SYDNEY LABOUR MARKET.

Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 369, 17 May 1856, Page 6

SYDNEY LABOUR MARKET.

Country Wages, with Rations.

OLIVER STAINES, British and Foreign Labour Market, three doors below the Herald Office. Lower George St., Sydney, April IS.

i 1 8. d. jf t. d. Farm labourers .. .. 80 © 0 to 40 0 0 Serman ditto .. .. .. SO „ ,, to 35 ,, ,, Bullock drivers .. v .. 35 „ „ to 45 „ ,, English shepherds .. V ..28 „ „ to 30 „ ,, Milkmen .. .. .. 30 ,, „ to 40 ,, f , Stockmen .. .. .. 30 „ ,, to 40 ,, „ Hutkecpers .. .. .. 20 ,, „ to 25 „ ,, Married couples .. ,. 40 ,, ,, to 55 ,, ,, Sermrm ditto .. .. .. 40 ,, ,, to 50 ,, ,, Brickmakers, per 1,000 .. 115 Oto2 0 0 Sorman and Italian shepherds .. 27 „ ,, to 29 ,, 0 Garden labourers, per week, found 0 15 0 to 0 18 0 Rough carpenters, per aununi. .. 50 0 0 " 70 0 C Butchers, per week .. 110 0"20C Blncksmiths, per week, not found. 2 10 0'• 4 0 0 Surveyor's men .. .. 30 0 0 " 35 0 C Sawyers, per 100, not found .. 0 14 „ to 0 16 0 To^s Bates (living in the house). .€ s. d. jT «. d. Female cooks.. .. .. 25 0 0 to 30 0 ,, Laundresses .. .. .. 25 ,, ,, to 30 ,, Useful general female servants ..20 ,, ,, to 24 „ „ Housemaids .. .. .. 20 ,, „ to 24 ,. ,, Cvursemaids .. .. .. 20 ,, ., to 22 ., , Labourers, in town, per day .. 0 6 ,, to 0 9 ,, Male servants, town, per annum .. 30 0 0 " 40 0 C