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No. 12. Table showing the Average Rate of Wages per Week for the Year ending 31st December, 1908.

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District. General Managers. Legal Managers. Mining ,-, Managers. Engineers. Enginedrivers. Miners. Labourers. Boys. Chinese. Agricultural Labourers. Domestic Servants. Stokers. Blacksmiths. Carpenters. Auckland — Paeroa Thames Te Aroha Coromandel Tauranga Waihi Puhipuhi £ s. d. £200 to £1200 £600 to £1000 £500 p.a. £ s. d. £1 to £2 £1 to £2 2 0 0 10 0 10 0 £ s. d. £4 to £10 £3 to £5 £4 to £7 £4 to £5 4 10 0 £6 to £8 £ s. d. £4 to £6 £3 to £3/10 £3 to £6 4 0 0 3 10 0 3 6 0 £ s. d. £2/10 to £3 3 0 0 £2/8 to £3 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 £ S. d. £2/5-£2/ll 2 8 0 £2/2-£2/14 2 8 0 2 10 0 2 11 0 £ s. d. £2/14 to £3 2 8 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 2 10 0 2 17 0 £ s. d. £2/17 to £3/10 3 0 0 £2/17 to £3/6 £2/14 to £3 3 0 0 2 17 0 £3 to £3/12 £ s. d. £ s. d. £2/8 to £3/10 £2 to £2/10 2 11 0 2 2 0 £2/8 to £3 2 8 0 £2/2 to £2/14 2 8 0 3 0 0 2 16 0 2 14 0 2 5 0 £1/16 to £2/8 £ s. d. £1 to £2 0 15 0 £1/4 to £1/16 1 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 £ s. d. £ s. d. 10/ to 30/ 1 10 0 15 0 10/ to 17/6 12/ 7/6 to 15/ 10/ to 18/ 22/ 10/ 10/ 4 0 0 2 "o 0 45/ and keep 20/-30/ keep . •• Mablbobough — Havelock Blenheim 6 0 0 3 12 0 3 "0 0 28 0 o'io o 25/ and found 10/ to 15/ I . •• •• I Nelson — Reefton CoUingwood Takaka Charleston Westport Lyell and Murchison .. Ahaura Wangapeka £8 to £10 4 15 0 2 0 0 10/ to 20/ 6 0 0 £1 to £1/5 5 0 0 £8 to £10 4 0 0 4 0 0 6 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 £3/10 to £4 3 10 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 £2/10 to £3 •• 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 4 0 0 £3 to £3/15 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 £2/17 to £3 2 14 0 2 8 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 2 14 0 2 8 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 2 2 0 1 16 0 10/ and found 110 1 10 0 0 15 0 15 0 " 15 0 £2 to £2/10 2 2 0 2 14 0 15/ 15/ to 25/ 12/ to 15/ 10/ 12/ to 20/ 15/ 15/ 15/ 6 0 0 4 io 0 4 0 0 2"7 0 10 0 25/ and found £1-/30 30/and found I "' Westland — Waimea and Stafford .. Hokitika and Kanieri .. Ross Kumara Greymouth Okarito 6 0 0 6 0 0 10 0 1 10 0 1 10 0 10 0 £1 to £2 5 0 0 £4 to £5 4 10 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 3 12 0 2 15 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 3 3 0 3 10 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 3 18 0 3 12 0 3 12 0 3 10 0 3 12 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 2 14 0 2 14 0 3 6 0 3 0 0 3 0 '0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 2 14 0 2 14 0 2 0 0 1 10 0 0 12 6 2 0 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 1 16 0 £1 and found 15/ to £1/10 10 0 1 10 0 12/ 10/ to 20/ 20/ 10/ 7/6 to 30/ 15/ - 20/-30/'found 1 10 0 " Otago and Southland — Hindon Tuapeka Tapanui Cromwell .. Clyde Alexandra Black's Roxburgh Waikaia ,.; Orepuki and Riverton .. Arrow Queenstown Mount Ida Gore Wyndbam | 12 '6 0 12/ 10 0 £4 to £5 4 0 0 5 0 0 5 0 0 2 14 0 2 10 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 . 1 £2/8 to £3 2 8 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 £2/8 to £2/14 I . 4 0 0 3 10 0 4 10 0 2 2 0 2 8 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 2 2 0 0 15 0 10 0 10 0 10 0 15 0 1 10 0 1 "5 0 12 6 25/ and found 10/ to 14/ 12/6 15/ 3"o 0 5 0 0 1 10 0 5 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 " 4 0 0 3 10 0 3 0 0! 280 0 10 0 15 0 25/ and found 12/6 to 15 5 0 0 I 5 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 £4 to £7 £4 to £7 4 0 0 4 10 0 4 0 0 3 12 0 4 0 0 4 0 0 2 14 0 2 16 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 2 9 0 2 10 0 2=10 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 12 0 2 14 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 4 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 2 10 0 2 10 0 2 8 0 2 10 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 £2/2 to £2/8 2 2 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 10/ to 15/ 10 0 10/ to 25/ 10/ to 25/ 10/ to 15/ 15/ to £1/5 1 16 0 £1/5 to £1/10 £1/5 to £1/10 10/tol5/&fd. £1/ to £1/10 1 10 0 15 0 15 0 20/-25/ found 15 0 2 8 0 10/ to 16/ 10/ 8/ to 20/ 8/ to 20/ 7/ to 12/6 12/6 12/ 5 0 0 2 8 0 2 8 0 3 0 0 2 '8 0 3 "o 0 1 10 0 •• i