[7] This includes daily lunches and teas, and lunches and dinners to guests at clubs, restaurants, &c.
[8] Spent unusually little on holidays this year.
[9] Includes five months’ contribution towards payment of one relative to live with and take care of another.
Details of dress expenditure for one year have been given me by Nos. 5 and 6, as well as by No. 4. In addition, I have received the dress accounts for one year of a clerk living at home and receiving board and lodging free, and those for nine years of a lady receiving an allowance for her personal expenditure. I give the accounts of the wage-earning women first.
Table V.
Accounts of Expenditure on Dress of No. 4 (a High School Mistress), Nos. 5 and 7 (Clerks), and No. 6 (a Journalist).
Amount spent on
| 4. | 5. | 7. | 6. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | £ s. d. | |
| Dresses | 3 16 1 | 16 10 0 | 23 2 11 | 19 1 9 |
| Coats, cloaks, umbrellas, &c. | 2 7 11 | 8 10 0 | 2 16 0 | 2 4 0 |
| Millinery | 1 11 1 | 4 10 0 | 5 5 9 | 3 11 7 |
| Underclothing and handkerchiefs | 3 9 11 | 6 0 0 | 5 2 1 | 6 17 8 |
| Boots and shoes | 2 15 11¹⁄₄ | 3 0 0 | 3 4 2 | 6 5 8 |
| Gloves | 0 15 8 | 1 15 0 | 1 13 6 | 2 0 0 |
| Ties, collars, &c. | 0 15 11³⁄₄ | 0 15 0 | 1 6 5 | 0 19 9 |
| Miscellaneous | 0 8 11 | ——[10] | ——[11] | 1 0 11³⁄₄ |
| Total | 16 1 6 | 41 0 0 | 42 10 10 | 42 1 4³⁄₄ |
[10] Included in “petty cash” and not separable from other items.
[11] Sponges, toilet soaps, brushes, &c., should have been included under this head.