FIRM O. Information obtained.—Wage lists in three selected weeks, probably in first half of 1900. Five hands.
| Typical Week. | Busy. | Slack. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Folder | 17 6 | 20 0 | 12 6 |
| Stitcher | 21 0 | 26 0 | 15 0 |
| Sewer | 12 0 | 15 0 | 8 6 |
| Laying-on | 12 0 | 15 0 | 11 0 |
| Learner | 5 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 |
FIRM P. Information obtained.—Wage lists in three selected weeks. Wages of twelve selected workers in these weeks.
| Aug. 11th, 1899. | Dec. 15th, 1899. | Dec. 22nd, 1899. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 at 27s.4d. | 1 at 28s.2d. | 1 at 30s.8d. | |
| Above 24s. | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22s. to 24s. | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 20s. " 22s. | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| 18s. " 20s. | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 8 | 23 | 21 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 17 | 30 | 21 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 26 | 20 | 13 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 24 | 9 | 9 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 10 | 7 | 1 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| — | — | — | |
| 90 | 106 | 105 | |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Median | 15 0 | 15 3 | 16 8 |
| Quartiles | 14 0 | 17 2 | 19 2 |
| 10 8 | 13 0 | 14 3 | |
| Dispersion | ·11 | ·14 | ·15 |
FIRM Q. Information obtained.—Wage lists in eleven selected weeks. Work done—machine ruling in its higher branches, usually done by men; also paging and numbering (see table, p. 131).
FIRM Q.
| 1890. | 1891. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov. 8th. | May 9th. | May 14th. | Nov. 12th. | May 13th. | Nov. 11th. | Feb. 10th. | May 12th. | Aug. 11th. | Nov. 10th. | Dec. 8th. | |
| 20s. to 22s. | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 18s. " 20s. | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 16s. " 18s. | 9 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| 14s. " 16s. | 9 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 10 |
| 12s. " 14s. | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 10s. " 12s. | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 7 |
| 8s. " 10s. | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 |
| 6s. " 8s. | 6 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 4s. " 6s. | 8 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 2s. " 4s. | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 |
| 0s. " 2s. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| -- | 68 | 71 | 59 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 58 | 57 | 50 | 59 | 64 |
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Median | 12 6 | 11 3 | 12 2 | 12 4 | 12 10 | 12 4 | 12 0 | 11 4 | 9 6 | 10 0 | 12 0 |
| Quartiles | 15 4 | 14 3 | 14 6 | 14 9 | 15 6 | 15 0 | 15 0 | 15 0 | 13 0 | 15 4 | 15 2 |
| 7 4 | 7 0 | 7 7 | 8 2 | 8 9 | 8 0 | 6 0 | 7 3 | 6 0 | 6 4 | 6 4 | |
| Dispersion | ·3 | ·3 | ·3 | ·3 | ·28 | ·3 | ·4 | ·35 | ·37 | ·41 | ·35 |