton weaving (2 shifts)
100
108
155
161
174
167
185
229
223
236
244
265
Knitting
100
143
134
144
167
174
195
211
216
254
Garments and shirts
100
103
123
133
139
149
162
170
195
202
209
222
Rubber footwear
100
105
142
132
145
155
198
223
233
264
310
340
Enamelware
100
100
102
100
114
128
134
145
147
164
Metal torch cases
100
100
140
142
159
172
203
224
246
257
273
282
Motor repairing
100
111
111
121
122
122
126
137
146
146
157
164
Plastics
100
154
135
185
182
205
219
223
247
267
277
Dockyard
100
104
118
112
113
114
136
138
156
171
196
200
Electricity supply
100
100
118
108
106
109
123
128
142
147
168
170
Tramway
100
100
115
109
110
110
120
137
148
149
163
174
Communications
100
102
102
116
121
121
132
144
160
165
166
184
Overall
100
103
125
129
137
143
163
173
188
202
216
231
Textile
100
103
122
131
136
140
156
167
184
195
204
222
Manufacturing
100
103
127
132
142
147
167
178
192
206
219
236
Utilities and dockyard
100
103
116
112
113
114
131
136
154
163
181
188
Note: 1. The textile industry consists of cotton spinning, cotton weaving (two and three shifts), knitting, and garments and shirts.
2. Manufacturing includes the first ten items from cotton spinning to plastics listed above.
3. All index numbers refer to the position in March each year.
4. On the calculation of the index, weighted predominent wage rates, excluding fringe benefits and overtime payments, were used. 5. The index numbers compare wages over time in the industry concerned. They cannot be used for comparison between different
industries.