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per day ; men in charge of first goosesaw, 7s. 6d. per day ; other goose-saws (if adults), 7s. per day; first assistant saw-doctor, 8s. per day; second assistant saw-doctor, 7s. per day; third assistant saw-doctor, 6s. per day ; slipmen who class timber, 7s. 6d. per day ; men in charge of slip-truck who class and stack, 7 s. 6d. per clay; machine-feeders, yard, slab, sawdust, shaving men, 7s. 6d. per day (but employers may engage machine-feeders, yard, slab, sawdust, and shaving men who are inexperienced at the work at 7 s. per day for a period not exceeding six months); horse-diivers, 8s. per day; engine-drivers who require to hold first-class certificate, 10s. per day ; engine-drivers who require to hold second-class certificate, 9s. per day; stokers, 7s. 6d. per day ; blacksmiths, in country mills only, 10s. per day; blacksmith strikers, in country mills only (if an adult), 8s. per day; head mill carpenters, 10s. per day ; second mill carpenters, 9s. per day ; first ordermen, 8s. per day ; assistant ordermen, 7s. 6d. per day; machinemen who make and keep their own irons, 9 s. 6d. per day ; machinemen who set up machine, 7s. 6d. per day; dressedtimber sorters, 7s. 6d. per day : nightwatchman (maximum hours to be worked, 63 per week), 6s. 6d. per day ; holiday and Sunday watchmen (if not employed as ordinary night-watchmen), 9J hours per day, 7s. 6d. ; assistant engineers (turners and fitters), 9s. 6d. per day; tallymen, 10s. per day. Hours of. labour, 47 per week Shipwrights, Is. 4d. per hour ; boatbuilders, Is. 3d. per hour; repair work, 1 s. 4 Jd. per hour ; anppren tices, five years, 5s. to 25s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per week. First-class boilermakers. Is. 4Jd. per hour; ordinary boilermakers, Is. 3d. per hour; boilermakers' assistants, Is. IJd. per hour : apprentices, six years, 8s. to 36s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per week drivers and firemen (without certificate), Is. per hour ; youths, five years, 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week ; youths (as firemen), up to 20 years, 28s. IJd. to 32s. 9d. per week. In timber or coal yards. —Head yardman, 55s. per week; orderman, 50 s. per week ; other workers over 21 years of age, 42s. per week; casual labour, 1 s. per hour; youths up to 21 years of age, 12s. 6d ; to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 45 per week. South Canterbury. — Machinists, first class Is. 4Jd. per hour, second class Is. 2d. ; sawyers, Is. 3d. ; tailers-out, Is.; youths, 15 to 20 years of age, 12s. 6d. to 35s. per week; head yardmen, 60s. per week; ordermen, 50s.; others in yard, 45s.; casual labourers, Is. per hour: carters, one horse 46s., two or more horses 50 s. «per week. Hours of labour, 45 per week 9s. per day; log-trolly men and wagoners up to two horses, 9s.; trolleymen and wagoners up to four horses, 9s. 6d. ; trolleymen and wagoners over four horses, 10s. per day; timber-trolley-men, 6d. per day less than above; tramwaymen, 9s. per day; others 8s. 6d. ; slabmen, assistant benchmen, and yard workers, 8s. 6d. per day; yardmen in charge, £11 per calendar month; bullock-drivers, 9s. 6d. per day ; boys, from 14 years of age, 3s. per day, with advance of Is. for everyyear over 14. Hours of labour. 48 per week. First-class boilermakers, Is. 4Jd. per hour ; ordinary boilermakers, Is. 3d. per hour ; other workers, Is. per hour ; apprentices, five years, 8s. to 25s. per week. Hours of labour. 48 per week First-class boilermakers, Is. 4Jd. per horn'; ordinary boilermakers. Is. 3d. per hour ; riveting, caulking, punching, plating, and repairing, Is. 3d. per hour ; apprentices, five years, 8s. to 25s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Shipbuilding, boilermaking, iron -bridge building Wellington City. -First - class boilermakers. Is. 4Jd. per hour ; ordinary boilermakers, Is. 3d. per hour. Hours of labour, 45f per week. Country Districts. —Journeymen, same as Wellington City. Hours of labour, 48 per week