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BUILDING TRADE:

(W1)

AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

Carpenters,... Bricklayers,

Painters,. Plasterers,

Scaffolders

$1.15 per day.

1.10 ++ 1.20

1.10 "

1.70 "1

0.80 }}

0.50 11

Labourers (inale),

(female),

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,

.....$1.45 to $1 80 per day.

1.20 to 1.80

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0.80 to

1.80 I]

1.00 to

1.40

1.00 to

1.50 13

1.00 to

1.50

1

0,50 to

1.20

1.00 to

1.40

17

1.00 to

1.40

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0.30 to 0.80

TRANSPORT WORKERS :—

Tram Drivers,

་་

Conductors

Bus Drivers,

**

Conductors,

Working hours 9 per day.

RAILWAY Workers (GovERNMENT);

Engine Drivers,

Firemen,

Guards,

Signalmen,

Station Masters,

836 to $45 per month.

30 to 39

*

50 per month.

20 to 25 per month.

Free Uniform, Bonus at end of year.

Booking Clerks. Telephone Operators,

FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES:-

Cigarette making..................

Knitting factories,

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Perfumery,

Confectionery,

Working hours from 7 a,m. to 5 p.m.

day rates.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS —

$340 to $1,000 per annum.

$330 10 $480

$600 to $1,000

**

*

$600 to $1,000 $1,100 to $1,800 .8000

to $1,000 $480 to $1,000

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13

.$0.40 to 80,80 per day.

$0.20 to $0.55

.80.20 in $0.30

.80.20 10 $0,60

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One hour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at

Employed by Chiuese,....

Employed by Europeans,

Gardeners,.

$7.00 to $20.00 per month.

$15.00 to $40.00

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.$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.

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