| | 13 5 | 15 5 | 13 9 | 8 4 | +------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ | Dispersion | ·16 | ·13 | ·16 | ·17 | +------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+ FIRM F. _Information obtained._--Wages for all hands each week in 1896, and until March, 1900. So few are employed that no average can be given, and the wages are treated later under individual hands. Also a small bookbinding firm. 1. A quick folder; wages generally from 12_s._ to 16_s._, but fluctuations down to 5_s._ and up to 20_s._ 2. A quick sewer; very fluctuating, about 10_s._ 3. A collator at 3¼_d._ per hour; 12_s._, with fluctuations. FIRM G. _Information obtained._--List of wages paid in 2nd week in each month, 1896, February, 1900, and four other weeks. Wages of fourteen hands; six throughout the period. All Departments. _Weeks Selected at Beginning and End of Data._ +------------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | FIRM G. | 1896. | | +--------------+--------------+--------------+ | | Feb. | July | Nov. | | | 8th. | 11th. | 14th. | | +----+---------+----+---------+----+---------+ | | -- | Machine | -- | Machine | -- | Machine | | | | Rulers. | | Rulers. | | Rulers. | +------------------+----+---------+----+---------+----+---------+ | Above 24_s._ | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 22_s._ to 24_s._ | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 20_s._ to 22_s._ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | | 18_s._ to 20_s._ | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | | 16_s._ to 18_s._ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | 14_s._ to 16_s._ | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 0 | | 12_s._ to 14_s._ | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | | 10_s._ to 12_s._ | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 8_s._ to 10_s._ | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | | 6_s._ to 8_s._ | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | | 4_s._ to 6_s._ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | | 2_s._ to 4_s._ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +------------------+----+---------+----+---------+----+---------+ | (Apprentices excluded.) | +------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ | Median (without | 14s. | -- | 15s. | -- | 16s. | -- | | rulers). | 8d. | | | | 6d. | | +------------------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+ | FIRM G. | 1899. |