Railway Workers (Government).
Station Masters
Telephone Operators
Booking Clerks
$1,100 to $1,800 per annum.
750%,
1,400
600
1,000
Guards
600
1,000
13
11
Signalmen
1,000
3
15
Engine Drivers
540
1,000
Ticket Collectors
420
600
99
Firemen
330
480
Pointsmen
Female Workers in Factories:
Cigarette making
... 192
240
$0.30 to $0.75 per day.
Knitting factories
Perfumery
Confectionery
0.20
0.45
0.20
0.40
0.25
Electric hand torch factories
Electric hand torch battery factories
Working hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
0.15
0.20
0.30
0.15
0.85
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.
40.00
15.00
30.00
Employed by Europeans
15.00
Gardeners
With 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
Coal coolies
Ricksha coolies
$0.60 to $0.70 per day.
0.80
0.60, 0.70