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Table 5.—Schedule of the Rates of Wages and the Hours of Labour in Factories and Shops in the Four Chief Industrial Districts fixed by Industrial Agreements and by Awards of the Court of Arbitration, in Force on the 31st March, 1914.

Trade or Occupation. Northern Industrial District. Wellington Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Aerated-water and cordial manufacturing Northern Industrial District [except 0*8borne). —Foremen, 55s. and 60s. ; cor-dial-makers, 55s. and 60s. ; machine bottlers, 50s. : packers, wirers, bottlers, bottle-washers, and general labourers, 48s. ; youths, 10s. to 35s. Hours of labour, 49 per week summer and 44 per week in winter. Foremen and cordial-makers, 60s. ; machine bottlers and beer-bottlers, 50s. ; bottle-washers, 45s. ; casual labour, Is. ljd. per hour; youths, 15 to 21 years, 15s. to '.)'><. per week ; improvers at machine bottling —first three months 35s. per week, second three months 45s. per week. Hours of labour — summer, 49 per week ; winter. 44 per week. Head curer. 60s. per week ; slaughtermen, eutters-up, and rollers, Is. 2Jd. per hour ; scaldere, Is. ljd. per hour ; eellannen. lard-makers, and Btoreh&nds, Is. Ofd. per hour; other workers. Is. per hour ; boys and youths, 14 to 20 years, 12s. to 30s. per week. Hour.-* of labour, 48 per week. Journeymen, Is. 2d. per hour per week of 44 hours ; apprentices, 5 years, 5s. to 30s. Bacon-curing See Butchers' small-goods manufacturing Basketware, rattan, and wickerwork manufacturing Auckland City. — Journeymen rattan and wicker workers, Is. 2kl. per hour; improvers, 36e. pel week; apprentices, four years, 7s. 6d. to 25s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per wick. Biscuit and confectionery making Confectioners in charge, 60s. per week ; others, 50s. per week; male assistants, six years, 8s. to 42s. per week ; fomale assistants, five years, 7s. to 20s. per week (also piece rates) ; bis-cuit-bakers, (i()s. ; assistants, 40s. to 50s. per week : apprentices, live years. 6s. to 30s. per week; improvers — first year 35s., second yoar 42s. 6d. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. BlacksmitUing and farriery Farriers and general smiths, Is. 4d. per hour ; floormen, Is. ljd. per hour; apprentices, live years, 10s. to 37s. (id. per week ; piecework, shoe - turning only, 3s. per dozen for heeled shoes, 2s. 6d. per dozen for plain shoes. Hours of labour, 47 per week. Farriers and general smiths, Is. 4d. per hour ; floormen, Is. 1 Jd. per hour ; apprentices, five years, 10s. to 32s. Gd. per week. Hours of labour, 46 per week. Wellington Country Award. —Farriers and general smiths, Is. 3d. per hour ; floormen, Is. Ofd. per hour ; apprentices, six years, 7s. 6d. to 40s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. See Shipbuilding, &e. Journe3'men, 60s. per week ; casual labour, Is. 4Jd. per hour ; apprentices, six years, 10s. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Farriers, Is. 5d. per hour; floormen, Is. 2d. per hour; apprentice-, five years, 10s. to 37s. 6d. per week. Hours of labour, 44 per week. Boilermaking Bookbinding See Shipbuilding, &c. Journeymen, 60s. per week; casual labour, Is. 4Jd. per hour ; apprentices, six years, 10s. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. See Shipbuilding, &c. See Shipbuilding, &e. Journeymen binders and paper-rulers, 60s. per week ; cutters, 30s. to 55s. ; casual labour, Is. 4Jd. per hour; apprentices, six years, 10s. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week.