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Mr. Quelch stated that Mr. George Garnett had pro- 

 mised to present a wall case to the Museum provided 

 some other promises could be obtained. 



The Chairman thanked Mr. Garnett in the name of 

 the Society. 



The Secretary read the following Report from the Agri- 

 cultural Committee in answer to the request of the Govern- 

 ment for Agricultural Statistics for the Blue Book : — 

 Average Rate of Wages for Labour in Town and Country. 



Per Annum. 

 £20 to £30 



. ;£lO to ^20 



Per Day. 



Domestics — Males (Paid monthly) .. 

 Females ,, . 



Tradesmen — Carpenters ... — ... 2/6 to 3/ 



Masons — ... 2/6 to 3/4 



Smiths — ... 3/- to 3/4 



Coopers — ..., 3/6 to 4/- 



Boatbuilders — .. 4/- to 5/- 



Remarks. — The above are Country rates ; in Town the rates are gene- 

 rally 20 °/d to 25 c /o higher. 



Average Rate 

 Praedial — 



Cane-cutters 



Shovelmen 



Weeders 



Suppliers ... 



Puntmen ... 

 Manufacture — 



Cane-throwers * 



Boilermen ... 



Firemen 



Sugar -curers 



Boxmen 



Megass -carriers 



of Wages for Labour on Sugar Estates. 



Per Day. Manufacture Per Day 



.. 2/- to 4/ Clarifiers, Headmen 3/- to 3/6 



. 1/- to 2/ Do. other than Do. 1/4 to 1/8 



. 10J. to 1/4 Distillers (includ- 



.. 1/6 to 2/6 ing Headmen) ... 1/4 to 4/3 



.. 1/4 to 2/- Others about the 



Buildings 8d to 1/6 



.. 1/- to 1/4 Tradesmen— 



.. 1/6 to 2/- Engineers! ... ") 2 /^ to 4/2 



.. 1/6 to 2/6 Carpentersf ... [2/8 to 3/- 



.. 2/- to 3/- Masonsf ... .) 2/8 to 3/4 



.. 1/8 to 2/- Coopers % 3/- to 4/- 



.. 1/2 to 1/4 



* Mostly done by Coolies. f Headmen generally paid monthly. 

 % Generally paid by task. 



