ON RECENT CHANGES IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH. 369 
TaBLE XI.—Building. 
iW ‘ly i Average 
Male | Wages eamed weekly in percents 
Description A 2 pose SS 1 in each 
a x = trade between 
fend 1883 1850 and 1883 
8. a Sole 
Joiners . : 7 < é M. 24 0 36 4 
» Labourers . a : 6 17 0 22 824 
Bricklayers . 3 : 5 On 26 0 | 388 7 
na Labourers . ‘ A 17 0 25 0 39°76 
Masons . 3 . f 4 35 24 0 32 8 
» Labourers . 4 ; cr 1) 20 5 
Plasterers : 3 é 33 fo 2G xO Bite: ae 
ss Labourers i 4 # WSO Pe220 9 
Percentage increase on 1850 — — | 39°76 | 
TasLe XII.—Jron Manufacture. 
| Puddlers . ¢ i 7 : M. 45 0 48 0 
Hammermen . : = 2» < 70 O 65 O 2 
Forge Rollers . a ‘ ee 50 O 50 0 = 
Ball Furnacemen or Heaters - oc 60 0 50 O = 
Miremollers . . |. « $ 120 0 120 0 2 
» Drawers. 2 : c 9, Say 80 0 45 O 2 
Galvanizers  . : * » 80 0 40 0 3 
Mechanics . 3 : : 3, 28 0 315 0 A 
Labourers 5 : 4 oy 18 0 20 0 
Percentage decrease on 1850. —_ -= 14:88 | 
SUMMARY. 
Percentage increase in wages earned in the under- 
noted years on those earned in 1850 
Description 2 ys 
1860 1870 1877 1883 
Cotton Spinning and Weaving— oR 2. : 74. 
oo : 16°85 43°59 6447 74:72 
Cotton Spinning—Fine . - : Unchanged 9°68 30°21 16°27 
Cotton Spinning and Weaving— : 1s 5 2r. 
ae—Bolton Ditto 15:13 37°72 35°16 
Ditto No. 150 weft . |No returns; No returns} No returns 37:00 
Bleaching . A 4 : : 32°06 31:40 56°60 50:00 
Calico Printing . 2 F P 8-00 25-00 50°00 50:00 
Shipping Warehouse. 2 ; 15°46 25°77 3144 35:05 
Mechanical Engineering = . |Unchanged 2°42 12°73 10°30 
Coal Mining . : - 5 ‘ 22°78 24°64 55°64 43°53 
Building . = 5 : ; : 10:12 23°11 48-21 39°76 
Average advance : ; : 11:70 22°30 43-00 39°18 
9 trades | 9 trades | 9 trades | 10 trades 
| Iron Manufacture—Decrease . 5 8-71 11:98 10:16 14:88 
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GEORGE LORD, President. 
MANCHESTER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: ay 1883. 
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