| | _r.d._ _sk._ |208 days’ work for a man, at 21_sk._ 6_rst._ 93 8 | 40 ditto for a woman at 10_sk._ 8_rst._ 8 42 | 14 journeys to Stockholm, 1_r.d._ 14 0 |To mow and get in 14 acres of meadow 10 32 |To cut down and carry home 5 sawn timbers 2 32 |Ditto ... ditto ... 4 fathoms of firewood 5 16 |Ditto ... ditto ... 100 pairs of stakes 2 0 |To put out fishing-lines 3 0 |To keep in order a portion of the main road 2 0 |Ditto ... ditto ... bye-road 6 0 |To spin for wages 2 0 |To gather berries 0 32 |Sundry accidental jobs 3 0 | -------- | Total _r.d._ banco 143 18 | | | |In Stockholm, a poor mechanic’s household, consisting of | |husband, wife, and four children, can hardly be supported on | |less than 546_r.d._ banco annually, as follows: | | | | _R.d._ | |Bread, meal, salad, potatoes and other vegetables 120 | |Meat, butter, cheese, herrings and other fish 176 | |Milk, beer, bränvin (or whiskey) 26 | |Candles, coals, wood 24 | |Clothes 60 | |Rent and furniture 50 | |Taxes, medicines, and sundries 24 | | ---- | | Total _R.d._ 546 | | | |Hence will be seen that the master of such a family must earn | |daily, during the whole year, nearly 2_r.d._ banco, and | |consequently no masons, carpenters, smiths, &c. can be included | |in this class. If the husband, wife, or children are sick for | |any length of time, the state of such a family is far more | |deplorable than that of the agricultural peasantry of Sweden. | | |_Note._--146⅔_rds._ = 11_l._ | 1 lb. = 20 lbs. English. | 1 dollar = 48 skillings. | 1 skilling = 1½ farthing. |A dollar therefore is worth 72 farthings, or 1_s._ 6_d._ | | | | | | | GOTTENBURGH (Consul’s Return), p. 386 |Per day, 1_s._ 6_d._ to 2_s._ | |Per day, 6_d._ to 9_d._; per year, 7_l._ 13_s._ (Few such | |labourers). | | |Per day, 10_d._ to 1_s._ | | | |In towns, per week, summer, 6_s._ to 9_s._; winter, | | | |4_s._ to 6_s._ (This seems too large).