EUROPE : ITALY. 



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PULP MILL. 



This is at Bergamo and has one water motor of 150 horsepower, 

 2 machines for the preparation of the pulp, 14 presses with 140 

 horsepower, and employs 15 men, who work about two hundred 

 days in the year. 



PULP AND PAPER MILLS. 



There is a pulp and paper mill at Bergamo, with i water motor 

 of 40 horsepower, i cylinder machine for paper, and 3 machines of 

 40 horsepower for preparing the wood pulp. ' It employs 56 men, 7 

 women, and i girl, who work two hundred and seventy days per 

 year. The other mill is at Milan, with motor (water) of 60 horse- 

 power, i continuous machine for paper, 4 machines for wood pulp, 

 and 3 presses (50 horsepower). It employs 28 men, 14 women, and 

 i girl, who work two hundred and seventy-nine days in the year. 



WAGES. 



The following tables show the wages paid by some of the largest 

 mills in this district and in other parts of Italy. 



Wages paid in 1896 by A. Binda & Co., of Milan. 



Operatives and class of work. 



Wages per day. 



Rag pickers. 



Females: Lire. Cents. 



Highest 1.50 29 



Lowest i. oo 19 



Boys (average) .50 9 



Workers on continuoits machines. 

 Males: 



Highest 3.75 72 



Lowest 1.50 29 



Preparers of the pulp. 



Males: 



Highest 2.75 53 



Lowest i. 60 30 



Females: 



Highest 1.75 33 



Lowest i. oo 19.3 



Workers on cylinders. 

 Males: 



Highest 3.00 57 



Lowest 2.00 38 



Workers on calenders. 



Males: 



Highest .25 43 



Lowest .50 29 



Porters (average) .70 32 



Other females: 



Highest .50 29 



Lowest .00 19.3 



Boys and girls .60 n 



