| Typical Weeks. | Busy Week. | Slack Week. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov., 1898. | Feb., 1899. | Nov., 1899. | Dec., 1899. | March, 1899. | |
| Binders— | No. | No. | No. | No. | No. |
| Above 20s. | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 18s. to 20s. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 5 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 7 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Envelope Room— | |||||
| 20s. to 22s. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18s. " 20s. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2s. " 4s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Machine Ruling— | |||||
| 8s. to 9s. | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 7s. " 8s. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6s. " 7s. | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5s. " 6s. | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 4s. " 5s. | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 3s. " 4s. | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2s. " 3s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Warehouse Earnings. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| 22 4 | 24 1 | 27 9 | 28 0 | 21 6 | |
| 22 1 | 24 1 | 26 10 | 26 10 | 20 8 | |
| 22 1 | 23 3 | 26 4 | 26 3 | 20 8 | |
| 20 5 | 22 1 | 24 6 | 24 9 | 19 3 | |
| 12 7 | 20 10 | 11 3 | 24 0 | 15 6 | |
FIRM D.—Information obtained.—Complete lists of wages in all weeks in 1899. Wages of thirty-one hands tabulated week by week through 1899.
The lists are made up in five divisions.
1. Sixty-five to seventy-eight employed in sewing, folding and collating (of whom eleven to seventeen are learners). Excluding Bank Holiday weeks and learners, the average wage fluctuates only between 10s. and 13s. 9d. Average for 1st half, 12s.; 2nd half, 11s. 6d.; year, 11s. 9d.
2. Eighty to ninety (including sixteen to twenty-three learners), collating and sewing. Average from 10s. 7d. to 16s. 3d. Average for 1st half, 13s. 5d.; 2nd half, 13s. 2d.; year, 13s. 3d.
3. Eighty-three to ninety-two (including thirteen to thirty learners), folding. Average from 10s. 6d. to 16s. 5d. Average for 1st half, 13s.; 2nd half, 13s.; year, 13s.
4. Layers-on, about six. Average fluctuates from 12s. to 24s. 8d.; 1st half, 15s. 7d.; 2nd half, 16s. 11d.; year, 16s. 3d.
5. Lookers-over, four or six. Fluctuates from 11s. 8d. to 15s. 10d. Average for year, 13s. 8d.