108 FACT AGAINST FICTION. 



tlio lioncst reality of their position — the fair 

 remuneration of their labour, at shorter pay for 

 lessened work, and to the full pay, say twelve 

 shillings a-week, paid every Saturday, for twelve 

 hours, deducting half-an-hour for breakfast, a 

 quarter of an hour for luncheon, and an hour 

 for dinner, Avliich gives not twelve hours for 

 labour, but ten hours and a quarter for actual 

 industry. 



With such terms as these, an agricultural 

 labourer would have every reason to be, and ought 

 to be, contented and happy. 



