In the town wheaten bread | | | | | | |forms a part of the food of the lower | | | | | | |classes, and meat occasionally. | | | | | | | CARTHAGENA DE COLUMBIA, p. 166 |. . . . | |. . . . | | |Per day, town, 2_s._, country, 1_s._ to 1_s._ 6_d._; in | | |year, about 12_l._ | | | |As servants, about one- third a man’s wages. | | | | |Under 16, as servants, about one-third a man’s | | | | |wages. | | | | | |Per year about 50_l._ (supposed to include a | | | | | |man’s wages, but even then apparently | | | | | |excessive.) | | | | | | |Very comfortably; chiefly on animal | | | | | | |food. VENEZUELA, p. 163 |. . . . | |Per day, 1_s._ 6_d._ with usual provisions. | | |. . . . | | | |1_s._ 1½_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._ per day. | | | | |Under sixteen 1_s._ 1½_d._ to 1_s._ 6_d._ per | | | | |day. | | | | | |15_l._ per year. | | | | | | |Maize cakes, with vegetables and fruit, | | | | | | |form the chief aliments of the peon and | | | | | | |his family; and they can with little | | | | | | |difficulty subsist, if they choose to | | | | | | |work, on their aggregate earnings. | | | | | | | MARANHAM, p. 693 |Per day, 1_s._ | |Generally slaves; where hired they earn about 17_s._ a month, | |and food. | | |. . . . | | | |. . . . | | | | |. . . . | | | | | |. . . . | | | | | | |The necessaries of life are few, and | | | | | | |easily obtained. | | | | | | | BAHIA, p. 731 |2_s._ per day; 25_l._ per year. | |. . . . | | |. . . . | | | |Women and children, | | | |nothing | | | | | |. . . . | | | | | | |. . . . | | | | | | | URUGUAY, p. 723 |. . . . | |Herdsmen, slaves, or guachos, 8 dollars a month, by the year. | | |. . . . | | | |. . . . | | | | |. . . . | | | | | |. . . . | | | | | | |A family may subsist on the labour of | | | | | | |the husband alone, and have a meal with | | | | | | |meat three times a day. | | | | | | | HAYTI, p. 168 |Per day, from 2_s._ 6_d._ to 3_s._; per year, 38_l._ | |Per day, 7_d._; per year, 9_l._ 10_s._ | | |. . . . | | | |As servants, from 10_s._ to 20_s._ a month.