The following table shows detailed wages in five selected weeks.
| Slack Weeks. | Typical Weeks. | Busy. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. 24th, 1899 | Feb. 23rd, 1900 | June 30th, 1899 | Oct. 13th, 1899 | Dec. 8th, 1899 | |
| Above 24s. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 22s. to 24s. | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20s. " 22s. | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| 18s. " 20s. | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 33 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 23 | 20 | 26 | 40 | 36 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 45 | 58 | 51 | 52 | 59 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 40 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 17 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 35 | 32 | 26 | 24 | 19 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 24 | 19 | 15 | 24 | 17 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 15 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 7 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 9 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 |
| 2s. " 4s. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Median | 12 9 | 13 4 | 14 0 | 13 8 | 14 10 |
| Quartiles | 15 0 | 14 9 | 15 6 | 16 0 | 18 0 |
| 10 0 | 10 4 | 11 4 | 10 6 | 13 4 | |
| Dispersion | ·20 | ·17 | ·18 | ·20 | ·15 |
FIRM E.— Information obtained.—Complete wage list for one week each month from August, 1894, to December, 1899.
Wages of eight hands tabulated, five through the whole period.
Folding, stitching and sewing are done. Number employed was nearly regular, but increased from forty to sixty, and fell back to fifty.
The median fluctuates rapidly and greatly, but shows a gradual rise from 13s. (with fluctuations down to 8s. and up to 16s.) to 16s. (with fluctuations down to 10s. and up to 19s.). The "dispersion" has changed little, and was about ·15.
The following weeks (table p. 121) show the general run of wages.
| Feb. 1895. | July, 1895. | Nov. 1895. | Feb. 1899. | July, 1899. | Nov. 1899. | Dec. 1899. | A Slack Week, 1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 24s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 22s. to 24s. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 20s. " 22s. | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| 18s. " 20s. | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 2 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 0 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 4 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 3 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 8 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 13 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 9 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. |
| Meridian | 11 4 | 12 7 | 12 5 | 9 10 | 16 5 | 17 8 | 16 3 | 10 3 |
| Quartiles | 12 11 | 14 7 | 14 4 | 10 11 | 18 7 | 20 1 | 18 10 | 12 0 |
| 9 8 | 10 8 | 10 7 | 8 4 | 13 5 | 15 5 | 13 9 | 8 4 | |
| Dispersion | ·14 | ·16 | ·14 | ·13 | ·16 | ·13 | ·16 | ·17 |
FIRM F.—Information obtained.—Wages for all hands each week in 1896, and until March, 1900. So few are employed that no average can be given, and the wages are treated later under individual hands.