200 



The Agricultural Index Number. 



[June, 



Area. Period. 

 Durham - - Until such time that 

 one side gives notice 

 of alteration. 



Leicester — 



Ashby Bosworth, 

 Hinckley and 

 Atherstone. 



Somerset - 



Up to 30th Sept., 1922 



Wages, 

 35/-. Weekday 

 overtime lOd. per 

 hr. Sunday em- 

 ployment 1/- per 

 hr. 



34/-. Weekday 

 overtime 8d. per 

 hr. Sunday em- 

 ployment 1/- per 

 hr. 



32/-. Weekday 



Hours per week. 

 50 



54 



Stafford 



30th Sept., 



Wiltshire 



Anglesey 

 Brecon and Had 

 nor 



Up to 29th Sept., 1922 



Up to 13th Nov 

 ,, 1st ,, 



1922 



54 



30th Sept., , 



overtime 8d. per 

 hr. Sunday em- 

 ployment 1/- per 

 hr. 



7Jd. per hr. up to 

 60 hr. per week. 

 Guaranteed week 

 of 50 hr. Em- 

 ployment in ex- 

 cess of 60 hr. and 

 Sunday employ- 

 ment 9d. per hr. 

 30/- All overtime 

 8d. per hr. 

 30/- 



7^d. per hr. up to ,, 

 60 hr. Guaran- 

 teed week of 52 

 hr. Employ- 

 ment in excess of 

 60 hr. and Sun- 

 day employment 

 * time and a quar- 

 ter. 



Full particulars of the agreement for any particular area will 

 be furnished on application to the Ministry. 



52 



56 



The average of the prices in April of all descriptions of agri- 

 cultural produce at markets in England and Wales was 68 per 

 cent, above the pre-war level, as against 

 82 per cent, in March and 141 per cent, 

 in April last year. 

 The percentage increase during each month from January, 

 1919, as compared with the pre-war years is shown in the 

 following table : — 



The Agricultural 

 Index Number. 



