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Table 5.—Schedule of the Rates of Wages and the Hours of Labour, etc.— continued.

Trade or Occupation. Northern Industrial District. Wellington Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. Otago ar.ci Southland Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. _ i _ Bootmaking —retailers, &c. l' Journeymen engaged at hand-sewn work, ! Is. IJd. per hour; other workers, Is. OJd. per hour; apprentices, six years, 5s. to 30s. per week. Hours of work, 48 per week. See Aerated-water and cordial manufacturing. Bottling See Aerated-water and cordial manufacturing, and Brewing and malting Boxmaking Brass founding and finishing Bread and small-goods manufacturing •• See Engineering Auckland Provincial District — Bakers and pastrycooks : Foremen, 65s. per week; journeymen, 55s.; labourers, 48s. per week ; apprentices, four years, 12s. 6d. to 30s. per week, with deduction of from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per week if boarded by employer: improvers, 40s. per week; jobbers, lis. per day. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Poverty Bay District. —Foremen, 65s. per week; other hands, 55s.; jobbers, 10s. per day ; apprentices, five years, 12s. 6d. to 40s. per week, with an allowance of from 7s. 6d. to 15s. per week if boarded by employer. Hours of labour, 48 per week Leading hand in cellar, 55s. per week ; night eellarman, 50s. per week ; brewery labourers and malthousemen, Is. OJd. per hour ; bottling - house labourers, ll|d. per hour ; youths and apprentices, 25s. to 35s. per week. Hours —breweries and malthouses, 46 ; bottling-houses and stores, 48 per week Setters and drawers, Is. IJd. per hour; fireclay and ornamental brick and tile and pipe workers and Hangers, Is. 3d. per hour; junction stickers and moulders and stickers, Is. 2d. per hour: pipe-kiln burners, lOJd. per hour; finishers, Is. 3d. per hour; assistants, Is. per hour : competent burners in Hoffman kiln. Is. per hour ; other workers over the age of 22 years, Is Ofd. per hour or 45s. per week; boys, 16 to 20 years 20s. to 30s. per week, 20 to 22 years Is. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 per w-eek See EngineeringSame as Auckland Provincial District .. .. See Cardboard-box making. See Engineering • .. .. .. ; See Engineering. Same as Auckland Provincial District . . Same as Auckland Provincial District. Brewing, malting, &c. In Breweries. —Brewerymen, bottlers, and malthousemen, 47s. 6d. per week ; night-men, 50s. per week; coopers, 57s. 6d. per week; carters, 52s. per week ; casual labour, 1 s. per hour; boys in bottling-houses, 15 to 20 years of age, 12s. 6d. to 35s. per week. Hours of labour, 45 per week. Brickmakers —Moulders, 8s. per 1,000 Southland. —Brickmakers — Burners, 10s. for square bricks, and 9s. 6d. per 1,000 per shift of 12 hours; engine-drivers for fancy bricks; setters and drawers, i and fitters, Is. 3d. per hour; other 3s. 9d. per 1,000 for square and 5s. 6d. i workers over the age of 21 years, Is. per 1,000 for fancy bricks ; off-bearers • per hour ; boys, 16 to 20 years of age from wire - cut machines, 10Jd. per 15s. to 24s. per week, 20 to 21 years 1,000 ; off-bearers of fancy bricks to 5s. per day of 8 hours, 21 to 22 years be paid day-work ; minimum wage for lOJd. per hour. Hours of labour, 48 workers over the age of 21 years, Is. per week. per hour; boys, 14 years to 20 years of age 12s. to 24s. per week, 20 to 21 years 5s. per day of 8 hours. Hours of labour, 48 per week Brick, tile, a«d pottery manufacturing