+----+-------------+------+-----------------------------+------+ | FIRM | + I. +-------------+------+-----------------------------+------+ | | Median | Quarterly Averages | | | varies | (excluding Bank Holiday). | | | from +------+-----------------------------+------+ | | _s._ _d._ | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | +----+-------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+ | C. | 11 0 - 21 4 | 20 2 | 19 3 | 16 9 | 13 4 | 20 8 | 17 3 | +----+-------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+ | S. | 7 0 - 15 6 | 14 0 | 12 8 | 9 10 | 8 6 | 13 6 | 13 0 | +----+-------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+ | F. | 8 3 - 14 2 | 13 2 | 13 0 | 8 11 | 10 0 | 12 2 | 10 5 | +----+-------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+ | T. | 13 0 - 16 4 | 15 8 | 15 11 | 13 6 | 13 4 | 15 0 | 14 0 | +----+-------------+------+-------+-------+------+------+------+ 48 hours: no record of overtime. C. = Collators (18 to 23) S. = Sewers (27 to 40) F. = Folders (53 to 91) T. = Time workers putting in plates (17 to 22) +------------------+------+-------+------+------+------+ | FIRM I. | Nov. | March | July | Nov. | Feb. | | | 11th | 10th | 14th | 10th | 9th | | | 1898 | 1899 | 1899 | 1899 | 1900 | +------------------+------+-------+------+------+------+ | 32_s._ to 34_s._ | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | | 30_s._ " 32_s._ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 28_s._ " 30_s._ | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | | 26_s._ " 28_s._ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 24_s._ " 26_s._ | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | | 22_s._ " 24_s._ | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | | 20_s._ " 22_s._ | 11 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | | 18_s._ " 20_s._ | 14 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 3 | | 16_s._ " 18_s._ | 20 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 14 | | 14_s._ " 16_s._ | 25 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 15 | | 12_s._ " 14_s._ | 22 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 32 | | 10_s._ " 12_s._ | 24 | 32 | 20 | 25 | 24 | | 8_s._ " 10_s._ | 14 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 15 | | 6_s._ " 8_s._ | 7 | 5 | 30 | 4 | 11 | | 4_s._ " 6_s._ | 3 | 3 | 18 | 1 | 5 | | 2_s._ " 4_s._ | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | | 0_s._ " 2_s._ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +------------------+------+-------+------+------+------+ The total wage bill was:--