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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. j Canterbury Industrial District. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Brick, tile, and pottery manufacturing Setters and drawers, Is. IJd. per hour; fireclay and ornamental brick and tile and pipe workers and flangers, Is. 3d. per hour; junction stickers and moulders and stickers, is. 2d. per hour; pipe-kiln burners, 1 OJd. per hour; finishers. Is. 3d. per hour; assistants, 1 s. per hour; competent burners in Hoffman kiln, ] s. per hour; other workers over the age of 22 years, ! Is. Ojd. per hour or 45s. per week; boys, 16 to 20 years, 20s. to 30s. per week; 20 to 22 years, Is. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 per week Brickmakers —Moulders, 8s. per 1,000 Southland. —-Brickmakers —Burners, 10s. for square bricks, and 9s. 6d. per 1,000 per shift of 12 hours ; engine-drivers for fancy bricks ; setters and drawers, : and fitters, Is. 3d. per hour; other 3s. 9d. per 1,000 for square and 5s. 6d. : workers over the age of 21 years, Is. per 1,000 for fancy bricks ; off-beaiers 1 per hour : boys, 16 to 20 years of age, fiom wire - cut machines, lOJd. per 15s. to 24s. per week ; 20 to 21 years, 1,000 ; off-bearers of fancy bricks to : 5s. per day of 8 hours; 21 to 22 be paid day-work ; minimum wage for , years, lOJd. per hour. Hours of labour, workers over the age of 21 years, Is. 48 per week, per hour : boys, 14 years to 20 years of age, 12s. to 24s. per week ; 20 to 21 years, 5s. per day of 8 hours. Hours of labour, 48 per week Butchers' small-goods manufacturing Shopman, first 65s. per week, second 55s. per week; ordermen, 21 to 23 years of age 47s. 6d. per week, over 23 years of age 52s. 6d. per week; general hands, 50s. per week ; smallgoods man, first 52s. 6d. per week, second 45s. per week ; oellarman and packer, first 55s. per week, second 45s. per week ; bacon-curer, first 55s. per week, second 47s. 6d. per week; . head, feet, and tripe hand, first 47s. 6d. per week, second 42s. per week; boners, 47s. 6d. per week; hawkingcarter, 57s. 6d. per week ; drivers, one horse 46s. per week, two or three horses 48s. per week, four or more horses 50s. per week; youths, 10s. to 30s. per week ; from age 14 to age 21, if boarded by employer, a deduction of 7s. 6d. per week ; casual labour, 10s. per day for ordinary days, Satur- 1 days, 12s. Hours, 56 per week. Preserving department —Preservers, 60s. per week; extractors, first 45s. per week, second 42s. per week ; cutters and fillers, 46s. per week; scalers, toppers, and pressers, 42s. per week; 1 solderers, 45s. per week; other tin- 1 workers, 32s. fid. per week. Hours, 48 per week First shopman, 70s. per week ; second Christchurch City. —First shopman, 70s. Otago. — First shopman, 60s. per week ; shopman, 60s. per week; man in charge j per week : second shopman, 60s. per second shopman, 50s. per week ; third of hawking-cart, 51s. per week ; boys, 1 week: first small-goods man, 70s. per shopman, 40s. per week ; man in charge 17s. 6d. to 30s. per week ; first small- j week; man in charge of order or of hawking-cart, 50s.; order-carters, 30s. goods hand, 70s. per week ; riders-out, hawking carts, general hands, and and 40s. per week ; boys, 15s. and 20s. 22s. 6d. ; other hands, 51s. ; casual 1 others, 51s. per week ; casual labour, per week; first small-goods man 60s. labour, Is. 3d. per hour and found, or 1 10s. 6d. per ordinary day, lis. 6d. per ! per week, second 50s. per week ; paid Is. 6d. per day extra. Hours of 1 Saturday ; youths, 12s. fid. to 30s. pei all men to be found, or paid 10s. per labour, 56 per week. week. Hours of labour, 56 per week. week extra; casual labour, 9s. per Wanganui. —Shopman, first 60s., second j Country Award. —Adult workers, 50s. ordinary day, 10s. for Saturday, and 50s. ; small-goods man, first 60s., 1 per week ; youths, 12s. 6d. to 30s. per found, or paid Is. 6d. per day extra, second 50s. ; hawking-carter, 50s.; I week. Hours of labour, 54 to 58 per Hours of labour, 56 per week, general hands, 50s.; order-carters, week. ; Southland Award. —First shopman, if first year 40s., second year 45s., third solely engaged as such, 60s. per week ;. year, 50s.: rider-out, 32s. 6d.; casual second shopman, 50s. per week ; smallhands, Is. 3d. per hour: boys and goods man, if solely engaged as such, youths, 16 to 21 years of age, 17s. 6d. 60s. per week ; hawking-carter, 50s. per to 30s. per week; married men, meat week ; order - carter, 40s. per week ; allowance of 5s. worth per week, or 5s. j general hands, 50s. per week ; slaughtercash in lieu thereof. Hours of labour man, if solely engaged as such, 60s. per as fixed by the Shops and Offices Act week ; slaughterman and wagoner, 50s. per week ; assistant slaughterman, 50s. per week; assistant slaughtermanwagoner, 50s. per week ; casual labour, Is. 3d. per hour ; youths, 15s. to 30s. per week. (Meat allowance not exceeding in value 5s., or 5s. extra in lieu of meat to be paid to each worker, except youths and casuals.) Hours of labour, 58 per week.