Agricultural wages in England.
Q. 8. Weekly wages, with or without beer or cider, in summer and winter?
254 parishes give an average in summer, with beer or cider, of per week, 10s. 4¾d.
522 parishes give an average in summer, without beer or cider, of per week, 10s. 5½d.
200 parishes give an average in winter, with beer or cider, of per week, 9s. 2¼d.
544 parishes give an average in winter, without beer or cider, of per week, 9s. 11¾d.
Q. 10. What in the whole might an average labourer, obtaining an average amount of employment, both in day-work and piece-work, expect to earn in the year, including harvest work, and the value of all his other advantages and means of living, except parish relief?
Q. 13. What in the whole might a labourer’s wife and four children, aged 14, 11, 8, and 5 years respectively, (the eldest a boy,) expect to earn in the year, obtaining, as in the former case, an average amount of employment?
| 856 parishes give for the man, an average of | £27 | 17 | 10 |
| 668 parishes give for the wife and children an average of | 13 | 19 | 10 |
| Average annual income of the family | £41 | 17 | 8 |