1936 — Page 372

(WI)

1936.

AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

BUILDING TRADI:

Locomotive Drivers,

Carpenters,

Bricklayers,

Painters,

$1.50 to $2.00 per day.

0.80 to 1.15

0.80 to 1.16 "1

Plasterers including Shanghai Plasterers,

Scaffolders,

Labourers (mule),

"1

(female),

+

0.90 to

1.15 12

0.90 to

1.60

0.90 to 1.20

11

0.45 to 0,50 0.30 to 0.40

*

++

Working hours 9 per day. Time and a half paid for overtime. Free temporary sleeping quarters

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

SAIPBUILDING & ENGINEERING ¦--

Electricians, Coppersmiths,

Fitters, Sawmillers,

Boilermakers,.

Sailmakers,

Blacksmiths,

.$1.00 to $1.40 per day.

1.00 to

1.60 "

0.80 to

1.55

+

0.70 10

1.25

"

0.95 to

1.20

1.00 to

1.40 "

0.75 to

1.20 "

1.00 to

1.40 *

Turners,

Patternmakers,

Laluurers,

Overtime-time and a half. Night work-double time.

TRANSPORT WORKERS :-

Tram Drivers,

เ

Conductors,

1.00 to 1.40

0.70 to 1.00 13

.836 to $45 per month.

30 to 99

Bus Drivers, Chinese Bus Companies,

"

Conductors,

JJ

"

"

Working hours 9 per day. Free Uniform, Bouus at end of year—3 days' pay,

Bus Drivers, European Company,

11

سمجھو

Conductors, „,

"

30 to 50

18 to 20

$55.00 .$22.50 to $35

per month.

Working 9 hours a day. Free Uniform. One month's salary bonus.

BALLWAY WORKERS (GOVERNMENT):-

Station Musters,

Telephone Operators,

Booking Clerks.

Guards,

Signalmen......

Engine Drivers,

Ticket Collectors,

Firemen,

Pointsmen,

FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES:-

#1

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

750 to 1,400 "

600 to 1,000

600 to

1,000 1,000 15

39

540 to 1,000

19

420 to 330 10 480

600

**

192 to 240

»

Cigarette making,

Kuitting factories,

Perfumery,

Confentionery,

•

Electric band torch factories,

Electric hand torch battery factories,

.$0.30 to $0.75 per day.

0.20 to 0.45 11

0.20 to 0.40

"

0.15 to 0.20 to 0.15 to 0 35

0,25

0.30

n

J

Working 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

dlay rates.

DOMESTIC SERVANTS :——

Employed by Chinese,

Employed by Europeans,..

Gardeners,..

7.00 to $20.00 per month. 15.00 to 40.00 15.00 to 30.00 P

++

With free lodging, and, with Chinese eruployers, generally free board.

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

category in private employ.

Trausport coolies,

Coal coolies,

Rickslis coolies,

....$0.60 to $0.70 per day.

0.80

师

0.60 to 0.70 1*

3OL