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

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Trades. Northern Industrial District. Wellington Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Gum-workers Hairdressers and tobacconists' assistants Sorters, Is. Of d. per hour; learners, 9d. per hour for first six months, lOJd. per hour next six months ; casual labour, Is. 3d. per hour. Hours of labour, 47 per week. Journeymen, 50s. per week ; apprentices, five years, 7s. 6d. to 32s. 6d. per week. Casual labour —long days, 12s. 6d. per day; other days, 10s. per day (except Wednesday, 5s. per day); if worker detained on Wednesday after statutory closing-hour, to be paid 12s. 6d. for day. Hours of labour, 52 per week Journeymen, 50s. per week; apprentices, five years, 5s. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 53 per week Journeymen, 50s. per week ; apprentices, five years, 5s. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 52 per week. Hosiery-manufacturing •.. Beginners, 7s. per week, rising at sixmonthly intervals for three years to 20s. per week Workers employed in and about manureworks, taUow-works, oleo-works, Is. OJd. per hour; general labourers, Is. per hour. Hours of labour, 8 per day Manure-manufacturing Adult minimum wage —Day-work, Is. per hour; night-work, Is. OJd. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 per week Adult minimum wage, Is. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Match-manufacturing Meat freezing and preserving Poverty Bay Works. —Slaughtermen —For freezing sheep and lambs, 25s. per 100 ; others, 18s. to 20s. per 100 ; rams, 5d. per head ; buUocks, 2s. per head ; pigs, Is. and Is. 6d. per head ; calves, Is. and Is. 6d. per head ; lambs requiring backsets, 5d. per head ; dead sheep and lambs, Is. per head; dead cattle, 5s. per head. Hours of labour, 8 per day. Tokomaru Bay Freezing Works. — Freezing sheep and lambs, 25s. per 100 ; rams other than ram Iambs, 5d. per head; lambs requiring backsets, 5d. per head; dead sheep and lambs, 1 s. per head; cattle, 2s. per head; dead cattle, 5s. per head; pigs up to 1201b., Is. per head; pigs 1211b. and over, Is. 6d. per head; calves up to 1301b., Is per. head; calves 1311b. and over, Is. 6d. per head; potter sheep, 20s. per 100; potter lambs, 18s. per 100. Hours of labour, 8 per day ; Saturdays, 4 hours See Wax-vestas manufacturing Same as Poverty Bay Wellington Abattoirs. — Slaughtermen, 70s. per week; assistant slaughtermen, 50s. per week; casual hands, 16s. per day (or piecework rates if agreed). Hours of labour, 44 per week Meat-preserving —Boners, Is. IJd. per hour ; second preserver, Is. IJd. per hour ; other hands, Is. Ofd. per hour ; youths, from 12s. to 21s. per week, according to age; greasers and firemen, Is. IJd. per hour. Hours of labour, 8 per day 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 ; buUocks, 2s. each; calves, Is. each; rams, 4d. each. Hours of labour, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Burnside Abattoirs —Slaughtermen, 50s. to 65s. per week; casual hands, 12s. per day or 70s. per week; boys and youths, 12s. to 35s. per week, according to age. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Slaughtermen (freezers export) — For freezing sheep and lambs not otherwise specified, 25s. per 100; long-shanked shop sheep, 27s. 6d. per 100 ; rams, 5d. each; pigs, Is. and Is. 6d. each; buUocks, 2s. each ; calves, Is. and 2s. each. Hours of labour, 8 per day. Southland. —Slaughtermen rates per 100 : For freezing sheep and lambs, 25s. ; double-fleece sheep, 37s. 6d.; potter sheep, 20s.; rams other than ram lambs and stags, 5d. each; pigs up to 1201b., Is.; over 1201b., Is. 6d.; bullocks, 2s.; bulls over two years, 3s.; calves up to 1301b., Is.; over 1301b., Is. 6d., dead sheep and lambs, Is.; dead cattle, 5s. Greasers and firemen, 8s. per day; manure hands, 8s. per day; chambermen, Is. 3d. per hour. Hours of work —Greasers and firemen, 56 per week; manure hands and chambermen, 8 per day; slaughtermer, 44 per week. \ I