156 BRITISH RURAL LIFE AND LABOUR. 



less than half) ; the los. 3d. of Kerry against the 193. yd. 

 of Kent ; the los. 6d. of Kilkenny against the 195. 6d. 

 of Kincardine ; the los. 5d. of King's County against the 

 i8s. 6d. of Kirkcudbright, and the 2os. yd. of Lancaster ; 

 the 93. 3d. of Leitrim against the 173. 4d. of Leicester 

 and Rutland ; the us. 3d. of Londonderry against the 

 2os. lod. of Linlithgow and Edinburgh ; the 8s. gd. of 

 Mayo against the 175. 8d. of Merioneth ; the los. 7d. of 

 Meath against the 2os. 4d. of Middlesex ; the los. 9d. of 

 Monaghan against the i8s. lod. of Monmouth ; the gs. id. 

 of Roscommon against the 22s. 2d. of Renfrew and 

 Lanark ; the los. 8d. of Queen's County against the 

 193. ud. of Perth ; the 8s. nd. of Sligo against the i8s. 

 of Shropshire ; the los. 5d. of Tipperary against the 

 155. lod. of Sutherland ; the los. lod of Tyrone against 

 the i6s. 4d. of Warwick, and the us. 4d. of Wicklow 

 against the 173. 8d. of Wigtown. These are very marked 

 differences, but the most striking contrast is shown by 

 the very lowest placed against the very highest figure ; 

 the 8s. 9d. per week of the Mayo peasant and the 22s. 2d. 

 of the Durham and of the Renfrew and Lanark men. 



In concluding this chapter, it will be very interesting to 

 give a general average for the whole of the United Kingdom 

 of the total weekly earnings for each country constituting 

 that kingdom. First, of ordinary agricultural labourers, 

 and secondly, of all classes of agricultural labourers. 



TABLE 18. AVERAGES OF WAGES FOR EACH COUNTRY OF THE 

 UNITED KINGDOM. 



Here Scotland leads ; England comes next ; Wales fol- 

 lows third ; and Ireland is the very lowest tip of the tail end. 



