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WAGES OF AGKICULTURAL LABOURERS. [Dec. 1895. 



Counties. 

 (1.) 



Average Rate 

 of "Wages m 

 1880-1. 

 See Noie. 

 (2.) 



Average Rate 

 of Wages in 



1892-3. 

 See Note. 

 (3.) 



Number of 

 Agricviltiiral 

 Labourers of 

 and above 10 

 years of age, 

 according to 

 the Census of 

 1891. 



(4.) 



Northern : 



Durham _ _ _ 

 Northumberland 

 CumberJand _ - - 

 Westmorland - - - 



s. d. 



17 9 

 16. 6 



18 0 

 18 0 



s, d. 



17 0 



18 0 



No. 



6.238 

 7,087 

 7,749 

 2,626 



Monmouth - 



12 0 



12 6 



4,052 



Wales - - _ - 



14 0 



15 0 



38,632 



England and Wales : 



Total of 10 years and above - 

 Deduct number of 10 years of 

 age and under 20. 



Z 







708,244 

 201,307 



Total of 20 years of age and 

 above. 



13 11 



13 4 



§506,937 



Scotland - - - - 



17 0 



17 11 



t55,889 



Ireland : 



Agricultural labourers and cot- 

 tagers. 



Add three-fourths of general 

 labourers. 



— . 



— 



tl20,631 

 J71,802 



Estimated total number of agri- 

 cultural labourers. 



10 0 



9 6 



1 192,433 



United Kingdom 



13 2 



12 8 



t755,259 



Note. — The rates of wages given in Column (2) of the above Table are, for the 

 English Counties, deduced from a statement laid before the Royal Commission 

 appointed to inquire into the Depression of Trade and Industry, ISS.*? ; for Wales 

 and Scotland from Reports made by the Assistant Commissioners to the Royal 

 Commission on Agriculture, 1879 ; and for Ireland from evidence given before the 

 Select Committee on Agricultural Labourers (Ireland), 1884. The rates in 

 Column (3) are taken from Reports made by the Assistant Agricultural Commis- 

 sioners to the Royal Commission on Labour, 1891. The number of labourers in 

 1891 is taken from the Census of that year. 



The number of agricultural labourers given in the Table for the several Counties 

 of England is in excess of the number paid the rates stated, because the rates are 

 for men, and the numbers in the Table include lads and boys as well as men. The 

 numbers have been given to show approximately the proportion receiving the several 

 rates, — it being assumed that the lads and boys will be the same per centage of the 

 total number of labourers in all counties. 



* Mean between the minimum rate in ordinary districts and the maximum rate in 

 mining districts. 



§ Exclusive of 744 estimated for the metropolis. 



t Of 20 years of age and above. 



X The Census states that there were 113,981 general labourers, " the majority of 

 whom may be assumed to be agricultural labourers, although not having returned 

 themselves as such." Of this number three-fourths of those 20 years of age and 

 upwards have been taken. 



