Dec. 1895.] 



GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 



329 



GENERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. 

 Agricultural Wages in Austria. 



A special inquiry was made last year into the wages and 

 economic condition of agricultural labourers in Austria during 

 1893, the results of which have been published in a volume 

 issued by the Central Statistical Commission, {0 ester reichische 

 Statistikf Yol. XLIY., part I.). The statistics were obtained 

 from two sources, viz., from the reports of special agricultural 

 agents on the average wages of day labourers (men, women, 

 and children) during seed-time, harvest, and at other seasons ; 

 and from extracts from accounts furnished by owners and 

 farmers themselves. 



No average for the whole country is given of the wages 

 ascertained in this inquiry, as the varying conditions through- 

 out the Empire would render such an attempt of little value ; 

 but the following table reproduces the extreme figures, between 

 which the rates of pay to day labourers range in the various 

 provinces of Austria. It should be mentioned that in grouping 

 the localities into districts (of which the provinces are composed), 

 the Central Commission has adopted natural, in preference to 

 strictly political, boundaries. 



Range of Wages of Day Labourers (Men). 

 Without board. 



Provinces. 



Seed-time. 



Harvest. 



Other Season'. 





d. 





d. 



d. 





d. 



d. 



d. 



Lower Austria 



13'2 



to 



43 



2 



14-4 



to 



48 



0 



8 



4 



to 28-8 



Upper „ - 



15-6 



>j 



28 



fc* 



16-8 



5J 



33 



6 



12 



0 



„ 24-7 



Salzburg 



19-6 



j» 



24 



I) 



21-6 



'> 



28 



8 



17 



5 



„ 24-0 



Styria 



10-8 



J5 



36 



0 



12-0 



>J 



48 



0 



9 



6 



yy 24-0 



Carinthia 



14-8 





24 



0 



18-0 





28- 



8 



12 



0 



„ 24-0 



Carniola 



14-4 





21 



6 



16-8 



»J 



22- 



8 



12 



0 



„ 19-2 



Trieste and Territory - 



21-6 





24 



0 



21-6 



)J 



24- 



0 



19 



2 



„ 21-6 



Gorz and Gradisca " - 



18-0 



»' 



21 



6 



20-4 





24- 



0 



15 



6 



„ 19-2 



Istria - - - 



20-4 



>5 



31 



2 



20-4 



>> 



31 



2 



16 



8 



„ 27-3 



Tyrol - 



18-2 



J> 



43 



2 



21-3 



'» 



55 



2 



15 



8 



„ 43-2 



Vorarlberg 



26-4 



3J 



38 



4 



26*4 





48 



0 



24 



0 



„ 38-4 



Bohemia 



7-2 



» 



36 



0 



8-4 



}f 



60 



0 



7 



2 



„ 36-0 



Moravia 



9-6 





19 



2 



14-4 



3> 



28 



8 



8 



4 



„ 16-8 



Silesia ^ - - 



7-2 





21 



6 



10-8 



J» 



36 



4 



6 



0 



„ 20*4 



West Galicia - 



7-2 



» 



21 



6 



8-4 



yy 



28 



8 



S 



0 



„ 16-8 



East Galicia - 



6-4 





13 



6 



7-6 





26 



8 



5 



5 



„ 10-8 



Bukowina 



7-6 



5J 



16 



8 



9'6 



yy 



24 



0 



5 



7 



„ 12-0 



There is one exceptional district in the Tyrol (the Lech 

 Valley) where wages are far higher than in any neighbouring 

 district ; and, except in the case of a single district during harvest 

 time in Bohemia, the inhabitants of this district pay at all times 

 the maximum wages in all Austria. 



