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were in operation in October, 1905. In regard to these trades the information 
was obtained by the courtesy of a number of the principal employers of labour 
who furnished returns extracted from their paysheets. In those trades the majority 
of the men worked as a rule on the piece-wage system, and the employer was 
asked to state the amount most frequently earned in a full week without 
working overtime. 
Wages and Hours of Labour in the principal occupations, October, 1905. 
Weekly Wages. 
Weekly Hours of Labour. 
Building Trades* :— 
Bricklayers and Masons 
30s. 
60 
Stonemasons : 
On Buildings... 
In Workshops 
Carpenters 
Joiners ... 
26s. 5d. 
24s. 
30s. 
22s. lid. 
48 
48 
60 
54 
Plastic moulding makers : 
On Buildings 
In Workshops 
Plumbers and Fitters ... 
Painters 
Labourers 
36s. 
27s. 
27s. 
24s. 
19s. 2d. to 21s. 
48 
48 
60 
60 
60-64 
Metal, Engineering, and Shipbuilding :— 
Fitters : 
In Shipyards 
In Railway, &c., van construction 
In Iron structural work 
Turners : 
In Shipyards... 
In Railway, &c., van construction 
Smiths : 
In Shipyards... 
In Railway, «fee., van construction 
Patternmakers ... 
Angle-iron smiths : 
In Shipyards 
In Iron structural work 
Platers (in Shipyards) 
Rivetters : 
In Shipyards... 
In Iron structural work 
Caulkers (in Shipyards) 
Holders-up ( „ ) 
Shipwrights (iron and wood) 
Labourers : 
Shipyards ... ... ••• 
Railway and van construction 
Iron structural work 
31s. 3d. 
28s. 
21s. 6d. 
34s. 
27s. 
33s. 
32s. 
30s. 
20s. 
24s. 
29s. 
24a 
24s. 
25s. 
19s. Gd. 
30s. 
18s. to 20s. 6d. 
17s. 
Its. 
Textile Trades :— 
Worsted Spinners 
Dyers 
Labourers 
Printing and Allied Trades :— 
Hand Compositors, Machine-minders, and 
Pressmen. 
Machine Compositors : 
News ... 
Jobbing 
Process Printers 
Copperplate Printers ... 
Bookbinders 
20s. to 25s. 
21s. „ 22s. 
18s. 
25s. lid. 
32s. 4d. 
33s. 8d. 
24s. 
30s. 
14s. to 17s. 
594 
57 
60 
594 
57 
594 
57 
594 
59& 
60 
59& 
594 
594 
594 
60 
57 
60 
624 
624 
624 
54 
48 
54 
5L 
51 
59 
Wood-working Trades :— 
Wood Carvers ... 
Joiners (furniture) 
Upholsterers 
17s. lOd. 
16s. 2d. 
18s. 
51 
54 
51 
* The wages and hours of labour stated for the building trades are for a full week in 
summer.