The Minimum Wage Board of the District of Columbia, in extending its minimum wage of $16.50 to hotel workers who were living-in, attempted to set a money value on the board and lodging furnished by the hotel. Because there was no way of determining its actual cost to the hotel management, the minimum cost of room and board for a self-supporting woman in the District of Columbia was taken. The figure used is $9 a week for board and lodging; two-thirds or $6 for board, and one-third or $3 for lodging.[7] $13.50 is, therefore, the minimum on which a woman can maintain herself while living-in in a hotel but taking her meals outside. None of the hotels in New York State, furnishing lodging in addition to a cash wage, paid this minimum. Footnote 7: Minimum Wage Board of the District of Columbia. Wages of Women in Hotels and Restaurants in the District of Columbia. P. 16. * * * * * [Sidenote: Wages including three meals and no lodging] In 8 hotels which paid the workers their wage, plus three meals a day, the following cash wages were paid to chambermaids and bathmaids: 1 paid at $6 but less $7 per least than week 0 " " 7 " " 8 " " 1 " " 8 " " 9 " " 5 " " 9 " " 10 " " 1[8] " " 10 " " 11 " " Footnote 8: The actual wage paid in this group was $10.00. No information was obtained for pantry workers or waitresses in this group. If the $16.50 minimum wage of the District of Columbia is taken, and $6 to cover the cost of three meals deducted, the minimum wage for this group would be $10.50. In no case was this amount received. * * * * * [Sidenote: Wages including board and lodging] The largest New York City hotels and the largest hotels in first class cities require maids to live in and prefer that some of the pantry workers and waitresses should do so. In these hotels chambermaids and bathmaids living-in have the following wage rates: 1 paid at $4 but less $5 per least than week 7 " " 5 " " 6 " " 17 " " 6 " " 7 " " 1 " " 7 " " 8 " " 2 " " 8 " " 9 " " 1 " " 9 " " 10 " " If $9 for board and lodging is deducted from the $16.50 minimum wage of the District of Columbia, $7.50 is left as the minimum wage for this group of workers. When the wages of chambermaids living-in are taken, it will be noted that only four out of twenty-nine hotels pay this wage or more, and that over half pay between $6 and $7 per week.