| 6_s._ " 8_s._ | 5 | 6 | | 4_s._ " 6_s._ | 6 | 14 | | 2_s._ " 4_s._ | 8 | 1 | | 0_s._ " 2_s._ | 0 | 0 | +------------------+------------+-----------+ | | 59 | 64 | +------------------+------------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | +------------------+------------+-----------+ | Median | 10 0 | 12 0 | +------------------+------------+-----------+ | Quartiles | 15 4 | 15 2 | | | 6 4 | 6 4 | +------------------+------------+-----------+ | Dispersion | ·41 | ·35 | +------------------+------------+-----------+ * * * * * Additional information from other firms, 1900-1901:-- FIRM R. Bookbinders. Folders and sewers, 14_s._, 15_s._; head banders, 15_s._; forty-eight hours weekly all the year. FIRM S. Eleven numberers; median, 17_s._ 8_d._ FIRM T. Printing works. Piece workers make 5_d._ an hour; time workers, 5½_d._ Four compositors: average, busy week, 23_s._ 2_d._; typical, 19_s._ 11_d._; slack, 18_s._ 9_d._ FIRM U. Vellum sewers, 12_s._ to 13_s._ all the year round; numerical printers, average week, 15_s._ to 16_s._; slack week, 10_s._ FIRM V. No. Median. Quartiles. Folders (piece work): _s._ _d._ _s._ _d._ _s._ _d._ Slack week 38 12 1 9 6 16 0 Typical week 44 15 6 15 6 20 9 Busy week 38 20 1 17 10 20 0 Counters (time workers). Stitchers. 1 Packer. No. Median. No. Median. _s._ _d._ _s._ _d._ _s._ _d._ Slack Week 16 10 0 9 9 9 19 1 Typical Week 14 11 6 9 11 7 20 0 Busy week 14 11 7 9 11 2 20 0 In this case there is very little to choose between the weeks entered as "typical" and "busy" by the employer. FIRM W. Two compositors make, at 5½_d._ an hour, 22_s._ or 23_s._ nearly every week in the year. * * * * * The inclusion of the eighty-four workers, of whom we have sufficient details in firms R. to W., would affect the figures on p. 133 below very slightly, raising the median and upper quartile 2_d._, and increasing the proportion between 18_s._ and 22_s._ to 13½ per cent. of the whole instead of 12¼ per cent. II.--GENERAL GROUPING OF WAGES.