WAGES AND RENT. What the Workers Receive and Pay.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11643, 22 August 1905, Page 2

WAGES AND RENT. What the Workers Receive and Pay.

The annual report of the Labour Department, presented to Parliament the other day, contains 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: —

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JX VJ Vj Oi.iJii.i.l A/ . ■ O .+3 °8 a? & o bo|> fco Butchers 110 32 Tramway employees... 120 31 Gum-workers 112 -26 Curriers 118 22 Sugar-workers 115 .21 Painters 104 28 Saddlers 122 29 29 26. 23 19 18 27 24 WELLINGTON. Bakers 117" 36 Coach-workers 131 37 Engineers 137 34 Stationary enginedrivers 137 34 30 28 25 25 CHEISTCHUKCH. Blacksmiths 126 , 23 Typographers 16.3 39 Curriers 124 24 Engineers 152 38 Butchers 146 28 Painters 99 25 Carpenters 121 27 Tanners 107 20 Boilermakers, fitters, and holders-up 130 26 , Tailors 132 31 18 23 19 26 19 25 22 18 20 24. DUNEDIN. Iron- workers 119 22 Folt-hatters 156 31 Stonemasons 124 22 Engineers 166 28 Bootmakers 112 27 Coachbuilders 156 29 Butchers 137 29 Carters 112 24 Brass-finishers 106 26 18 20 18 17 24 18 21 21 24