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In  the  next  Table  the  index  numbers  for  each  of  these  occupations  are
given  for  the  33  towns,  which  are  arranged  in  geographical  order  ;  the  level  of
wages  in  Berlin  for  each  occupation  is  taken  as  equal  to  100.
Wages  Index  Numbers.

Towns.

Berlin.
Central  Germany
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Stassfurt
Oschersleben

Rhineland  Westphalia
(a)  Textile  Towns—
Elberfeld
Barmen...
Aachen...
Crefeld  ...
(&)  Hardware  Towns-Düsseldorf

Essen  ...
Dortmund
Bochum
Remscheid
Solingen

South  Germany  :—
Munich...
X  uremberg
Stuttgart
Mannheim
Mülhausen
Aschaffenburg
Saxony
Dresden
Leipzig  ...
•  Chemnitz
Plauen  ...
Zwickau
Silesia  :—
Breslau  ...
Königshütte
Baltic  Ports:—
Stettin  ...
Königsberg
Dantzig...

.North  Sea  Ports  :—
Hamburg-Altona
Bremen...

Building.

Engineering.

Skilled
Men,.

Unskilled
Labourers.

100
81
89
71
91

89
82
79
78
85
83
81
83
83
87

85
78
75
81
69
71

83'
88
78
81
68

76
65

79
80
74

102
89

100
89
89
76
67

94
89
70
85
103
99
101
96
85
103

89
73
81
89
76
76

90
95
80
77
66

78
58

67
90
72

125
100

Skilled
Men.

Unskilled
Labourers.

Printing.

Skilled
Men.

Municipal
Employees.

100
90
91
80
83

-91
96
90
98
99
90
87
97

83
88
84
96
67
65

83
95
73
65

95
71
67

97
79

100
99
89
91
89

96
87
101
103
99
99
96
108
89

89
85
83
101
81
83

106
96
71
78
88
83
85

96
89

100

92
80
80

88
88
8<S
88
90
92
90
88
88
88

94
92
94
90
80
80

94
96
90
88
86

92
84

90
88
88

100
92

100

92
81
65

85
40
89
84
93
87
90
87
91
89

91
86
87
91
81
72

90
89
87
76
69

81
72

78
76
78

93
101

The  next  Table  gives  the  wages  index  numbers  for  skilled  and  unskilled
men  in  the  building  and  engineering  trades,  for  the  printing  trades,  and  for
municipal  employees,  in  each  of  the  geographical  groups,  wages  in  Berlin  being
taken  as  the  base.