Cost of living in German towns

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Identifikator:: 866449027

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-93831

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Cost of living in German towns

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: Stat. Off.

Year of publication:: 1908

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (LXI, 548 Seiten)

Collection:: Economics Books

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56 ASCHAFFENBURG. Waqes and Hours of Labour in the Principal Occupations, October, 1905. Weekly Hours of Labour. Weekly Wages. Building Trades* :— Bricklayers and Masons Stonemasons Carpenters ... Joiners and Cabinetmakers ... Plumbers Stucco-workers... Plasterers Painters ... Labourers Engineering Trades :— Moulders Fitters ... Turners .. Smiths ... Pattern-makers... Copper rollers ... Coppersmiths at hammer Labourers Coloured Paper Industry :— Machine men ... Colourers Brushers Polishers Rollers ... Printers ... Marblers... Labourers Food and Drink Trades :— Bakers, 1st men ,, 2nd ,, ... ... ... ,, 3rd ,, ... « » ••• Brewers ... ... ... ••• ••• Brewers coopers ... ... ... ... „ labourers Draymen Printing Trades :— Compositors, Machine minders,and Pressmen Machine compositors—news „ „ jobbing Wood Pulp Industry .— Boilers ... Labourers 24s. to 25s. 2d. 24s. 4(7. 22s. 10(7. 19s. 2d. 21 s. 36s. 21s. Id. 27s. 19s. 2d. to 19s. 10(7. 24s. 21s. to 24s. 21s. 21s. to 24s. 21s. „ 24s. 30s. 42s. to 48s. 18s. 21s. Id. to 24s. 21s. and 22s. 18s. to 20s. 18s. „ 21s. 20s. „ 26s. 25s. „ 27s. 22s. and 23s. 16s. 10d. to 20s. 23s.f 20s.t 19s.| 28s. 2d.% 28s. 2d.% 25s. 4<74 26s. 2d.% 22s. 6(7. 28s. 2d. 29s. 3(7. 30s. to 36s. 18s. „ 24s. 60 54 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 60 54 48 54 60 60 * The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in summer. t Including board and lodging, reckoned at 10s. J Including the value of the beer allowance. The wages of municipal workpeople were as follows at the same date :— Weekly Wages. Weekly Hours of Labour. Road Making and Cleaning :■ Foremen... Road makers Gasworks : — Foremen Stokers ... Labourers Waterworks :— Labourers 16s. to 19s. 10(7. 14s. 3Æ „ 16s. 6(7. 28s. 10(7. 24s. 18s. 18s. 57 57 57 72 60 60 From the above Table it will be seen that wages at Aschaffenburg are very low. Representing wages at Berlin by 100, the index numbers for Aschaffen burg are—for the building trades, 71 for skilled men and 76 for labourers, for the engineering trades 65 for skilled men and 83 for labourers and for the printing trades, 80.

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