+-------+-----------------------------------+ | FIRM | Average | | A. | Wage. | | +-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | 1st | 2nd | Year. | | | Six | Six | | | | Months. | Months. | | +-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | 1885 | 8 11 | 9 2 | 9 1 | | 1886 | 8 4 | 9 5 | 8 10 | | 1887 | 8 8 | 9 5 | 9 0 | | 1888 | 8 0 | 10 7 | 9 4 | | 1889 | 9 5 | 10 11 | 10 1 | | 1890 | 10 4 | 10 10 | 10 6 | | 1891 | 9 0 | 10 1 | 9 6 | | 1892 | 8 4 | 9 8 | 9 0 | | 1893 | 9 4 | 8 8 | 9 0 | | 1894 | 8 2 | 9 8 | 8 11 | | 1895 | 8 5 | 10 4 | 9 4 | | 1896 | 9 5 | 10 0 | 9 8 | | 1897 | 9 10 | 10 11 | 10 4 | | 1898 | 10 6 | 10 1 | 10 4 | | 1899 | 9 11 | 10 4 | 10 1 | +-------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
+-------+-----------+-----------+ | FIRM | Median | | A. | Wage. | | +-----------+-----------+ | | Week | Week | | | in | in | | | July. | Nov. | +-------+-----------+-----------+ | | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | 1885 | 8 2 | 15 2 | | 1886 | 4 5 | 17 0 | | 1887 | 5 5 | 14 7 | | 1888 | 8 9 | 14 6 | | 1889 | 9 3 | 17 2 | | 1890 | 6 7 | 17 11 | | 1891 | 6 6 | 16 10 | | 1892 | 7 0 | 15 4 | | 1893 | 6 2 | 10 8 | | 1894 | 3 0 | 13 11 | | 1895 | 5 4 | 14 4 | | 1896 | 5 7 | 11 8 | | 1897 | 6 7 | 15 0 | | 1898 | 4 7 | 11 4 | | 1899 | 7 0 | 13 3 | +-------+-----------+-----------+ For the 15 years: 1st six months, 9_s._; 2nd six months, 10_s._; year, 9_s._ 6_d._
_Information obtained._--Wages of five hands tabulated week by week, for years 1886-99, 1887-99, 1896-99, 1898-99, 1899, respectively.
Monthly earnings and half-yearly bonus for all regular hands, 1888-99.
Weekly wages of all hands throughout eighteen months in the years 1886-96 and 1899, three weeks in 1877 and two in 1898.
This firm employs folders, stitchers, and sewers.--The number of permanent hands employed increased with slight variations from two in 1886 to twelve in 1899. Jobbers are occasionally employed, sometimes as many as there are permanent hands.
Considering the regular hands and choosing each year a wage earner near the median for that year, we have the following table.
+--------+-----------+-----------+------------------+ | FIRM | Total | Bonus. | Average Earnings | | B. | Wages | | per week, | | | in Year. | | including bonus. | +--------+-----------+-----------+------------------+ | | £ _s._ | _s._ _d._ | _s._ _d._ | | 1887 | 18 0 (a) | 10 6 | 14 3 | | 1888 | 39 6 | 21 8 | 15 6 | | 1889 | 38 16 | 20 4 | 15 4 | | 1890 | 36 6 | 16 6 | 14 4 | | 1891 | 39 0 | 18 9 | 15 4 | | 1892 | 39 12 | 20 0 | 15 7 | | 1893 | 38 8 | 24 0 | 15 2 | | 1894 | 40 3 | 15 0 | 15 9 | | 1895 | 37 10 | 19 0 | 14 10 | | 1896 | 40 7 | 20 0 | 15 9 | | 1897 | 37 11 | 19 6 | 14 10 | | 1898 | 40 7 | 20 0 | 15 11 | | 1899 | 29 11 (b) | 14 9 | 15 6 | +--------+-----------------------+------------------+ (a) half-year (b) 9 months