Of other trades in which women are largely employed the following selection may be made forming a somewhat miscellaneous group. TABLE C +-------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | Percentage number of | | | | women working full time | | | | whose earnings in the | | | | last pay-week of | | | Industries. | September 1906 fell | | | | within the | | | | undermentioned limits. | Average | | |-------------------------|earnings for| | |Under| 10s. and |15s. and| full time. | | | 10s.|under 15s.| over. | | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |All paper, printing, etc., | | | | s. d. | | trades | 26·5| 52·2 | 21·3 | 12 2 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |Bookbinding | 19·3| 55·4 | 25·3 | 12 10 | |Printing | 28·0| 49·2 | 22·8 | 12 3 | |Cardboard, canvas, etc., | | | | | | box manufacture | 24·7| 55·1 | 20·2 | 12 3 | |Paper stationery manufacture| 30·4| 49·5 | 20·1 | 11 11 | |Paper manufacture | 25·9| 55·8 | 18·3 | 11 11 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |All pottery, brick, glass, | | | | | | and chemical | 31·0| 49·7 | 19·3 | 11 10 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |Explosives | 32·3| 35·0 | 32·7 | 13 1 | |Soap and candle | 24·3| 50·5 | 25·2 | 12 5 | |Porcelain, china, and | | | | | | earthenware | 29·0| 50·0 | 21·0 | 11 11 | |Brick, tile, pipe, etc. | 25·7| 64·4 | 9·9 | 11 5 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |All food, drink, and tobacco| 37·8| 44·2 | 18·0 | 11 5 | |----------------------------|-----|----------|--------|------------| |Tobacco, cigar, cigarette, | | | | | | and snuff | 31·1| 46·0 | 22·9 | 12 0 | |Cocoa, chocolate, and sugar | | | | | | confectionery | 40·5| 37·2 | 22·3 | 11 9 | |Preserved food, jam, pickle,| | | | | | sauce, etc. | 44·4| 43·0 | 12·6 | 10 11 |
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