+----------------------------------------------------------------+ | TABLE SHOWING CHANGES IN PERIOD, ETC., OF TRAINING | | IN PARTICULAR FIRMS IN LONDON.[58] | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | | Period | Premium | Wages (per week) | | | | and | during | | | | Indentures. | Apprenticeship. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 1. STATIONER'S. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 1867 Commission | 2 years | -- | -- | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 25 years ago | 2 years | No premium | 12 months no pay. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 15 years ago | 1½ | No premium, | 6 months no pay, | | | years | no | 12 months half | | | | indentures | pay. | +-------------------+---------+ +--------------------+ | At present | 1½ | | 6 months 2_s._, 12 | | time[58] | years | | months half pay. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 2. STATIONER'S. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 20 years ago | 2 years | No premium, | 1 year no pay, 1 | | | | no | year half pay. | +-------------------+---------+ indentures +--------------------+ | Till recently | 1 year | | 6 months no pay, | | | | | 6 months half pay. | +-------------------+---------+ +--------------------+ | At present time | 15 | | 6 months 2_s._, 9 | | | months | | months half pay. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | 3. PUBLISHER'S. | +-------------------+---------+-------------+--------------------+ | Till recently | 2 years | No premium, | 6 months 1_s._, | | | | no | 6 months 2_s._ | | | | indentures | 6_d._, | | | | | 6 months 4_s._, | | | | | 6 months half pay. | +-------------------+---------+ +--------------------+ | At present time | 1½ | | 6 months 2_s._ |