Weekly wages of all hands throughout eighteen months in the years 1886-96 and 1899, three weeks in 1877 and two in 1898.
This firm employs folders, stitchers, and sewers.—The number of permanent hands employed increased with slight variations from two in 1886 to twelve in 1899. Jobbers are occasionally employed, sometimes as many as there are permanent hands.
Considering the regular hands and choosing each year a wage earner near the median for that year, we have the following table.
| Total Wages in Year. | Bonus. | Average Earnings per week, including bonus. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| 1887 | 18 | 0[x] | 10 | 6 | 14 | 3 |
| 1888 | 39 | 6 | 21 | 8 | 15 | 6 |
| 1889 | 38 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| 1890 | 36 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 4 |
| 1891 | 39 | 0 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 4 |
| 1892 | 39 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
| 1893 | 38 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 2 |
| 1894 | 40 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| 1895 | 37 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 10 |
| 1896 | 40 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
| 1897 | 37 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 14 | 10 |
| 1898 | 40 | 7 | 20 | 0 | 15 | 11 |
| 1899 | 29 | 11[y] | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 |
[x] (half-year)
[y] (9 months)
In a typical week, January 5th-12th, 1899, the wages were:
Full workers, average, 16s. 2d.
1 at 21s.
5 between 16s. and 17s.