DUNEDIN LABOUR EPCHANGE.
The following is Mr Allan's monthly re* port : — The number of applications entered in the Employers' Application Book for the month ending on the 25th February was 58 The number entered in the Servants' Application Book during the same period waa 58. There weroeiigaged4uriug4he«wnettma: I dairy
mid, 8 fiotgluMß, 1 female cook, 10 femal* ••route, 3 moodm, 2 labourer*, 1 milker, 1 > annoy xatad, 15faurv«rt men, 4 baahmeD, 6 wool stowen, 1 fl»x>dreMer, 3 caw bojf, 1 ■toMtaan. Total 56.
The rates of wages are as follows :— Farm servants, from L 45 to L 52 per annum; tonal© servants, fromLSO to LBS per annum ; f •male oooks, L4O ; harvest man, from 25s to 30s per week and found ; woel-rtowers, 20s per week and found ; nanery-maids, 8s to 10b per week ; bushmen, 20s per week, with rations ; cow-boys, from 8s to 10 per week.
During the last month, the demand for all kinds oi labour, exoept harvest men, hsß b«en rather slack. Good ploughmen and station men are required at 6 or 12 months' engagements j wages, from L4O to L 45 per aanum.
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Otago Witness, Issue 1005, 4 March 1871, Page 12
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186DUNEDIN LABOUR EPCHANGE. Otago Witness, Issue 1005, 4 March 1871, Page 12
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