Full text : Cost of living in German towns

HAMBURG.

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Formerly  a  large  number  of  Dundee  women  were  engaged  for  the  more
responsible  work,  and  a  few  still  remain  and  earn  18s.  and  20s.  per  week.
About  a  third  of  the  workpeople  are  married  women.
Wages  and  Hours  of  Labour  in  the  Principal  Occupations,  October,  1905.

Stonemasons

Building  Trades  (  time  rates  fixed  by  agreement)'•
Bricklayers  and  Masons
(Carvers  and  Hewers)
In  sandstone
Carpenters  ...
Joiners  and  Cabinet-makers
Plumbers  and  Fitters
Roofers
Glaziers

Í  On  buildings.
(In  workshops

Stucco-workers
Painters
Decorators  and  Paperhangers  ...
Paviors
Rammers  and  Paviors’  Labourers
Bricklayers  and  Masons’  Labourers
Navvies
Tile-layers  ...
Stone-carvers
Marble  Masons
„  Polishers
Cement-workers
„  Hodmen  and  Moulders

Weekly  Wages.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

40s.  2d.
36s.  9c?.
42s.  11c?.
40s.  2c?.
29s.  2d.
32  s.  1c?.
37s.  5d.
32s.  lc?.
42s.  to  48s.
36s.  „  39s.
32s.  5c?.
27s.
36s.  9d.
33s.  11c?.
40s.  2c?.
26s.  9c?.
48s.  2c?.
48s.
32s.  5c?.
27s.
34s.  9c?.  to  37s.  5c?.
29s.  5d.

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The  wages  and  hours  of  labour  stated  for  the  building  trades  are  for  a  full  week  in  summer.

Shipbuilding  Industry  :—
Moulders  ...
Fitters
Turners
Smiths
Pattern-makers
Angle-iron  Smiths
Boilersmiths
Boilersmiths’  Labourers
Ri  vetters  ...
Caulkers  ...
Holders-up
Labourers  ...

Weekly  Wages.

Piece.

Time.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

33s.  to  36s.
30s.  „  36s.
33s.  »  39s.
30s.  „  36s.
33s.  to  39s.
33s.  ,,  39s.
24s.  „  27s.
33s.  „  39s.
24s.  to  30s.
24s.  „  30s.

27s.
24s.  to  27s.  7c?.
26s.  5c?.  to  30s.
24s.  to  30s.
27s.  „  33s.
25s.  2c?.  to  30s.
25s.  2c?.  „  30s.
21s.  to  22s.  10c?.
24s.
25s.  10c?.  to  28s.  10c?.
21s.  to  22s.  2d.
21  s.

60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60
60

Weekly  Wages.

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Engineering  and  Metal  Trades  :—
Moulders  ...
In  machine  shops
In  oil  works  ...
In  electric  installation  works  (agreement) ­
  ...  ...  ...
In  factories  ...
In  breweries  (agreement)  ...
Turners
Smiths  ...  *  *  *  •••  .  .  *
Pattern  -makers
Erectors  ...  •  ••  •••  *  *  *  •••
File-grinders  (agreement)
File-cutters  (agreement)
Labourers  in  machine  shops

27s.  to  30s.
30s.  „  36s.
27s.  „  33s.
27s.
27s.  to  30s.
30s.  »  31s.
30s.  „  36s.
30s.  „  36s.
30s.  „  36s.
36s.  „  42s.
34s.  2c?.
24s.  6c?.
18s.  to  24s.

Weekly  Hours
of  Labour.

60
60
60
54
60
57
60
60
60
60
57
57
60
            
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