The second large group of trades, important from the point of view of women's employment, is the clothing industry. Although the averages in this group do not show the extremes of the textile group, the industry is nevertheless one in which a great variety of skill and remuneration prevails. The following are the statistics, certain of the smaller trades such as silk and felt hat-making and leather glove-making being omitted for the sake of brevity:-- TABLE B +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Percentage numbers of | | | | women working full time | | | | in the last pay-week of | | | | September 1906, whose | | | | earnings fell within the| | | Industry. | undermentioned limits. | Average | | |-------------------------|earnings for| | |Under| 10s. and |15s. and| full time. | | | 10s.|under 15s.| over. | | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| | | | | | s. d. | | All clothing | 21·6| 45·1 | 33·3 | 13 6 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |Dress, millinery, etc. | | | | | | (factory). | 12·6| 39·5 | 47·9 | 15 5 | |Tailoring (bespoke) | 15·4| 42·4 | 42·2 | 14 2 | |Dress, millinery, etc. | | | | | | (workshop) | 28·0| 36·2 | 35·8 | 13 10 | |Shirt, blouse, | | | | | | underclothing, etc. | 22·2| 46·0 | 31·8 | 13 4 | |Boot and shoe (ready-made) | 12·4| 58·9 | 28·7 | 13 1 | |Tailoring (ready-made) | 24·0| 46·6 | 29·4 | 12 11 | |Laundry (factory) | 20·5| 52·0 | 27·5 | 12 10 | |Corsets (factory) | 28·8| 48·3 | 22·9 | 12 2 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------+