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Building Trades:-

Carpenters Bricklayers

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Appendix III.

AVERAGE RATES OF WAGES FOR LABOUR.

$1.15 per day.

Painters

Plasterers

Scaffolders

Labourers (male)

(female)

1.10 1.20

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1.10

1.70

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0.80

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13

0.50

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Working hours 9 per day. Time and a half paid for over-time. Free temporary quarters provided on the building site and communal messing at cheap rates.

Shipbuilding and Engineering :-

Electricians

Coppersmiths Fitters Sawmillers

Boilermakers

Sailmakers

Blacksmiths

Turners

Patternmakers

Labourers

$1.45 to $1.80 per day.

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1.00

1.40

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1.00

1.00

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1.50

0.80

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

Transport workers :--

Tram drivers

Tram conductors

Bus drivers

Bus conductors

$36 to $45 per month.

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50 per month.

20 to $25 per month.

Working hours, nine per day. Free uniform. Bonus at end of year.

Railway workers. (Government) :-

Engine drivers

Firemen

540 to $1,000 per annum.

Guards

Signalmen

Station Masters

Booking Clerks

Telephone Operators

Female workers in factories :--

Cigarette making

Knitting factories

Perfumery

Confectionery

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

from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., at day rates.

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600

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1,000

1,800

600

1,000

480

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$0.40 to $0.80 per day.

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13

0.20

0.55 0.50 0.60

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One hour off at mid-day. Over-time

Domestic servants :—

Employed by Chinese

Employed by Europeans

Gardeners

$7.00 to $20.00 per month.

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40.00 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.

Coolies:-

Transport coolies

$0.60 to $0.70 per day.

Coal Ricksha

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0.80 per day.

0.60 to $0.70 per day.