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Transport Workers:-
Tram Drivers
Conductors
Bus Drivers
Conductors
$36 to $45 per month.
39 30 + 30 50 11 39 18 25 12 ??Working hours 9 per day. Free Uniform.
Bonus at end of year.
Railway Workers (Government): —
Station Masters $1,100 to $1,800 per annum. Telephone Operators 750 12 1,400 Booking Clerks 600 71 1,000 71 2 Guards 600 Signalmen ?? 1,000 1,000 71 J :: Engine Drivers 540 1,000 Ticket Collectors Firemen 420 600 "" Pointsmen 330 480 192 240 J JJFemale Workers in Factories: --
Cigarette making $0.30 to $0.55 per day. 0.25 0:60 " 71 Knitting factories 0.20 0.50 37 27 Perfumery 0.20 0.40 17 Confectionery 0.25 0.35 13 "" battery factories 0.15 0.40 J Electric hand torch factories 31Working hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. One hour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at day rates.
Domestic Servants:-
Employed by Chinese $7.00 to $20.00 per month. Employed by Europeans 15.00 15.00 ** Gardeners 40.00 30.00 ? 1 ܕܙWith free lodging, and, with Chinese employers, generally free board.
NOTE:
The rates of pay of Government employees are much the same as those of a similar category in private employ.
Transport coolies $0.60 to $0.70 per day. Coal coolies 0.80 ..0.60 12 77 Ricksha coolies 0.70 27 23