| Income per Annum. | |
| £100 or guineas. | A Widow or other unmarried Lady, maykeep a Young Maid Servant, at a low salary;say from 5 to 10 Guineas a year. |
| £150 to £180. | A Gentleman and Lady without Children,may afford to keep a better Servant-Maid,at about 10 or 12 Guineas. |
| About £200. | Ditto. A professed Servant-Maid of All-Work,at from 12 to 14 Guineas. |
| £300. | Ditto, with one, two, or three Children. TwoMaid-Servants. |
| £400. | Ditto, Ditto. Three female Servants, ortwo and a Boy; viz.—A Cook, House-Maid,and Nursery-Maid, or else, insteadof the latter, a Boy,—with a Gardeneroccasionally. |
| £500. | Ditto, Ditto. Three females and a Boy;viz.—A Cook, House-Maid, and Nursery-Maid,with a Boy as Groom, and to assistin the House and Garden. A Gardeneroccasionally. |
| £500 to £600. | A Gentleman and Lady with Children. ThreeFemales and one Man; viz.—A Cook,House-Maid, and a Nursery-Maid, orother Female-Servant; with a Livery-Servant,as Groom and Footman. A Gardeneroccasionally. |
| £600 to £750. | Ditto, Ditto. Three Females and two Men;viz.—A Cook, House-Maid, and anotherFemale servant; a Footman, and aGroom, who may assist in the Garden,and a Gardener occasionally. |
| £1000 to £1500. | Ditto, Ditto. Four Females and threeMen; viz.—A Cook, two House-Maids,a Nursery-Maid, or other Female Servant;a Coachman, Footman, and aMan to assist in the Stable and Garden. |
| £1500 to £2000. | Ditto, Ditto. Six Female and five Men-Servants;viz.—A Cook, Housekeeper,two House-Maids, Kitchen-Maid, andNursery-Maid, or other Female Servant;with a Coachman, Groom, Footman,Gardener, and an assistant in theGarden and Stable. |
| £2000 to £3000. | Ditto, Ditto. Eight Female and eight Men-Servants;viz.—A Cook, Lady’s-Maid,two House-Maids, Nurse, Nursery-Maid,Kitchen-Maid, and Laundry-Maid;with a Butler, Valet, Coachman,two Grooms, a Footman, and two Gardeners. |
| £3000 to £4000. | Ditto, Ditto. Nine Female and elevenMale Servants; viz.—A Housekeeper,Cook, Lady’s-Maid, Nurse, two House-Maids,a Laundry-Maid, Kitchen-Maid,and a Nursery-Maid; with a Butler,Coachman, two Grooms, Valet, two Footmentwo Gardeners, and a Labourer. |
| £4000 to £5000. | Ditto, Ditto. Eleven Female and thirteenMale Servants; viz.—A Housekeeper,Cook, Lady’s-Maid, Nurse, two House-Maids,Laundry-Maid, Still-Room Maid,Nursery-Maid, Kitchen-Maid, and Scullion,with Butler, Valet, House-Steward,Coachman, two Grooms, one AssistantDitto, two Footmen, three Gardeners,and a Labourer. |
We have been favoured with the following as the present Household Establishment of a respectable Country Gentleman, with a young family, whose Net Income is from 16,000l. to 18,000l. a Year, and whose expenses do not exceed 7000l.; viz.—
| Guineas. | |
| House-Keeper | 24 |
| Female Teacher | 30 |
| Lady’s-Maid | 20 |
| Head Nurse | 20 |
| Second Ditto | 10 |
| Nursery-Maid | 7 |
| Upper House-Maid | 15 |
| Under House-Maid | 14 |
| Kitchen-Maid | 14 |
| Upper Laundry-Maid | 14 |
| Under Ditto | 10 |
| Dairy-Maid | 8 |
| Second Ditto | 7 |
| Still-Room Maid | 9 |
| Scullion | 9 |
| A French Man-Cook | 80 |
| Butler | 50 |
| Coachman | 28 |
| Footman | 24 |
| Under Ditto | 20 |
| Groom.—His Liveries and a Gratuity. | |
| Lady’s Groom | 12 |
| Nursery-Room Boy, Clothes and a gratuity. | |
| Head Game-Keeper 70 Guineas a year, and 13s. per Week for Board-Wages;—a Cottage and Firing. | |
| Under Ditto, one Guinea per Week. | |
| Gardener 40 Guineas a year, and 13s. per Week for Board-Wages;—a House and Firing. | |
| Assistant Ditto, 12s. per Week. |
The Board Wages of Servants in general, when the family is absent, is 10s. per Week, for the females, and 12s. per Week for males.—Perhaps all the servants on a large establishment may be reckoned at an average of 10s. per head, per Week, expense, for Board. The Men are allowed a Pot of Ale per day, and the Women a Pint, besides table-beer.
Besides the ordinary Establishment of Servants, Noblemen and Gentlemen of superior fortune employ Land-Stewards, Bailiffs, Wood-Wards, Game-Keepers, Park-Keepers, Hunts-Men, Whippers-in, Racing-Grooms, Jockies, and others of inferior capacities: also Men-Cooks, Groom of the Chambers, Page, Lady’s-Coachman, Postillion and Footman, Seamstress, Second Lady’s-Maid, Chamber-Maids, Boy for the Steward’s Room, another for the Hall, and various other Servants.
Having premised thus much as to income, and its proportionate appropriation, we next proceed to offer a few hints on such parts of interior management, as in most families are considered as belonging to the lady, or mistress of the house.
The first is, naturally, the attention due to her husband and children—to make home, “sweet home,” the pleasing refuge of a husband, fatigued, perhaps, by his intercourse with a jarring world,—to be his enlightened companion, and the chosen friend of his bosom.
“Oh, speak the joy, ye, whom the tender tear
Surprizes often, when ye look around,
And nothing strikes your eyes but sights of bliss.”