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Wages Index Numbers for Geographical Groups. 
Geographical Group. 
Number 
of 
Towns. 
Mean Wages Index Number. 
Building. 
Skilled 
Men. 
Unskilled 
Men. 
Engineering. 
Skilled 
Men. 
Unskilled 
Men. 
Printing. 
Municipal 
Em 
ployees. 
Berlin 
Central Germany 
Rhineland Westphalia :— 
(a) Textile Towns ... 
(b) Hardware Towns 
South Germany 
Saxony 
Silesia 
Baltic Ports 
North Sea Ports 
100 
83 
82 
84 
77 
80 
71 
78 
96 
100 
80 
85 
98 
81 
82 
68 
76 
113 
100 
86 
92* 
93 
81 
79* 
95* 
69* 
88 
100 
92 
95* 
99 
87 
88* 
88* 
84* 
93 
100 
85 
88 
89 
88 
91 
88 
89 
96 
100 
79* 
85 
90 
85 
82 
77 
77 
97 
* The number of towns included is less than the total number in the geographical 
group. 
For skilled men as a whole, and for municipal employees, the North Sea 
Ports thus show the highest level, whilst for unskilled men in the engineering 
and building trades the level is high—quite abnormally so in respect of the 
building trade. The general level of wages is high for skilled and unskilled 
alike in the Rhineland Westphalia hardware towns, whilst the lowest position is 
taken by the Baltic Ports. 
Hours of Labour.—In the following Table the hours of labour are given 
for each of the occupations selected for the purpose of comparison between the 
various towns. 
Hours of Labour in certain Occupations. 
Occupations. 
No. of 
Towns 
in 
cluded. 
Building Trades* :— 
Bricklayers and Masons 
Carpenters 
Joiners and Cabinet 
Makers. 
Plumbers 
Stucco-workers 
Painters 
Labourers 
33 
33 
30 
29 
26 
30 
33 
Engineering Trades ... ; 29 
Printing Trades 33 
Municipal Employees :— 
Road Makers : 31 
Road Sweepers ... j 27 
Gasworks Labourers... 26 
Waterworks Labourers ; 28 
Number of Towns in wbicb tbe usual Hours of Labour per Week 
(excluding intervals) were 
Under 
54. 
54. 
— 33 
Over 
54 and 
under 
57. 
57. 
Over 
57 and 
under 
59. 
59 and 
under 
60. 
60. 
13 
13 
9 
12 
9 
15 
13 
14 
19 
14 
21 
21 
Over 
60. 
* Hours in summer. 
The predominant number of hours of labour per week in summer are thus 
in the building trades as a whole from 57 to 60, with 59 to 60 as the number 
for bricklayers, masons, carpenters, and labourers. In the engineering trades 
the predominant number is again from 58 to 60. In the printing trades a