_Masons_--From $1.80 to $2.20; workmen, from $1.00 to $1.20 per day,
without board.
_Marblecutters and Polishers_--From $1.20 to $1,50 per day, without
board.
_Mattressmakers_--From $12 to $15 per month, with board.
_Sailors, Mariners_--From $15 to $20 per month, with board.
_Mechanics_--From $60 to $100 to $150 per month, without board.
_Milliners_--From $20 to $30 per month, without board.
_Wet-nurses_--From $20 to $30 per month, without board.
_Pastry Cooks_--From $35 to $40 per month, without board.
_Fishermen_--From $20 to $25 per month, without board.
_Painters_--From $1.20 to $2.50 per day, without board.
_Photographers_--From $35 to $55 per month, without board.
_Potters_--From $1.50 to $2.00 per day, with board.
_Schoolmasters_--From $30 to $60 per month, with board.
_Firework-makers_--From $16 to $17 per month, without board.
_Bookbinders_--From $30 to $35 per month, without board.
_Sawyers_--From $1.80 to $2.00 per day, without board.
_Saddlers_--From $1.20 to $1.50 per day, without board.
_Locksmiths_--From $1.50 to $1.80 per day, without board.
_Tailors_--From $20 to $30 per month, without board.
_Stonecutters_--From $1.20 to $1.60 per day, without board.
_Turners_--From $1.80 to $2.50 per day, without board.
_Dyers_--From $15 to $35 per month, without board.
_Bookkeepers_--From $50 to $200 per month, without board.
_Coopers_--From $1.20 to $1.50 per day, without board.
_Typographers_--From $40 to $45 per month, without board.
_Basketmakers_--From $1.00 to $1.20 per day, without board.
_Glaziers_--From $1.20 to $1.50 per day, without board.
The working day consists of eleven hours, an hour being discounted
for dinner and resting.
The rent of the lodgings for workpeople in the town is five or seven
dollars per month.
Territorial Property.
According to the declarations made in the year 1882 for the payment
of the contribution tax, called the Immovable Contribution, the value
of the property in the Republic rose to $211,991,679.00.
In the year 1890, eight years later, although the cattle and some
other products were declared free from contribution tax the value of
property was $265,871,559, an increase of $53,879,880.
The number of proprietors in 1882 were 39,590, and in the year 1890
50,189, an increase of 10,599.
By nationalities, the proprietors in 1890 were in the following
proportion:
Natives, 24,946, or 49.70 per cent.
Foreigners 25,243, or 50.30 per cent.
The declared value according to nationalities was as follows:
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