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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. Canterbury Industrial District. Otago and Southland Industrial District. 'rinting-continued. and Is. 9d. per hour ; apprentices, week ; apprentices, six years, 7s. 6d. setting-machines, 70s. to 76s. per week ; 75s. per week for night-work ; casual six years, 5s. to 30s. per week (when to 37s. 6d. per week. Hours of labour, Saturday-night editions, 2s. 6d. per bulk hands, night-work, Is. 9d. per working at machine, 2s. 6d. per week 48 per week. hour; probationers, 50s. to 66s. per hour; probationers, day-work 50s. to extra): monotype-keyboard operators, Linotype probationers, day 50s. to week, or Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per hour. 60s. per week, night-work 56s. to 66s. day 70s., night 76s. per week ; pro- 60s. per week, night 56s. to 66s. per Hours of labour, 42 per week. [Note. : per week, or Is. 6d. and Is. 9d. per hour bationers, same as linotype proba- week (when employed by the hour, —See also Cardboard-box making] respectively if employed by the hour ; tioners : monoline and simplex key- Is. 6d. for day-work, and Is. 9d. for apprentices, machine period, second to board operators, day 60s., night 66s. night-work); apprentices, four years, ■ sixth year, 15s. to 35s. per week : monoper week; probationers, same as 10s. to 30s. per week, and 2s. 6d. per j line-operators, for day-work 66s. per linotype probationers: compositors, week in addition when working at ! week, for night-work 72s. per week; day 65s., night 70s. per week; piece- machines. Hours of labour, 42 per i probationers, 50s. to 60s. per week for work, day Is. Id., night Is. 2d. per week day-work, and 56s. to 66s. per week for thousand ens ; compositors employed night-work. Hours of labour, 42 per less than three full consecutive work- week. ing-days, Is. 6d. per hour ; three con- ">' ,-.,. Typesetting compositors, day-work 65s. secutive working-days, but less than a per week, night-work 70s. per week ; week, lis. per day; "house" work, apprentices, six years, 10s. to 40s. per day Is. 6d. per hour, night Is. 9d. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week, hour; apprentices (male or female), Letterpress-machinists, 55s. per week; six years, 10s. to 40s. per week : letter- apprentices, six years, 10s. to 35s. per press-machinists, 55s. per week ; ap- week. prentices, six years, 10s. to 35s. per Southland (Invercargill). —Piecework com week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. positors, per 1,000 ens, day Is. Id., Lithographic transferrers and machinists, . night Is. 2d.; journeymen compositors, 65s. per week ; apprentices, six years, day 60s. per week, night 65s. ; " house " 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Hours of work, day Is. 6d. per hour, night Is. 9d. labour, 48 per week. per hour. (Gore). — Compositors, day Gisborne. —Linotype-operators, day 70s., 1 55s., and night 60s. per week. (Other night 76s. per week, or Is. 8d. and towns). —Compositors, day 45s., night Is. lOd. per hour ; piecework, 3d. per 50s. per week; apprentices, six years, thousand with fat, 3Jd. per thousand . 10s. to 40s. per week. Hours of labour, without fat; probationers, day 50s., 48 per week, night 56s. per week, or Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per hour ; apprentices, six years, 10s. to 30s. per week (when working at machine, 2s. 6d. per week extra). Hours of labour, 42 per week Range fitters and polishers, 1 s. 3d. per Same as Canterbury, except apprentices, hour ; body - fitters and machinists, five years, 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Is. Id. per hour; boys, six years, 7s. 6d. to 36s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week Same as Otago and Southland .. Where four or more hands are employed Where four or more hands are employed I Dunedin. —Same as Canterbury, except in kitchen —chef 65s., second 45s., in kitchen —chef 65s., second 45s., females in pantry and waitresses 22s. others 27s. 6d. ; where three hands others 27s. 6d. per week ; where three per week. Hours of labour as fixed by are employed —chef 55s., second 35s., hands are employed —chef 55s., second Shops and Offices Act — i.e., males 62, others 27s. 6d. ; where two hands are 35s., others 27s. 6d. per week ; where females 52 per week. Range and cooking - stove manufacturing Refreshment-room (tea-room and restaurant) employees