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      <div>HAMBURG. 
25õ 
Formerly a large number of Dundee women were engaged for the more 
responsible work, and a few still remain and earn 18s. and 20s. per week. 
About a third of the workpeople are married women. 
Wages and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. 
Stonemasons 
Building Trades ( time rates fixed by agreement)'• 
Bricklayers and Masons 
(Carvers and Hewers) 
In sandstone 
Carpenters ... 
Joiners and Cabinet-makers 
Plumbers and Fitters 
Roofers 
Glaziers 
Í On buildings. 
(In workshops 
Stucco-workers 
Painters 
Decorators and Paperhangers ... 
Paviors 
Rammers and Paviors’ Labourers 
Bricklayers and Masons’ Labourers 
Navvies 
Tile-layers ... 
Stone-carvers 
Marble Masons 
„ Polishers 
Cement-workers 
„ Hodmen and Moulders 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
40s. 2d. 
36s. 9c?. 
42s. 11c?. 
40s. 2c?. 
29s. 2d. 
32 s. 1c?. 
37s. 5d. 
32s. lc?. 
42s. to 48s. 
36s. „ 39s. 
32s. 5c?. 
27s. 
36s. 9d. 
33s. 11c?. 
40s. 2c?. 
26s. 9c?. 
48s. 2c?. 
48s. 
32s. 5c?. 
27s. 
34s. 9c?. to 37s. 5c?. 
29s. 5d. 
53&amp; 
56&amp; 
50Ï 
53? 
53' 
53&amp; 
53Í 
531j 
54 
54 
54 
54 
561 
se; 
53; 
53; 
53; 
f} 
54 
53&amp; 
53&amp; 
The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in summer. 
Shipbuilding Industry :— 
Moulders ... 
Fitters 
Turners 
Smiths 
Pattern-makers 
Angle-iron Smiths 
Boilersmiths 
Boilersmiths’ Labourers 
Ri vetters ... 
Caulkers ... 
Holders-up 
Labourers ... 
Weekly Wages. 
Piece. 
Time. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
33s. to 36s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
33s. » 39s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
33s. to 39s. 
33s. ,, 39s. 
24s. „ 27s. 
33s. „ 39s. 
24s. to 30s. 
24s. „ 30s. 
27s. 
24s. to 27s. 7c?. 
26s. 5c?. to 30s. 
24s. to 30s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
25s. 2c?. to 30s. 
25s. 2c?. „ 30s. 
21s. to 22s. 10c?. 
24s. 
25s. 10c?. to 28s. 10c?. 
21s. to 22s. 2d. 
21 s. 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
Weekly Wages. 
Fitters &amp;lt; 
Engineering and Metal Trades :— 
Moulders ... 
In machine shops 
In oil works ... 
In electric installation works (agree 
ment) ... ... ... 
In factories ... 
In breweries (agreement) ... 
Turners 
Smiths ... * * * ••• . . * 
Pattern -makers 
Erectors ... • •• ••• * * * ••• 
File-grinders (agreement) 
File-cutters (agreement) 
Labourers in machine shops 
27s. to 30s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
27s. 
27s. to 30s. 
30s. » 31s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
36s. „ 42s. 
34s. 2c?. 
24s. 6c?. 
18s. to 24s. 
Weekly Hours 
of Labour. 
60 
60 
60 
54 
60 
57 
60 
60 
60 
60 
57 
57 
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