1922.] 



The Agricultural Index Number. 



101 



Current 



Area. 



Hampshire 



Lancashire — 

 Southern area - 

 Eastern area - 

 Northern area - 

 Leicester — 

 Melton Mow- 

 bray and 

 Belvoir 



Agreements. 



Period. 

 Up to 11th Oct., 



30th Sep., 

 30th „ 

 30th M 



Wages, 

 1922 7$d. per hr. for 

 all employment. 

 ( riiaranteed week 

 of 50 hr. 



42/6 

 45/- 

 42/6 



Hours per week. 



( lustomary hr. 



53 



, 30th „ „ 32/-. Weekday 

 overtime Hd. per 

 hr. Sunday em- 

 ployment lOd. 

 per hr. 



Leicester - - Until such time that 7£d. per hr. up to 

 one side gives notice 54 hr. Guaranteed 

 of alteration. week of 54 hr. 



Weekday over- 

 time 8d. per hr. 

 Sunday employ- 

 ment lOd. per hr. 



Loughborough - Until such time that 7£d. per hr. up to 

 one side gives notiee 54 hr. Guaranteed 

 of alteration. week of 54 hr. 



Weekday over- 

 time 8d. per hr. 

 Sunday employ- 

 ment lOd. per hr. 



Denbigh and Up to 10th Sept., 1922 31/3d. Overtime, 

 Flint proportionate rate 



up to 61 hr. ; over 

 61 hr.9d.perhour 

 Stockmen and wag- 

 goners, 38/H-d. 



Full details of the agreement for any particular area will 

 furnished on application to the Ministry. 



50 



61 



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These was practically no change in the average of the 

 market prices of all descriptions of agricultural produce during 

 March as compared with the previous 

 month, the general level of these prices 

 being 82 per cent, above the average of 

 the three years 1911-18 as against 88 per cent, in February. 



The Agricultural 

 Index Number. 



