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1935.

AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

.................................................................$1.50 to $2.00 per day.

BUILDING TRADE:-

Locomotive Drivers,

Carpenters,

Bricklayers,

Painters,

Plasterers,

Scaffolders,

Labourers (male),

(female),

0,85 10 1.25 0,55 to

*+

0.80 to

1.20 13 1.25 1.20

13.

0.90 to 1.25

*

0.60 to 0.75

0.40 to 0,40

11

Free temporary sleeping quarters

Working hours 9 per day. Time and a half pait for overtime.

provided on the building site and communal messing at cheap rates,

SHIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING :--

Electricians. Coppersmiths.

Fitters,

Sawmillers,

Boilormakers.......

Sailmakers,

Blacksmiths,

Turners,

Patternmakers,

........$1.00 to $1.40 per day.

1.00 to

160

19

0,80 to

1,55

0.70 to

1.25

**

0.95 to

1.20

1.00 To

1,40

0.75 to

1.20

1.00 to

1.40

1.00 to

1.40

0.70 to

1,00

Labourers,

Overtime—time and a balf. Night work—double time.

Transport WORKERS :—

Tram Drivers,

M

Conductors,

Bus Drivers,

+

.836 to $45 per month.

30 to 39

30 to

50 M

**

Conductors,

Working hours 9 per day. Free Uniform, Bouns at end of year.

RAILWAY WORKERS (GOVERNMEN():—

Station Masters,

18 to 25

Telephono Operators,

Booking Clerks,

144

Guards,

Signalmen............

Engine Drivers,

Ticket Collectors,

Firemen,

Pointsmen,

FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES:—

Cigarette making,.

Kuitting factories,

Perfumery,

-in

Confectionery,

Electric hand torch factories.

Electric band torch battery factories,

$1,100 to $1,800 per annum.

1,100

750 to 600 to 1,00K) 600 to 1,000* 1,0(K)

540 to 1,000 420 to 830 to

**

M

192 to

600

480

240 5

+

.$0,30 10 80.55 per day,

-----

0.25 to 0.60 0.20 to 0.50

++

11

0.20 to 0.40

0.25 to 0.35

0.15 to 0.40

"

Working hours fromn 7 n.m. to 5 p.m. Que hour 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,......

.8 7.00 to 220,00 per month.

13.00 to 10,00 15.00 to 30.ME

**

--

With free lodging, and, with Chinese employers, generally Irve board.

Note :—The rates of pay of Government employees are much the same as those of a similar

category in private employ.

Transport coolies,

C'ont coolies,

Rickslu coolies,

0.80

..$0.60 to $0,70 per day.

0,60 10 0.70

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*

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