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REPORT OF THE SCOTTISH COMMISSION 



Locality. Rate. 



Victoria . . . $2- $2.25 per day for short 



periods ; $35 per month 

 with board for long engage- 

 ments. Chinese receive $1- 

 $1.75 per day. 

 Nanaimo . . $20- $35 per month with 



board. 

 In order to give a fair idea of tradesmen's wages, we take wage 

 schedules attached to building contracts in different parts of the 

 Dominion. We do not, of course, take into account unemployment, 



THE CARS AND SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS 



which is often very bad in the building trade of Canada, due in part 

 to the seasonal nature of the work, but largely to a foolish rush on the 

 part of tradesmen from our own and other countries to Canada : — 



1. Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1906 



Rate of wages per day 

 Trade or Class of Labour. of nine hours. 



Not less than : 

 Dollars 



Carpenters ..... 0.25 per hour. 



Painters 

 Bricklayers 

 Masons 

 Stonecutters 

 Plasterers 

 Plumbers and Steamfitters 

 Sheet Metal Workers . 

 Builders' labourers 

 Driver, one horse and cart 

 ,, two horses and wagon 



2.00 per day. 



0.35 per hour. 



0.35 



0.36 



0.33 



2.00 per day. 



2.00 



0.16 per hour. 



2.25 per da v. 



3.50 ., 



