+-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | FIRM M. | Week | Week | Week | | | Ending | Ending | Ending | | | Feb. | Nov. | July | | | 9th, | 24th, | 21st, | | | 1900. | 1899. | 1899. | | | Average | Average | Average | | | wage. | wage. | wage. | +-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ | | No. s. d. | No. s. d. | No. s. d. | | Time workers | 36 15 0 | 37 15 6 | 31 13 5 | | Folders (piece) | 41 13 3 | 50 14 5 | 31 11 10 | | Sewers " | 7 14 7 | 7 13 6 | 12 9 1 | | Apprentices | 11 4 1 | 11 4 2 | 5 4 4 | +-----------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+ +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | FIRM M. | Feb. | Nov. | July | | | 9th, | 24th, | 21st, | | | 1900. | 1899. | 1899. | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | Above 26_s._ | 1 | 1 | 0 | | 24_s._ to 26_s._ | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 22_s._ " 24_s._ | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 20_s._ " 22_s._ | 1 | 5 | 2 | | 18_s._ " 20_s._ | 3 | 6 | 1 | | 16_s._ " 18_s._ | 14 | 19 | 1 | | 14_s._ " 16_s._ | 25 | 22 | 19 | | 12_s._ " 14_s._ | 16 | 18 | 20 | | 10_s._ " 12_s._ | 12 | 15 | 15 | | 8_s._ " 10_s._ | 8 | 4 | 3 | | 6_s._ " 8_s._ | 3 | 3 | 3 | | 4_s._ " 6_s._ | 0 | 0 | 5 | | 2_s._ " 4_s._ | 1 | 0 | 4 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | Median | 14 3 | 14 9 | 12 9 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | Quartiles | 15 9 | 17 0 | 14 9 | | | 10 9 | 12 2 | 11 1 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ | Dispersion | ·19 | ·16 | ·14 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+------------+ (Excluding Apprentices.) FIRM N. Bookbinders. _Information obtained._--Complete wage sheets for three selected weeks. Folders, piece; collators, time.