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Apprentices. Number employed. Weekly Wages, Timework. Weekly Wages, Piecework. Agei. Number employed. Weekly Wages. I M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. M. F. WELLINGTON (CITY)— continued. Sail, Tent, Flag, and Oilskin Manufacturing. 14 to 16 I 4 ! 1 11/to 22/6 I 14/ ■•' I ■• " " " i 17 to 20 .. 3 .. ' 20/ to 30/ Over 20 I 10 5 48/ to 73/C | 24/ to 38/ 30/ 20/ .... Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 4 ; fifteen persons, 1 : total, 6. Sausage-casing Making. 14 to 16 4 .. • • •• •■ •• 17 to 20 6 Over 20 36 .. I . . • ■ • • • ■ i • • Number of Workroom*: Containing up to thirty persons, 2. Awara rates : Classers and scrapers, Is. per hour; measurers, tank hands, and salters, lid. per hour; boys under sixteen, £1 per week of forty-eight hours ; after reaching sixteen an annual rise of 5s. to be paid until twenty-one years of age. Small-goods Manufacturing. 14 to 16 3 .. .. .. •• •• I • • I •' 17 to 20 9 Over 20 104 .. . • • • • • .... Number of Workiooins: Containing up to eight persons, 43. Award rates: First small-goods man, £3 per week; second, £2 Is. Shipwrighting. 14 to 16 i 3 .. 5/to 12/ .. •• •• 4 I •• V to 12/ 17 to 20 6 .. 15/ to 40/ j .. .. ■. 7 .. 15/ to 30/ Over 20 48 .. 45/ to 78/ I Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 1 ; over thirty persons, 1 : total, 2. Shirt-making. 14 to 16 I .. 9 .. 5/ to 10/ .. 9/ to 17/ ..ill .. 8/ 17 to 20 I .. 19 .. 8/to 17/6 .. 10/to 28/ 2 ! 1 I 13/to 17/6 6/ Over 20 \ 8 41 30/ 19/ to 30/ .. 14/ to 30/ Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 8 ; fifteen persons, 1 ; thirty persons, 1 ; over thirty persons, 1 : total, 11. Soap and Soda-crystal Making. 14 to 16 1 .. 20/ .. .. .. •• , •• • • I 17 to 20 3 .. 15/ to 33/ Over 20 16 35/ to 54/ Foremen, 120/. Number of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 2; fifteen persons, 1 : total, 3. Seed Packing and Cleaning. 14 to Iβ .. I 3 .. 5/ to 8/ Over 20 1 ! 1 | Occupiers .. .. • • .... Number of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 1. Sewing-machine and Typewriter Repairing. 14 to 16 1 .. 10/ J .. •• i 17 to 20 4 .. 16/6 to 25/ j Over 20 15 .. 35/ to 70/ j .. .. .. .... Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 5. Tailoring. 14 to 16 1 3 .. 1 .. • • • • 8 7 I 17 to 20 8 45 .. '.. •■ •• 10 15 Over 20 255 187 .. .. ■• •• •• 1 Numbei of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 48 ; fifteen persons, 9 ; thirty persons, 14 : total, 71. Award, rates : Tailors, £2 15s. per week, piecework by log ; tailoresses, see Dunedin, under " Clothing-manufacturing." Tanning. 17 to 20 5 .. 25/ to 35/ Over 20 65 30/ to 60/ Foremen, 72/ to 100/. Number of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 1 ; over thirty persons, 1 : total, 2. Tea Mixing and Packing. 14 to 16 20 .. 8/6 to 18/ 17 to 20 10 3 10/ to 35/ 12/ to 17/6 Over 20 15 5 27/6 to 60/ 12/ to 19/ Foremen, 70/. Number of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 4; fifteen persons, 1; over thirty persons, 1 : total, 6. Tinsmithing. 14 to 16 8 .. .. I •• ■ ■ 2 .. 17 to 20 10 .. .. •■ •• 8 .. Over 20 33 .. ■ • • • • • .. I .. »"| "Number of Workrooms: Containing up to eight persons, 3 ; fifteen persons, 4 : total, 7. Award rates : Is. lid. per hour, forty-eight hours per week ; apprentices, five years, 5s, to £1 10s. per week,