1898. £ 1899. £ 1899. £ 1900. £ Oct. 462 Jan. 428 July 245 Jan. 330 Nov. 483 Feb. 471 Aug. 263 Feb. 346 Dec. 430 March 569(a) Sept. 502(a) March 408(a) -- April 305 Oct. 417 -- -- May 302 Nov. 403 -- -- June 383(a) Dec. 420(a) -- (a) Five weeks. £ Total in 4th quarter, 1898 1375 " 1st " 1899 1468 " 2nd " " 990 " 3rd " " 1010 " 4th " " 1240 " 1st " 1900 1084 FIRM J. A firm undertaking magazine work. _Information obtained._--General statement of ordinary wages. Wages in three selected weeks. Bookfolding, stitching, wrapping, etc. (magazine work). Work is regular for three weeks; none in the fourth. +------------------+-------+---------+------------------+--------+ | FIRM J. | Wages of all Employed. | + +-------+---------+------------------+--------+ | | Slack | Typical | -- | Busy | | | (a) | (b) | | (c) | +------------------+-------+---------+--+---------------+--------+ | 22_s._ to 24_s._ | 0 | 1 | 34_s._ to 36_s._ | 2 | | 20_s._ " 22_s._ | 0 | 0 | 32_s._ " 34_s._ | 0 | | 18_s._ " 20_s._ | 0 | 2 | 30_s._ " 32_s._ | 3 | | 16_s._ " 18_s._ | 0 | 4 | 28_s._ " 30_s._ | 0 | | 14_s._ " 16_s._ | 0 | 4 | 26_s._ " 28_s._ | 3 | | 12_s._ " 14_s._ | 0 | 1 | 24_s._ " 26_s._ | 1 | | 10_s._ " 12_s._ | 3 | 1 | 22_s._ " 24_s._ | 0 | | 8_s._ " 10_s._ | 4 | 1 | 20_s._ " 22_s._ | 3 | | 6_s._ " 8_s._ | 6 | 0 | 18_s._ " 20_s._ | 1 | +------------------+-------+---------+------------------+--------+ | | s. d. | s. d. | | s. d. | | Median | 8 0 | 15 9 | -- | 26 4 | | Average | 8 4 | 15 7 | -- | 25 11 | +------------------+-------+---------+------------------+--------+ (a) Slack Week, Feb. 8th, 1901. (b) Typical Week, Feb. 15th, 1901. (c) Busy Week, March 1st, 1901. FIRM K. A publisher's bookbinder. _Information obtained._--Wage sheet for three selected weeks in 1898-9. A week as slack as the slack week here given, was only experienced two or three times.