| 5_s._ " 6_s._ | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | | 4_s._ " 5_s._ | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | | 3_s._ " 4_s._ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 2_s._ " 3_s._ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+-------+---------+ | Warehouse | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | | Earnings. | 22 4 | 24 1 | 27 9 | 28 0 | 21 6 | | | 22 1 | 24 1 | 26 10 | 26 10 | 20 8 | | | 22 1 | 23 3 | 26 4 | 26 3 | 20 8 | | | 20 5 | 22 1 | 24 6 | 24 9 | 19 3 | | | 12 7 | 20 10 | 11 3 | 24 0 | 15 6 | +------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ FIRM D. _Information obtained._--Complete lists of wages in all weeks in 1899. Wages of thirty-one hands tabulated week by week through 1899. The lists are made up in five divisions. 1. Sixty-five to seventy-eight employed in sewing, folding and collating (of whom eleven to seventeen are learners). Excluding Bank Holiday weeks and learners, the average wage fluctuates only between 10_s._ and 13_s._ 9_d._ Average for 1st half, 12_s._; 2nd half, 11_s._ 6_d._; year, 11_s._ 9_d._ 2. Eighty to ninety (including sixteen to twenty-three learners), collating and sewing. Average from 10_s._ 7_d._ to 16_s._ 3_d._ Average for 1st half, 13_s._ 5_d._; 2nd half, 13_s._ 2_d._; year, 13_s._ 3_d._ 3. Eighty-three to ninety-two (including thirteen to thirty learners), folding. Average from 10_s._ 6_d._ to 16_s._ 5_d._ Average for 1st half, 13_s._; 2nd half, 13_s._; year, 13_s._ 4. Layers-on, about six. Average fluctuates from 12_s._ to 24_s._ 8_d._; 1st half, 15_s._ 7_d._; 2nd half, 16_s._ 11_d._; year, 16_s._ 3_d._ 5. Lookers-over, four or six. Fluctuates from 11_s._ 8_d._ to 15_s._ 10_d._ Average for year, 13_s._ 8_d._ The following table shows detailed wages in five selected weeks.