BUILDING TRADE:-
(WI)
AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.
Carpenters,
Bricklayers,
Painters,
Plasterers,
Scaffolders..
Labourers (male),.............
11
(female),
$1,15 per day.
1.10
**
1.20
JJ
1.10
"
1.70
"
0.80
11
0.50
"
477
Working hours 9 per day. Time and a half paid for overtime. Free temporary sleeping quarters
provided on the building site and communal inessing at cheap rates,
SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING :--
Electricians,
Coppersmiths,
Fitters,
Sawmillers,
Boilermakers...................
Sailmakers,
Blacksmiths,
Turners,
Patternmakers,
Labourers,
Overtime-time and a half. Night work-double time.
TRANSPORT WORKERS :—
Tram Drivers,
.$1.45 to $180 per day.
1.20 to 1.80 *
0.80 to 1,80
1.00 to 1.40
1.00 to
1,00 to 1.50
1.50
"
་་
0.80 to
1.20
"
1.00 to
1.40
F
1.00 to
1.40
14
0.50 to 0.80
"
**
Conductors,
Bus Drivers,
"
Conductors,
Working hours 9 per day. Free Uniform. Bonus at end of year.
BAILWAY WORkers (GovernmENT):-
$36 to $45 per month.
30 to 39
50 per month.
20 to 25 per month.
Engine Drivers,
Firemen,
Guards,
.$ 540 to $1,000 per annum,
480
•
330 10
600 to 1,000 "
Signalmen,....
Station Masters,
Booking Clerks,
Telephone Operators,
FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES:—
Cigarette making............
Kuitting factories,
Perfumery,
Confectionery,
*
600 to 1,000
"
1,100 to 1,800
**
600 to 1,000 19
480 to 1,000 +3
..$0.40 to $0.80 per day.
0.20 to 0.55 11
0.20 to 0.50 17
0.20 to 0.60 *
Working hours from 7 nm, to 5 p.m. One bour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
day rates.
DOMESTIC SERVANTS :-
Employed by Chinese,
Employed by Europeans,..
Gardeners,....
..............$ 7.00 to $20.00 per month.
--
15.00 to 10,00
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 are much the same as those of a similar
category in private employ.