+-----------+---------------+--------------+--------------+ | FIRM O. | Typical Week. | Busy. | Slack. | +-----------+---------------+--------------+--------------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | Folder | 17 6 | 20 0 | 12 6 | | Stitcher | 21 0 | 26 0 | 15 0 | | Sewer | 12 0 | 15 0 | 8 6 | | Laying-on | 12 0 | 15 0 | 11 0 | | Learner | 5 0 | 5 0 | 5 0 | +-----------+---------------+--------------+--------------+ FIRM P. _Information obtained._--Wage lists in three selected weeks. Wages of twelve selected workers in these weeks. +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | FIRM P. | Aug. | Dec. | Dec. | | | 11th, | 15th, | 22nd, | | | 1899. | 1899. | 1899. | +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | 1 at | 1 at | 1 at | | | 27_s._ | 28_s._ | 30_s._ | | | 4_d._ | 2_d._ | 8_d._ | | | | | | | Above 24_s._ | 0 | 2 | 0 | | 22_s._ to 24_s._ | 0 | 0 | 2 | | 20_s._ " 22_s._ | 0 | 1 | 12 | | 18_s._ " 20_s._ | 0 | 13 | 24 | | 16_s._ " 18_s._ | 8 | 23 | 21 | | 14_s._ " 16_s._ | 17 | 30 | 21 | | 12_s._ " 14_s._ | 26 | 20 | 13 | | 10_s._ " 12_s._ | 24 | 9 | 9 | | 8_s._ " 10_s._ | 10 | 7 | 1 | | 6_s._ " 8_s._ | 3 | 0 | 1 | | 4_s._ " 6_s._ | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | -- | --- | --- | | | 90 | 106 | 105 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | Median | 15 0 | 15 3 | 16 8 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Quartiles | 14 0 | 17 2 | 19 2 | | | 10 8 | 13 0 | 14 3 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | Dispersion | ·11 | ·14 | ·15 | +------------------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ FIRM Q. _Information obtained._--Wage lists in eleven selected weeks. Work done--machine ruling in its higher branches, usually done by men; also paging and numbering (see table, p. 131).