494 
Wages and Hours of Labour in the Printing Trades. 
The wages shown are the Standard Time Rates of wages per week. 
The Hours of Labour are 9 per day in the case of Hand Compositors, Machine 
Compositors on jobbing work, Machine-m nders and Pressmen, and 8 per day in the case 
of Machine Compositors on news work. 
Town. 
Hand Compositors, 
Machine-minders, 
and Pressmen. 
Machine Compositors. 
News. 
Jobbing. 
Aachen ... 
Aschaffenburg 
Barmen ... 
Berlin ... 
Bochum... 
Bremen ... 
Breslau ... 
Brunswick 
Chemnitz 
Crefeld... 
Dantzig ... 
Dortmund 
Dresden 
Düsseldorf 
Elberfeld 
Essen 
Hamburg-Alton 
Königsberg 
Königshütte 
Leipzig ... 
Magdeburg 
Mannheim 
Mülhausen 
Munich ... 
Nuremberg 
Oschersleben 
Plauen ... 
Remscheid 
Solingen 
Stassfurt 
Stettin ... 
Stuttgart 
Zwickau 
s. 
24 
22 
24 
28 
24 
25 11 
25 11 
25 11 
25 4 
24 
24 
25 
26 
25 
24 
25 11 
28 2 
24 
23 
27 
24 
25 
22 
26 
25 11 
22 6 
24 
24 
24 
22 
25 
26 
24 
s. d. 
30 11 
28 2 
30 11 
35 2 
30 11 
32 
32 
32 
31 
30 11 
30 11 
31 
33 
31 
30 11 
32 
35 
30 11 
29 6 
33 9 
30 11 
31 
28 
33 
32 
28 
30 11 
30 11 
30 11 
28 2 
31 
33 
30 
32 
29 
32 
36 
32 
33 
33 
33 
d. 
2 
3 
2 
7 
2 
8 
8 
8 
32 11 
32 2 
32 2 
32 11 
34 
32 
32 
33 
36 
32 
30 
35 
32 
32 11 
29 3 
34 
33 
29 
32 
32 
32 
29 
32 11 
34 
31 
Wages and Hours of Labour of Employees of Local Authorities. 
(a) Road Department. 
Town. 
Aachen ... 
Aschaffenburg 
Barmen 
Berlin 
Bochum 
Bremen .. 
Breslau .. 
Brunswick 
Chemnitz.. 
Dantzig .. 
Dortmund 
Dresden .. 
Düsseldorf 
Elberfeld .. 
Essen 
Hamburg-Altona 
Königsberg 
Königshütte 
Leipzig ... 
Magdeburg 
Mannheim 
Mülhausen 
Munich ... 
Nuremberg 
Oschersleben 
Plauen 
Remscheid 
Solingen .. 
Stassfurt .. 
Stettin 
Stuttgart.. 
Zwickau .. 
Weekly 
Hours 
of 
Labour. 
60 
57 . 
60 
60 
63 
57+ 
67+ 
57+ 
60+ 
60 
63 
60 
60 
60 
66|| 
60 
60 
60 
54 
57 
57 
60 
59|| 
60 
6011 
63 
60 
60 
60|| 
60+ 
60|| 
Weekly Wages of 
Road Makers. 
15s. 6d. to 22s. lOd. 
14s. 3d. „ 16s. 6d. 
15s. „ 21s. 
21s. 6d. 
15s. Id. to 28s. lOd. 
25 s. 8 d. 
15s. 2d. 
20 s. 
23s. 
21s. 
21s. 
21s. Id. to 23s. 5d. 
21s. 
19s. 6 d. 
20s. 5d. 
21 s. 
15s. 
15s. 
23s. 9d. 
21 s. Id. 
18s. 
19s. 2d. to 24s. 
19s. 
14s. 
18s. 6d. 
22 s. 
18s. to 21s. 
21s. 
19s. 10 d. 
18s. to 21s. 7d. 
16s. 2d. 
Paviors. 
27s. to 36s. 
30s. 
25s. 8d. 
32s. 3d. 
28s. 6d. 
28s. 10 d. 
37 s. 10 d. 
48s.§ 
34s. 6d. 
31s. Gd. 
31s. 10 d. 
28s. 10 d. 
30 s. 
35s. 
28s. 
30s. to 33s. 
33s. 
33s. 
30s. 
Paviors’ 
Labourers. 
21s. to 24s. 
22s. 10 d. 
17s. lOd. 
17s. 
21s. 
22s. lOd. 
27*.§ 
21s. 
28s. 10 d. 
15 s. 
21s. Id. 
20 s. 
20s. 
21s. 
19s. 2d. 
• Road Sweepers. 
12s/ 
21s. to 24 s. 
16s. lOd. to 21s. 
21s. 
16s. Id. 
20s. + 
23s. 
17s. 3d. 
18s. to 21s. 
19s. lOd. .. 20s. 5d. 
20 s. 
21s. 
18s. Id. 
22s. 10 d. 
21 s. 
19s. 5 d. 
16s. Gd. 
21s. 7d. to 24s 2d. 
18s. „ 25s. 
18s. „ 24s. 
20s. lOd. 
12s. 
17s. to 18s. 
18s. 
18s. 10 d. 
20s. 5 d. 
17s. 2d. 
Carmen. 
18s. to 21s. 
24s. 
21s. Id to 23s. Id. 
22s. 9d. 
20s. 
17s. 3d. 
22s. 6d. 
23s. lOd. 
23s. 5d. to 24s. 
20s. 9d. 
19s. Gd. 
21s. to 29s. 
24s. 2d. 
* Men incapable of full work. 
+ Except for Carmen, who worked 63 hours per week in Bremen, 76 hours in Breslau, 66 hours in 
Brunswick, 54 hours in Chemnitz, and 84 hours in Stuttgart. 
X Road Sweepers in Brunswick work (at night only) 42 hours per week. 
§ Average piece earnings. 
II Except for Road Sweepers who worked 60 hours in Essen, 65 hours in Nuremberg, 63 hours in Plauen 
and Stettin, and 66 hours in Zwickau.