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Table 5.—Schedule of the Rates of Wages and the Hours of Labour, &c.— continued.

Trades. Northern Industrial District. Wellington Industrial District. Wellington Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. Otago and Southland Industrial District. J . . Hosiery-manufacturing I r o n w o r k e r s (iron-rolling mills), Burnside Beginners, 7s. per week, rising at six- Same rate of wages as Canterbury. monthly intervals for three years to 20s. per week Forge-rolls — forge-roller, Is. per ton; catcher, 3d. per ton ; h-oker-up, 7d. per ton; dragger-away, 7d. per ton: finished - iron rollers — head roller, Is. 6d. per ton ; bolter-up and bolterdown, Is. 3d. per ton: furnacemen — finished-iron furnacemen, 5s. per ton, or Is. 3d. per hour ; ball-furnace men, 4s. 3d. per ton ; furnace under-hands, lOJd. per hour : shearmen, finished, iron cutter-down, Is. to Is. ljd. per hour ; catcher, scrapcutter, and yardmen, Is. per hour ; engine and hammer drivers, 10s. per eight-hour shift; firemen at boilers, 8s. per eight-hour shift. Manure-manufacturing .. Adult minimum wage, lljd. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 per week Adult minimum wage, lOJd. per hour. Adult minimum wage, lljd. per hour. Hours of labour, 8 per day Hours of labour, 48 per week. Match-manufacturing See Wax-vestas manufacturing. Meat freezing and pre- Poverty Bay Works. —Slaughtermen for serving sheep and lambs for freezing, 23s. per 100; others, 18s. to 20s. per 100; rams, 33s. 4d per 100 ; bullocks, 2s. each; pigs, Is. each; other hands, 7s. to 8s. 6d. per day ; boys, 14 to 21 years, 12s. to 35s. per week according to age. Hours of labour, 8 per day I Slaughtermen —Same as Otago and South- Slaughtermen — (Local abattoirs) : Rate6 land. Hours of labour, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. of wages SOs. to 60s. per week ; casuals, Meat-preserving —Rates of wages from 10 per cent, on above rates fjboys and 7s. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per day ; youths, from youths, 12s. to 35s. per week according 12s. to 35s. per week according to age. to age. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week Slaughtermen —(Freezers export) : Shop sheep (piecework), 25s. per 100 ; freezing sheep and lambs, 23s. per 100; others, 18s. to 20s. per 100 ; pigs, 9d. to Is. each ; bullocks, 2s. each ; calves, Is. each ; rams,' 4d. each. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Metal - working (including Assistants, strikers, and yardmen, Is. per boilermaking) " flfll hour; tank-workers, stokehold- workers, and all work below the main deck (inside or outside), Is. 2d. per hour : boys and youths, 7s. 6d. to 32s. 6d. per week according to age. Hours of labour, 48 per week.