+-------+-----------------------------------+ | FIRM | Average | | A. | Wage. | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | 1st | 2nd | Year. | | | Six | Six | | | | Months. | Months. | | +-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | 1885 | 8 11 | 9 2 | 9 1 | | 1886 | 8 4 | 9 5 | 8 10 | | 1887 | 8 8 | 9 5 | 9 0 | | 1888 | 8 0 | 10 7 | 9 4 | | 1889 | 9 5 | 10 11 | 10 1 | | 1890 | 10 4 | 10 10 | 10 6 | | 1891 | 9 0 | 10 1 | 9 6 | | 1892 | 8 4 | 9 8 | 9 0 | | 1893 | 9 4 | 8 8 | 9 0 | | 1894 | 8 2 | 9 8 | 8 11 | | 1895 | 8 5 | 10 4 | 9 4 | | 1896 | 9 5 | 10 0 | 9 8 | | 1897 | 9 10 | 10 11 | 10 4 | | 1898 | 10 6 | 10 1 | 10 4 | | 1899 | 9 11 | 10 4 | 10 1 | +-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ +-------+-----------+-----------+ | FIRM | Median | | A. | Wage. | | +-----------+-----------+ | | Week | Week | | | in | in | | | July. | Nov. | +-------+-----------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | 1885 | 8 2 | 15 2 | | 1886 | 4 5 | 17 0 | | 1887 | 5 5 | 14 7 | | 1888 | 8 9 | 14 6 | | 1889 | 9 3 | 17 2 | | 1890 | 6 7 | 17 11 | | 1891 | 6 6 | 16 10 | | 1892 | 7 0 | 15 4 | | 1893 | 6 2 | 10 8 | | 1894 | 3 0 | 13 11 | | 1895 | 5 4 | 14 4 | | 1896 | 5 7 | 11 8 | | 1897 | 6 7 | 15 0 | | 1898 | 4 7 | 11 4 | | 1899 | 7 0 | 13 3 | +-------+-----------+-----------+ For the 15 years: 1st six months, 9_s._; 2nd six months, 10_s._; year, 9_s._ 6_d._ FIRM B. _Information obtained._--Wages of five hands tabulated week by week, for years 1886-99, 1887-99, 1896-99, 1898-99, 1899, respectively. Monthly earnings and half-yearly bonus for all regular hands, 1888-99. Weekly wages of all hands throughout eighteen months in the years 1886-96 and 1899, three weeks in 1877 and two in 1898. This firm employs folders, stitchers, and sewers.--The number of permanent hands employed increased with slight variations from two in 1886 to twelve in 1899. Jobbers are occasionally employed, sometimes as many as there are permanent hands.