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Number employed. Weekly Wages, Timework. Apprentices. Weekly Wages, Piecework. Agee. Number employed. Weekly Wages. M. J P. M. P. M. F. M. F. M. F. I I I CHRISTCHURCH (CITY)— continued. Printing (Lino-operators). 14 to 16 1 .. .. .. .. 1 17 to 20 4 .. .. .. .. 2 .. Over 20 43 . . .. .. . . .... Printing (Lithographers). 14 to 16 2 .. .. .. .. 5 .. 17 to 20 1 1 .. .. .. .. 2 .. Over 20 22 .. .. .... 1 Printing (Process Hands). 14 to 16 .. I .. .. .. 1 17 to 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. 5 Over 20 15 2 •• T •• •• •• •■ 1 Printers (Engravers). 17 to 20 .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 Over 20 6 Printing (Stereotypists). 14 to 16 2 17 to 20 1 Over 20 12 .. .. .. .. .... Printing (Storemen, &c). 14 to 16 j 5 17 to 20 ! 1 2 Over 20 : 17 Printing (Cardboard-box Makers). 14 to 16 1 4 .. .. .. .. .... 17 to 20 2 7 .. .. .. .. I .. Over 20 3 9 .. .. .. .. .. .. | Printing (Paper-rulers and Bag-makers). 14 to 16 .. 1 17 to 20 4 Over 20 2 5 .. .. .. .. .... Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 19 ; fifteen persons, 4 ; thirty persons, 1 ; over thirty persons, 4 : total, 28. Award rates : Box-makers (fomale) —£1 to £1 2s. 6d. per week (forty-five hours), or piecework to log ; learners, one year, 5s. to 7s. 6d. Lithographic machinists, £2 10s. per week of forty-eight hours ; apprentices, six years, 5s., with 5s. per week annual increase to £1 10s. per week. Typographers—Hand compositors, Is. 6d. to Is. 7 id. per hour or .piecework ; jobbing or weekly stab hands, £3 per week (forty-eight hours) or piecework; apprentices, six years, at 5s., with 5s. per week annual increase to £1 10s. ; operators on typesetting-machines, £3 6s. to £3 12s. per week, or Is. 7d. to Is. 9. per hour, or on piecework ; Saturday-night editions, 2s. 6d. per hour ; probationers, £2 10s. to £3 6s., or Is. 6d. to Is. 9d. per hour. Plain Sewing. 14 to 16 9 .. j 5/ to 9/ 17 to 20 .. 8 .. 1 7/to 11/ Over 20 28 .. 15/ to 22/ Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 17. Road-metal Quarrying. 14 to 16 1 .. 12/ .. .. .. .... 17 to 20 11 15/to 36/ _ an f 115 .. 38/6 to 50/ I Over 20 { 2 4 .. 51/ to 83/ } Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, ] ; fifteen persons, 1 ; thirty persons, 4 ; over thirty persons, 1 : total, 7. Range and Stove Making. 14 to 16 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. j .. 17 to 20 15 Over 20 29 .. .. .. .. .... Number of Workrooms : Containing up to eight persons, 2 ; thirty persons, 2 : total, 4. Award rates : Rangefitters, polishers, and youths, six years, 5s. per week, with 5s. per week increase yearly to £1 10s. per week ; seventh year, 7s. per day ; eighth, 8s. 6d. per day; ninth, 9s. per day; body-fitters, grinders, and sheet-iron workers, 7s. fid. and 8s. per day. Rope and Twine Manufacturing. 14 to 16 2 .. 6/ and 15/ 17 to 20 4 .. 17/6 to 22/ .. .. .. .... Over 20 9 .. 30/ to 50/ Number of Workrooms; Containing up to fifteen persons, 1.