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Wages Index Numbers for Geographical Groups.
Geographical Group.
Number
of
Towns.
Mean Wages Index Number.
Building.
Skilled
Men.
Unskilled
Men.
Engineering.
Skilled
Men.
Unskilled
Men.
Printing.
Municipal
Employees.
Berlin
Central Germany
Rhineland Westphalia :—
(a) Textile Towns ...
(b) Hardware Towns
South Germany
Saxony
Silesia
Baltic Ports
North Sea Ports
100
83
82
84
77
80
71
78
96
100
80
85
98
81
82
68
76
113
100
86
92*
93
81
79*
95*
69*
88
100
92
95*
99
87
88*
88*
84*
93
100
85
88
89
88
91
88
89
96
100
79*
85
90
85
82
77
77
97
* The number of towns included is less than the total number in the geographical
group.
For skilled men as a whole, and for municipal employees, the North Sea
Ports thus show the highest level, whilst for unskilled men in the engineering
and building trades the level is high—quite abnormally so in respect of the
building trade. The general level of wages is high for skilled and unskilled
alike in the Rhineland Westphalia hardware towns, whilst the lowest position is
taken by the Baltic Ports.
Hours of Labour.—In the following Table the hours of labour are given
for each of the occupations selected for the purpose of comparison between the
various towns.
Hours of Labour in certain Occupations.
Occupations.
No. of
Towns
included.
Building Trades* :—
Bricklayers and Masons
Carpenters
Joiners and Cabinet
Makers.
Plumbers
Stucco-workers
Painters
Labourers
33
33
30
29
26
30
33
Engineering Trades ... ; 29
Printing Trades 33
Municipal Employees :—
Road Makers : 31
Road Sweepers ... j 27
Gasworks Labourers... 26
Waterworks Labourers ; 28
Number of Towns in wbicb tbe usual Hours of Labour per Week
(excluding intervals) were
Under
54.
54.
— 33
Over
54 and
under
57.
57.
Over
57 and
under
59.
59 and
under
60.
60.
13
13
9
12
9
15
13
14
19
14
21
21
Over
60.
* Hours in summer.
The predominant number of hours of labour per week in summer are thus
in the building trades as a whole from 57 to 60, with 59 to 60 as the number
for bricklayers, masons, carpenters, and labourers. In the engineering trades
the predominant number is again from 58 to 60. In the printing trades a
