OCCUPATIONS AND INDUSTRIES FOR WHICH PARTICULARS ARE AVAILABLE EACH OF THE YEARS 1914 TO 1925-continued. per month (f) per month (f) per month (f) permonth (f) per month (f) permonth (f) per month (f) 200s. 200s. 180s. Labourers. ELECTRICAL INSTALLATION (average of recognised rates in 12 large towns): Wiremen. RAILWAY SERVICE (b) :- Goods Porters (Industrial Areas). TRAMWAYS (average of recognised Conductors. ROAD TRANSPORT (average of recog- SHIPPING (predominant or standard monthly rates) (d) :— Able Seamen. DOCK LABOUR (average of recognised minimum rates in 10 large ports): General Cargo Workers. 290s. 300s. 290s. 240s. 180s. 190s. Labourers. LOCAL AUTHORITIES (non-trading) SERVICES (average of rates in 28 large towns): INDEX NUMBERS* SHOWING THE GENERAL COURSE OF RATES OF WAGES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM-1880-1914. Since their publication in the 17th Abstract of Labour Statistics (Cd. 773 of 1915) these figures have, in some cases, been revised in the light of later information. NOTE. The data from which the index numbers given in the above Table have been computed are as shown below: Building.-Averages (unweighted) of recognised hourly time rates of wages for (a) carpenters, and (b) masons in 28 large towns and (c) bricklayers in 18 towns. Coal Mining.-Averages (weighted according to the relative proportions of workpeople employed in each district) of the recognised percentage changes in tonnage or shift rates of wages of coal hewers in the following districts :-Northumberland, Durham, Federated Districts, South Staffs, South Wales and Mon., and Scotland. Engineering.-Averages (unweighted) of the minimum weekly time rates of wages recognised by the Trade Unions concerned for (a) fitters and (b) turners in 11 large towns, (c) patternmakers in 7 large towns, and (d) ironmoulders in 7 towns. Textile Trades.-Averages (weighted according to the relative proportions of the workpeople employed) of the recognised percentage changes in the piece rates of wages of workpeople engaged in cotton spinning and weaving and linen and jute manufacture. Agriculture.-Averages (unweighted) of cash rates of wages of ordinary labourers on 156 farms in England and Wales, of cash rates plus extra earnings and allowances of married horsemen on 98 farms in Scotland and of cash rates of ordinary labourers on 27 farms in Ireland. NUMBER OF WORKPEOPLE REPORTED (a) AS AFFECTED BY CHANGES IN WEEKLY FULL TIME RATES OF WAGES AND AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF SUCH CHANGES IN THE YEARS 1910-1925. Year. (Computed from returns collected by the Ministry of Labour.) 548,925 16,400 916,150 46,250 139,100 (1) The statistics exclude changes affecting agricultural labourers, domestic servants, shop assistants and clerks. Government employees are included up to the year 1913, but complete statistics relating to such employees are not available for later years and they are consequently excluded from the Table after 1913. Railway employees and seamen are included in the figures for 1915 and subsequent years; previous to 1915 the information available respecting these classes is insufficient to provide a basis for comparable statistics. In many cases the changes arranged by individual employers and affecting unorganised workers, are not reported to the Department. (b) Workpeople whose wages were changed during any year and at the end of that year stood at the same level as at the beginning, are included in the above Total column, though not in either of the preceding columns. |