Transport Workers:-
Tram drivers
conductors
21
Bus drivers
conductors
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$36 to $45 per month.
30 to 39
50 per month.
20 to
25 per month.
Working hours, nine per day. Free uniform. Bonus at end
of year.
Railway Workers (Government):-
Engine drivers
Firemen
Guards
Signalmen
Station Masters
$540 to $1,000 per annum.
330 to 480
600 to 1,000
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600 to 1,000
1,100 to 1,800
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600 to 1,000
480 to 1,000
Booking Clerks
Telephone operators
Female Workers in Factories :-
Cigarette making
Knitting factories
Perfumery
Confectionery
$0.40 to $0.80 per day.
0.20 to 0.55
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0.20 to 0.50
1)
0.20 to 0.60
Working hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. One hour off at mid-day. Over-time from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at day rates.
Domestic Servants :-
Employed by Chinese
Employed by Europeans
Gardeners
$7.00 to $20.00 per month.
15.00 to 40.00
15.00 to 30.00
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With free lodging, and with Chinese employers, generally free board.
NOTE :-The rates of pay of Government employees approximate closely
to those of a similar category in private employ.
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS, ETC.
1932.
Rice (3rd grade)
8.4 cents per catty
1933.
7.6 cents per catty
Fresh fish
31.4
31.8
Salt fish
34.6
27.8
Beef
48
44.4
Pork
55
51.4
23
22
39
2)
Oil
24.2
21.4
Firewood
10 for 8 catties
10 for 9 catties