| Occupation | Wage Rate |
|---|---|
| Cork hat workers | $0.30 to $0.55 per day |
| Green pea sorting | $0.20 to $0.40 per day |
| Handkerchief makers | $0.60 to $0.80 per day |
| Paper dyeing | $0.30 to $0.50 per day |
| Grass rope makers | $0.33 to $0.45 per day |
| Rubber shoe makers | $0.20 to $0.65 per day |
| Preserved fruit makers | $0.40 per day |
| Sugar refinery | $0.35 to $1.30 per day |
Working hours from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. One hour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at day rates.
| Category | Wage Rate |
|---|---|
| Employed by Chinese | $2.00 to $20.00 per month |
| Employed by Europeans | $15.00 to $30.00 per month |
| Gardeners | Rate not specified |
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.
| Category | Wage Rate |
|---|---|
| Transport coolies | $0.60 to $0.70 per day |
| Coal coolies | $0.45 to $1.50 per day |
| Ricksha coolies | $1.00 to $1.50 per day |
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| Item | 1940 | 1939 | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rice (3rd Grade) | 7.28 cents | 10 cents | per catty |
| Fresh fish | 23.9 cents | 42 cents | per catty |
| Salt fish | 81.9 cents | — | per catty |
| Beef | 54.4 cents | $1.18? | per catty |
| Pork | 23.8 cents | 38 cents | per catty |
| Oil | 10.0 cents | 12 cents | per catty |
| Firewood | 17 cents | — | per catty |
| Wheaten Flour | $3.40 | — | per bag of 50 lbs |
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| Item | Price Range | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Horned Cattle (large, for slaughter) | $48.00 to $60.00 | per head |
| Sheep | $10.00 | per head |
| Goats (for slaughter) | $22.00 | per picul |
| Swine | $36.00 | per picul |
| Milk | $0.30 | per pint |
| Butter, Fresh (supply very limited) | $0.85 to $1.30 | per lb |
| Cheese | $0.85 to $2.00 | per lb |
| Salt | $0.39 to $0.60 | per lb |
| Beef (native) | $0.12 to $1.00 | per lb |
| Beef (Australian frozen) | $0.45 to $1.60 | per lb |
| Mutton (native) | $0.52 to $1.00 | per lb |
| Mutton (Australian frozen) | $0.50 to $1.00 | per lb |
| Pork (native) | $0.52 to $1.00 | per lb |
| Rice | $0.10 to $0.14 | per lb |
| Coffee (raw) | $0.40 to $0.60 | per lb |
| Sugar | $1.60 to $2.45 | per lb |
| Salt (Table) | $0.15 to $0.17 | per lb |
| Wine | $0.80 to $34.00 | per 2-lb jar / per dozen quarts |
| Brandy | $3.10 | per pint |
| Beer | $4.00 to $7.80 | per 16 pints |
| Tobacco (Tins) | $1.10 to $270.00 | — |
| Tobacco (Cukor) | $7.00 to $11.00 | — |
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Nil.
† See V 1 and 2.
Nil.
84
(W2)
AVERAGE RETAIL PRICES.
FEMALE WORKERS IN FACTORIES :- Continued.
Cork hat workers,
Green pea sorting, Handkerchief makers, Paper dyeing,...................... Grass rope makera,
.$0.30 to $0.55 per day.
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Sugar relinery,
Working hours from 7 am, to 5 p.m.
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One hour off at mid-day. Overtime from 6 p.m. to 8 p.in. nt
day rates.
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Gardeners,
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Note:—The rates of pay of Government exployees are much the same as those of a similar
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Transport coolies,
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A.—STAPLE FOODSTUFFS, ETC., OF WAGE EARNING CLASSES.
1940.
1939.
Rice (3rd Grade),
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Horued Cattle (large, for slaughter),
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Swine,
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Butter, Fresh, supply very limited,....
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34.00
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Tobreco (Tins),.......
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(Cukor),
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ALTERATION
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CONDORA PRADEDA
#4
2 2 3 3 2 2 3
IMPROVEMENTS in Agriculture and ManUFACTURES ↑ INTKUDEGED THIS Year.
Nil.
† Sea V 1 and 2.
PROGRESS OF ant ImproveMENTS PREVIOUSLY REPORTED,
NII.
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