THE COST OF LIVING
RENTS AND WAGES.
AN INTERESTING RETURN.
Attached to the annual report of the Labour Department, presented to Parliament yesterday, is a return showing the rents paid by workers and their proportion to wages during the year 1904. This gives the following figures in regard to the four cities: — • AUCKLAND.
© a §3 «S<q .-4J 0 j; <31 sj * a* 9 g-S §> >1 © ©3 <1 A £ £ £ Butchers . 110 32 29 Tramway employees . . 120 31 26 Gum workers . 112 26 23 > Curriers . 118 22 19 Sugar-workers . 115 21 18 Painters . 104 28 27 Saddlers . 122 29 24 WELLINGTON. Bakers ... 7 .. 117 36 30 Coach workers .. 131 37 28 Engineers .. 146 37 25 S t a 1 1 oil ary- engine . drivers .. 137 34 25 CHRISTCHURCH. Blacksmiths i.. . 126 23 18 Typographers . 163 39 23 Curriers . 124 24 19 Engineers . 152 38 25 Butchers . 146 28 19 Painters . 99 25 25 Carpenters . 121 27 22 Tanners . 107 20 18 Boilermakers, fitters. and holders-up . 130 26 20 Tailors . 132 31 24 DUNEDIN. Ironworkers . 119 22 18 Felt-hatters . 156 31 20 Stonemasons . 124 22 18 Engineers ... ... . 166 28 17 Bootmakers ... . 112 27 24 Coachbuiiders . 156 29 18 Butchers . 137 29 21 Carters . 112 24 21 Brass-finishers . 106 26 24
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1746, 23 August 1905, Page 16
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207THE COST OF LIVING New Zealand Mail, Issue 1746, 23 August 1905, Page 16
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