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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 Aschaffenburg
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.
