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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 Distri-t. Otago an'l Southland Industrial District. Tailoring —Tailoresses Shop hands —Timework, 8d. per hour : coat hands, 25s. and 30s. per week ; vest and trousers hands, 25s. to 30s. per week ; machinists, 17s. 6d. to 30s. per week : apprentices, four years, 5s. to 20s. per week. Hours of labour, 45 per week. Factor} , hands, same Bβ Wellington. Factory hands —Journeywomen, 27s. 6d. per week : improvers, 25s. per week : apprentices, four years, 5s. to 22s. 6d. per week. Hours of work. 4.j per week. Ladies' apparel —Journeywomen, 22s. 6d. to 2">s. per week ; apprentices and improvers (two years each), 5s. to 12s. (id. and 15s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Shop hands —Trousers, skirt, and vest hands, 30s. per week ; coat hands, 35s. per week : first-class machinists, 308. per week ; second - class machinists, 2.V. per week : apprentices (coatmaking), four years, 5s. to 27s. (id. per week ; apprentices (vest and trousers making), three years, 5s. to 22s. per week. Hours of labour, 45 per week. Howie's Bay. — Coat hands, 30s. per week ; trousers, vest, and skirt hands, 27s. 6d. per week : first - class machinists. 80s. per week : second-class machinists. 2Se, per week; coatmaking apprentices, four years, 5s. to 27s. 6d. per week ; trousers, vest, and skirt apprentices, three years, r>s. to 22s. per week ; apprentices to machining, same as trousers, tus., apprentices. Hours of labour, 45 per week: Factory hands, same as Wellington District. Shop hands —Machinists,' trousers, and vest hands, 25s. per week ; coat hands. 30s. per week ; apprentices, four years. 5s. to 20s. per week ; pieceworkers, as per log. Hours of labour, 45 per week. Factory hands, same as Wellington District. Shop hands —.Journeywomen, 27s. 6d. to 30s. per week ; improvers, 17s. 6d. per week ; apprentices, four years, 5s. to 17s. 6d. per week ; pieceworkers, wages as per log. Hours of labour, 45 per week. a % « Tanning Tinsmitliing and coppersmithing (see also Canisterworkers) See Fellmongering Journeymen, Is. 4d. per hour ; apprentices, five years, 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per week. Journeymen coppersmiths, sheet - metal worker.-, tinsmiths, and galvanizers, Is. 4d. per hour; improvers (one year after apprenticeship), 42s. per week ; apprentices. 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per week. See Fellmongering . . North Canterbury. —Same as Wellington South Canterbury. — Journeymen sheet-metal-workers, Is. 2Jd. per hour. Hours of labour, 44 per week. See Fellmongering. Dunedin.— Journeymen, Is. 4d. per hour ; apprentices, six years, 7s. 6d. to 30s. per week. Hours of labour, 47 per week. Southland. —Journeymen, Is. 4Jd. per hour; improvers, Is. ljd. per hour; apprentices, five years,' 6s. to 25s. per week. Hours of labour, 44 per week. See Tailoresses (factory). Waterproof-clothing manufacturing Wax-vestas manufacturing See Tailoresses (factory) Sec Tailoresses (factory) See Tailoresses (factory) Woollen-milling .. Weekly wages —Girls, first half-year, 12s. ; second, i~>s. ; second year, 18s. ; third year. 21s. ; and thereafter. 2.~>s. ; piece rates are also paid. Hours of labour, 45 per week. Petone Mills. — Girls, first year 8s. per week, after fourth year 25s. ; boys, from 14 to 21 years of age, 8s. to 35s. per week, thereafter 45s. per week ; wool-sorters, 50s. ; warpers and tuners. 56s.; pattern - weavers (hand loom), 48s. ; spinners, 50s. ; carpenters. 60s. ; blacksmiths, 60s. ; all other adult workers, 45s. per week. Hours of labour, 48 per week. Same as Wellington District Same as Wellington District.