THE COST OF LIVING.
RENTS AND WAGES. AN INTERESTING RETURN. Attached to the annual report of tho labour Department, presented to Parliament yesterday, is a return showing the rents paid by workers and their proportion to wages during tho year 1904. This gives the following figures in regard to the lour cities;— AUCKLAND.
to - a * a it fifesl a « S,a |l IS 1 gi; jj < a |a gsi p4« £ £ £ Butchers 110 32 29 Tramway employees ... 120 31 26 Gunmorkers 112 26 23 Curriers 118 22 19 Sugar-workers 115 21 18 Painters 104 28 27 Saddlers 122 29 24. WELLINGTON. Bakers m 36 30 Coachworkcrs ••• ’ 131 37 28 Engineers 345 37 25 Stationary - engine drivers 337 34 25 CHEISTCHUECH. Blacksmiths 126 23 18 Typographers 3C3 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 330 26 20 Tailors , 132 31 24 DUNEDIN. Ironworkers 139 22 18 Fclt-hattors 156 31 20 Stonemasons 124 22 18 Engineers 166 28 17 Bootmakers 112 27 24 Coachbuilders ... 156 29 18 Butchers 137 29 21 Carters 112 24 21 Brass-finishers 106 26 24
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 5669, 17 August 1905, Page 5
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