+--------------+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+ | Stitchers | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +--------------+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+ | Compositors | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +--------------+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+----+-----+ +--------------+----------+ | WAGES IN | Median. | | DIFFERENT | | | OCCUPATIONS. | | +--------------+----------+ | PRINTING | _s._ _d._| | HOUSES: | | +--------------+----------+ | Folders | 18 6 | | who were | | | also sewers | Maximum | | or stitchers | 26 10 | +--------------+----------+ | Folders in | 15 6 | | typical | | | week, 1901 | | +--------------+----------+ | Gatherers | 18 0 | +--------------+----------+ | Inserters | -- | +--------------+----------+ | Numberers | 17 8 | +--------------+----------+ | Counters in | 11 7 | | typical | | | week, 1901 | | +--------------+----------+ | Stitchers | 11 6 | +--------------+----------+ | Compositors | 18 6 | +--------------+----------+ [Illustration: Firm D.--Wages Week by Week in 1899. 1. _Looker-over_ (_time_, 14_s._ 6_d._). 3. _Folder and Sewer (piece)._ Firm G.--1896. _Dispatch (piece)._] V.--EARNINGS OF INDIVIDUALS. Out of the 130 lists we have, showing the actual earnings week by week of individuals for periods of one to fifteen years, thirty-nine have been selected, twenty-six of which are tabulated on the following pages (Appendix VI.), and twelve of which are represented in the following diagrams. These have been selected as illustrating the various classes of workers and of work. The most noticeable characteristic of the diagrams is the frequency and violence of the fluctuations, and the same is found in a study of the original figures throughout. A few time hands (Appendix VI.; diagram C), are nearly regular; only one shows perfectly regular earnings; many fluctuate as rapidly as the piece workers (Appendix VI.; diagram D. 2), and on the sheets we have several actual records of lost time and overtime, showing how these changes arise; others show a steady increase with slight movements (Appendix VI.; diagram A. 4). The four Bank Holiday seasons are marked on most of the diagrams and wage lists.