ns

BRESLAU.

Weekly  Wages

Weekly  Hours  of  Labour.

Food,  &c.,  Preparation  Trades  :—
Breweries  :
Brewers
Coopers
Labourers
Steam  Bakeries  :
Journeymen  Bakers
Labourers
Corn  Mills  (Millers)  ...
Sugar  Refineries  (unskilled  men)

25s.  to  26s.
25s.  „  26s.
18s.  „  20s.
20s.  „  26s.
18s.  6d.  to  20s.
19s.
12s.  to  16s.

60
60
60
53-60
60
72*
60

Including  intervals  for  meals,  &c.

On  the  basis  of  figures  given  in  the  above  Table,  the  level  of  wages  of
skilled  men  in  the  building  trades  is  represented  by  an  index  number  of  76,  and  of
labourers  by  78,  wages  at  Berlin  being  taken  as  100.  In  the  engineering  trades,
wages  are  comparatively  higher,  the  index  numbers  being  95  for  skilled  men
and  88  for  labourers.  The  index  number  for  wages  in  the  printing  trade  is  92.
For  the  tailoring  trade,  wdiich  (ns  has  already  been  seen)  employs  more
workpeople  than  any  other  single  trade  in  Breslau,  the  wages  and  hours  of
labour  obtaining  at  October,  1905,  could  not  be  ascertained  with  any  degree
of  certainty,  owing  to  the  very  large  number  of  small  workshops  among  which
the  workpeople  are  distributed,  the  preponderance  of  the  piece-work  system  and
the  fact  that  uniform  conditions  of  labour  were  not  introduced  until  April  2nd,
1906,  under  an  agreement  concluded  on  March  18th  of  the  same  year.  Under
this  agreement,  which  relates  to  the  u  bespoke  ”  tailoring  trade,  the  hours  of
labour  in  workshops  are  fixed  at  10  per  day,  or  60  per  week,  exclusive  of
mealtimes,  and  each  establishment  is  placed  in  one  of  four  classes  according  to
the  quality  of  goods  made.  For  journeymen  employed  on  time  wage  the  rates
are  fixed  at  24&  or  25s.  per  week  in  Class  I.,  23s.  in  Class  II.,  21s.  in  Class  III.
and  19s.  in  Class  IV.

The  weekly  wages  and  hours  of  labour  of  certain  of  the  principal  classes  of
workpeople  directly  employed  by  the  municipality  at  October,  1905,  are  shown
below  :—

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly  Hours  of
Labour.

Street  Maintenance  and  Gleaning  .-—
Road  Sweepers
Carters  ...
Gasworks  :—
Gas  Stokers
Yardmen  (Labourers)
Waterworks  :—
Labourers
Electric  Tramways  :—
Drivers  ...
Conductors
Electricity  Works  and  Electric  Lighting
Enginemen
Stokers  ...  ...  ...  ...  ..
Fitters  .*
Installators

16s.  Id.
18s.  to  20s*

30  s.
18s.
19s.  to  25s.  Id.

20s.  4d.
19s.  2d.

22s.  Id.
20s.  lOd.
18s.  lOd.
16s.  2d.

67
76

72  and  96
in  alternate  weeks,  f
60

64

75A
77“

60  and  70
in  alternate  weeks.
60

*  In  addition,  the  men  receive  allowances  in  respect  of  house-rent  and  uniform
amounting  in  all  to  £8  per  annum  or  3s.  Id.  per  week,
f  Intervals  for  meals  and  rest  are  here  included.

Housing  and  Rents.
In  December,  1900,  the  most  recent  period  for  which  full  and  precise  data
are  available  with  regard  to  housing  conditions  in  Breslau,  there  were  found  to
be  101,128  dwellings  in  the  town.  Of  these,  92,157  were  being  rented,  while