100 
BREMEN. 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours of 
Labour. 
Food, Drink, âc., Trades :— 
Bakers, first men ' 
„ second men ... 
„ third men 
Brewers 
Brewers’ Bottlers and Gellarmen 
„ Assistants and Draymen 
Corn Mills—Roller men 
, Under Millers ... 
„ Ordinary Millers 
„ Granary men 
Rice and Starch Mills—Millers 
„ „ Coopers 
.. .. Labourers 
Wood Industries :— 
Machine Sawyers, Planers, and Groovers 
Block Cutters ... 
Sawmill Labourers 
Coopers in Oil Mills ... 
„ Rice and Starch Mills 
Harbour and Docks :— 
Stevedores and Longshoremen 
General Labourers 
Miscellaneous Industries and Trades 
Oils Mills—Oil Pressers 
„ Coopers 
„ General Labourers 
„ unskilled hands ... 
Wood Carriers (agreement) ... 
Carters ... 
Earthenware Workers.. 
24s.* 
22s.* 
19s.* 
29s. 
24s. 
25s. 
27s. 
25s. 6(7. 
24s. 
21s. 7d. 
24s. 
29s. 
20s. 
25s. to 27s. 6(7. 
24s. to 25s. 
24s. 
27s. to 28s. 6(7. 
29s. 
27s. 
22s. 6(7. to 25s. 2(7. 
24s. to 25s. 10(7. 
27s. to 28s. 6(7. 
25s. 2(7. 
18s. to 21s. 
24s. 
23s. 6(7. to 24s. 
22s. to 24s. 
74 
74 
74 
60 
60 
60 
72| 
57 
57 
57-60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
584-63 
58&-63 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
60 
57 
Including 12s. as the equivalent of board and lodging, 
t Including time taken for meals at work. 
The following were the rates of wages paid at the same date to employees 
of the Municipality and the Tramway Company :— 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours of 
Labour. 
Road Maintenance and Gleaning :— 
Foremen * 
Paviors and Roadmakers 
Paviors’ Labourers 
Roadsweepers ... 
Carters (work done by Contract) 
Gasworks :— 
Foremen 
Foremen’s Assistants .. 
Stokers ... 
Yard Labourers 
Waterworks :— 
Labourers 
Electric Power and Light Works :— 
Enginemen ... ... ... 
Stokers ... ... ... ... 
Fitters and Installers 
Tramways (private) :— 
Drivers ... 
Conductors 
24s. 
25s. 8(7. 
22s. 10(7. 
21s. 
24s. 
38s. 6(7. to 57s. 8(7. 
34s. 7(7. „ 51s. 11(7. 
30s. 10(7. „ 34s. 4(7. 
22s. „ 25s. 
22s.to 25s. 
30s. 9(7. to 42s. 4(7. 
30s. „ 33s. 
28s. „ 31s. 
24s. 3(7. to 26s. 6(7. 
22s. to 24s. 3(7. 
57 
57 
57 
57 
63 
60 
56 
56 
60 
60 
56 
56 
60 
The wages index numbers for Bremen are as follows, the corresponding figures 
for Berlin in each case being 100 :—Building trades, skilled men, 89, labourers, 
100 ; engineering trades, skilled men, 79, labourers, 89 ; printing trades, 92.