FIRM K. —A publisher's bookbinder. Information obtained.—Wage sheet for three selected weeks in 1898-9.
A week as slack as the slack week here given, was only experienced two or three times.
| Typical. | Busy. | Slack. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Av. s. d. | No. | Av. s. d. | No. | Av. s. d. | |
| Folders (piece) | 46 | 13 1 | 55 | 15 8 | 43 | 8 7 |
| Sewing machinists(piece) | 8 | 22 2 | 8 | 31 1 | 8 | 11 7 |
| Collators (time) | 3 | 26 10 | 3 | 27 2 | 5 | 14 5 |
| Layers-on (piece) | 4 | 14 0 | 4 | 19 7 | 3 | 16 11 |
| Learners | 2 | 4 1½ | 2 | 8 7 | 2 | 3 7 |
| Typical. | Busy. | Slack. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36s. to 38s. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34s. " 36s. | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 32s. " 34s. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30s. " 32s. | 0 | 7 | 1 |
| 28s. " 30s. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26s. " 28s. | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 24s. " 26s. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 22s. " 24s. | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 20s. " 22s. | 9 | 4 | 0 |
| -- | |||
| 18s. to 20s. | 3 | 13 | 2 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 6 | 8 | 3 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 7 | 14 | 4 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 11 | 10 | 2 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 13 | 7 | 15 |
| -- | |||
| 8s. to 10s. | 3 | 1 | 16 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2s. " 4s. | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Median | 13 3 | 16 10 | 9 6 |
| Quartiles | 19 1 | 19 10½ | 11 1 |
| 11 1 | 13 10½ | 7 10 |
FIRM L. —Compositors.—Information obtained: Complete wages of the six hands employed through 1900.
No. 1 has been in the trade two and a half years. In 1900 she was away seven weeks (three, slack trade; two, holidays; two, ill); in the remaining forty-five weeks her wages fluctuated between 5s. and 18s. 3d., reached a total of £28 15s. 9d., making an average of 11s. 1d. weekly through the year, or 12s. 7d. per week employed.
No. 2 lost four weeks in 1900 through slack trade. In the remaining forty-eight weeks her wages fluctuated between 5s. 6d. and 23s.; reached a total of £40 4s. 11d., making an average of 15s. 6d. weekly through the year.
No. 3 made £52 9s., working fifty-one weeks at £1 per week, making 29s. overtime, and taking one week's holiday; average, 20s. 2d. weekly for the year.
No. 4 made £37 16s. in forty-four weeks, lost five weeks through slack trade, and took three weeks' holiday; average, 14s. 6d. weekly for the year.