1908.] 



Miscellaneous Notes. 



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Northern Counties. — Correspondents in Northumberla7id, Durham, Cumberland 

 arid Westmorland generally report full and regular employment during July ; there 

 was a good demand for day labourers on account of haymaking and turnip hoeing, 

 and in several instances the supply was not equal to the demand. Employment was 

 also reported as regular in Lancashire, with the supply of and demand for extra 

 labour generally equal. Employment was generally regular in Yorkshire, though rain 

 in the early part of the month caused some interruption to the employment of day 

 labourers ; in several districts there was a scarcity of men for haymaking. 



Midland Counties. — Employment was generally regular in Cheshire and Derby- 

 shire, the supply of extra labour being generally about equal to the demand. In the 

 Hayfield Union (Derbyshire), however, a number of Irish migratory labourers were 

 reported as in irregular work. The hay harvest and turnip hoeing generally caused a 

 good demand for labour in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, and employment was 

 regular and full, except for a little interruption from wet weather. There was little 

 or no interruption to employment in Staffordshire and Shropshire, and in the latter 

 county the demand for extra labour somewhat exceeded the supply. In Worcester- 

 shire and Warwickshire rain caused some interruption to employment about the 

 middle of the month, otherwise haymaking and hoeing roots provided constant work 

 for day labourers. Similar reports come from Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. 

 Employment was generally regular in Btickin° ham shire, and the supply of labour 

 about equal to the demand. Rain somewhat interfered with the employment of day 

 labourers in Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire, but generally there was full employment 

 in these counties at haymaking and hoeing. 



Eastern Counties. — There was generally regular employment in Huntingdonshire 

 and Cambridgeshire, and the supply of day labourers was usually sufficient. Hay- 

 making, hoeing, pea-picking and other work occasioned a good and constant demand 

 for extra labour in Lincolnshire, and in several districts the supply was reported as 

 insufficient. In Norfolk and Suffolk rain somewhat interrupted haymaking in the 

 middle of the month, but employment on the whole was regular, the supply of and 

 demand for labour being about equal. Similar reports come from Essex. 



Southern and South-Western Counties. — There was a fairly good demand for 

 extra labour in Kent, but this was exceeded by the supply in several districts, while 

 rain also occasioned some irregularity of employment for this class of labour. Hay- 

 making and hoeing generally provided regular employment in Surrey. In Sussex 

 and Hampshire the supply of labour was about equal to the demand. Farm work 

 proceeded regularly, hoeing being carried on when the haymaking was interrupted by 

 wet weather. Regularity of employment was reported from Berkshire and Wiltshire. 

 In Dorset and Sovierset the backward condition of the root crops was said to have 

 somewhat diminished the employment of extra labour. Haymaking was interrupted 

 for days by rain in Herefordshire and Worcestershire, but hoeing was proceeded with 

 instead, and employment generally suffered little interruption. The supply of extra 

 labour was about equal to the demand in Devonshire and Cornwall, but some scarcity 

 of men for permanent situations was reported from both counties. 



Decrease in Grain Shipments from New York. — The Board have received through 

 the Foreign Office a despatch, dated 18th June, from Mr. Consul- General Bennett, 

 drawing attention to the shrinkage in the grain exports from 



Miscellaneous Notes NeW York - 11 would appear that Canada is now getting 

 the great bulk of the grain trade, Montreal having booked 

 since the opening of navigation this year some 8,000,000 

 bushels, while New York has secured but little more than 2,000,000 bushels. The 

 rate for water carriage from Duluth and Fort William to Montreal is now 3^ or 4 

 cents, per bushel less than from the same points via Buffalo to New York. 



