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      <div>493 
Wages and Hours of Labour in the Engineering Trades. 
Towns. 
Aachen .. 
Aschaffenburg 
¿armen 
Berlin .. 
¿ochum 
¿remen .. 
Breslau 
Brunswick 
Xhemnitz 
Crefeld .. 
§«"&amp;d 
Dresden .. 
¿usseldorf 
Bssen 
Hamburg-Altona 
¿Onigshütte* 
íf ip zig .. 
Magdeburg — 
Mannheim 
Mülhausen 
Munich.. 
Nuremberg 
Oschersleben 
Bemscheid 
gphngen 
gtasBfurt 
Stettm .. 
Stuttgart 
Zwickau 
Usual 
Hours of 
Labour 
per week 
(exclusive 
of 
intervals). 
60 
60 
58i to 60 
57 to 60 
60 
60 
59&amp;.60 
57 to 60 
60 
60 
60 
57 to 60 
58 „ 60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
54 to 60 
58 „ 60 
57 „ 60 
60 „ 63 
57 
57,58 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 to 63 
54 „ 57 
62 „ 63 
Predominant Weekly Wages. 
Moulders. 
30s. to 36s. 
24s. 
27s. 6d. to 29s. 
34s. to 33s. lOd. 
30s. to 32s. 
24s. „ 25s. 
31s. 4d. to 33s. 
32s. to 33s. 
33s. to 34s. Id. 
36s. 
30s. to 35s. 
37s. 
36s. .to 41s. 
27s. „ 30s. 
31s. 2d. 
34s to 37s. 
32s. to 33s. 6d. 
25 s to 30s. 
30s. 9d. 
30 s. 
30s. to 33s. 
26s. 9d. to 30s. 
36s. 
Fitters. 
30s. to 33s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
35s. 
30s. 
29s. 
25s. 
36s. 
33s. 
30s. 
27s. 
31s 3d. 
31s. to 33s. 
2ls. „ 24s. 
27s. 30s. 
21s. to 22s. 4d. 
27s. to 32s. 
25s. „ 27s. 
30s. ,. 35s. 
30s. „ 39s. 
30s. ., 36s. 
28s. 6d. 
30s. to 33s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
32s. 
19s. to 24s. 
24s. „ 28s. 
25s. to 32s. 6d. 
27s. to 30s. 
30s. „ 34s. 
27s. , 30s. 
27 s. 
22s. 6d. to 24s. 
24s. 6d. „ 28s. 
20s. to 21s. 
Turners. 
Smiths. 
Pattern 
makers. 
33s. to 36s, 
21s. 
30s. 
37s. 3d. to 38s. lOd. 
29s. to 30s. 
26s. „ 30s. 
34s. 
28s. lOd. to 29s. 5d. 
24s. to 26s. 
30s. ,, 33s. 
22s. 4d. 
27s. to 32s. 
27s. „ 30s. 
33s. „ 36s. 
32s. 6d to 39s. 
30s. to 36s. 
33s. 5d. 
32s. to 33s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
30s. to 34s. 6d. 
20s. 6d. to 23s. 
26s. to 30s. 
28s to 34s. 9d. 
25s. to 30s. 
33s. ., 37s. 
27s. „ 33s. 
25s. 2d. to 30s. 
24s. 
27s. to 28s. 
22s. ,, 26s. 
30s. to 36s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
30s. to 31s. 2d. 
29s. to 31s. 
25s. „ 33s. 
33s. 
33s. to 35s. 5d. 
25s. to 27s. 
27s. ,. 33s. 
22s. 4d. to 22s. lOd. 
32s. to 36s. 
33s. to 36s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
30s. „ 36s. 
31s. lOd. 
33s. to 35s. 
30s, ,, 33s, 
32s. 6d. 
23s. 6d. to 25s. 
27s. to 30s. 
32s. 8d. to 36s. 
30s. to 33s. 
25s. 6d. to 30s. 
32s. 5d. 
21s. to 22s. 
30s. to 33s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
27s. 
36s. to 37s. 
28s. 6d. 
22s. lOd. to 24s. 
30s. 
26s. 6d, to 28 s. lOd. 
25s. to 27s. 
32s. „ 35s. 
23s. 6d. to 25s. 
27s. to 29s. 
27s. ., 30s. 
30s. „ 33s. 
27s. 
30s. to 36s. 
27s. to 34s. 
27s. ,, 31s. 
32s. „ 35s. 
23s. „ 24s. 
28s. „ 32s. 
24s. 4d. to 28s. 
24s, to 30s. 
29s. 5d. to 31s. 
27s. to 30s. 
25s. „ 26s. 
24s. 
26s. to 29s. 
21s. „ 24s. 
Labourers. 
17s. to 21s. 
18s. 
20s. to 22s. 
20s. to 23s. 7d. 
21s. 
18s to 21s. 
18s. to 20s. 6d. 
18s. to 21s. 
14s. „ 17s. 
21s. „ 23s. 
18s. „ 19s. 
20s. „ 23s. 
23s. 
21s. to 24s. 
20s. „ 23s. 
18s. „ 24s. 
21s. 
18s. to 24s. 
17s. to 18s. 6d. 
18s. to 21s. 
17s. 5d. to 19s. 5d. 
18s. to 21s. 
22s. „ 25s. 
18s. „ 21s. 
18s. to 21s. 9d. 
18s. 
18s. 
16s. to 18s. 
* The wages stated for Königshütte represent the average weekly earnings, inclusive of overtime. 
Wages and Hours of Labour of Brewery Employees. 
Towns. 
Weekly 
Hours of 
Labour.* 
Weekly Wages of 
Brewers. 
Coopers. 
Draymen. 
Labourers. 
I. Towns in which beer is supplied free, and in ivhich no money allowance is made for 
beer not consumed. 
Barmen ... 
Berlin 
Bochum ... 
Bremen ... 
Breslau ... 
Brunswick 
Chemnitz... 
Crefeld ... 
Dortmund 
Elberfeld... 
Essen 
Königsberg 
Leipzig ... 
Oschersleben 
Remscheid 
Solingen ... 
Stettin ... 
60 
57 
60 to 63 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 to 66 
60 
57 
60 
27 s. 
32.. 
25s. 5d. to 26,. Gd, 
29s. 
25s. to 
25 s. 
25s. to 
26s. to 
26s. Gd. to 
27s, 
27s. to 
21s. to 
28s to 
25s. to 
27s. 
27s. Gd. to 28s. 6d. 
30.. 
26,. 
29,. 
28s. 
31s. 2d. 
30s. 
25s. 
30s. 
27 s. 
27 s. 
32,. 
26s. 6d. to 27s. 8d. 
25s. to 26s. 
25a 
25s. to 29s. 
26s. Gd. to 31s. 2d. 
27s. 
27s. to 30s. 
21s. to 25s. 
28s. to 30s. 
25s. to 27s. 
27s. 
29a 
27 a 
27 a 
24s. 3d. to 25s. 5d. 
25s. 
22a 
21s. to 23s. 
23a to 25s. 
21s. 11 d. to 24s. 3d. 
27 s. 
22s. to 24s. 
23s. to 25s. 
27 s. 
29,. 
22s. 
23s. to 26s. 
20s. 9d. to 23s. 1 d. 
18s. to 20s. 
20s. 
19s. Gd. to 22s. 6d. 
19s. 2d. to 20s. 5d. 
22a 
21s. Id. to 24s. 
15s. 9d. to 17s. 
20s. to 22s. 
18s. to 19s. 
22s. 
18s. to 20s. 
II. Towns in ivhich beer is supplied free, and in which a money allowance is made for 
beer not consumed. 
Aschaffenburg 
Dresden ... 
Stuttgart... 
Mannheim 
Munich ... 
Nuremberg 
60 
60 
60 
23s. Id. 
28s. 2d. 
31a 
34a 
27s. 
32s. 5d. 
23a 1 d. 
28s. 2d. 
34a 
37a 
27 s. 
32a 5 d. 
22a 
26a 2d. 
24a 
26s. 5d. 
25 s. 
30s. 5d. 
III. Towns in which beer is not supplied free. 
58* 
60 
60 
3Is. Id. 
36a 
32a 9d. to 35s. 3d. 
31s. Id. 
3Is. Gd. 
31s. 3d. to 33a 9d. 
28s. 8d. 
25s. 
32a 9d. to 35s. 3d, 
20s. 3d. 
25s. id. 
24 s. 
26s. 5d. 
22s. 
27s. 5d. 
25a 
22s. to 23s. 
25,. 
* The hours of labour are stated for men working on the brewery premises ; the hours of draymen vary 
considerably In Berlin coopers work 54 hours, other men 57 hours per week. 
t The upper line of figures in each case shows the money wages ; the lower line the amounts to which the 
wages of men who consumed no beer would be increased by the allowance in lieu of beer.</div>
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