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The Farm, Labourers of England and Wales. 
ing advantages of labourers in different counties than in the 
nominal weekly wages. 
Conditions ok Engagement. 
Under this head periods of engagement, regularity of em- 
ployment, hours of work, and extent of Sunday labour were 
subjected to inquiry. The periods of engagement in the several 
counties are as follow : — 
Northumberland. — All by the year, except a few odd men. 
Cumberland . — Single men by the half-year ; married men by the week. 
Yorkshire . — Horsemen and stockmen (including shepherds) usually by 
the year ; ordinary labourers by the week. 
Lancashire. — Ditto. 
Cheshire. — Ditto. 
Lincolnshire. — Ditto. 
Nottinghamshire . — Single horsemen and stockmen by the year ; married 
tnen of both classes by the week; ordinary labourers by the week or day. 
Leicestershire . — Ditto. 
Derbyshire. — Horsemen and stockmen by the year ; ordinary labourers 
by the week. 
Staffordshire. — Ditto. 
Shropshire . — Unmarried horsemen and stockmen yearly ; other labour- 
ers usually weekly, but in some cases monthly or quarterly. 
Herefordshire. — Unmarried horsemen and stockmen yearly; other men, 
as a rule, weekly, but occasionally fortnightly or monthly. 
Monmouthshire . — Ditto. 
Worcestershire . — Horsemen and stockmen in some cases by the year, 
and in others by the month ; other labourers by the week or fort- 
night. 
Warwickshire. — Horsemen and stockmen usually by the year or half- 
year, but subject to a month’s notice for the termination of the 
engagement ; other men weekly, or occasionally fortnightly. 
Northamptonshire . — Horsemen and stockmen usually by the week or 
month, but occasionally by the year ; others weekly. 
Bedfordshire . — All regular men weekly. 
Huntingdonshire — Ditto. 
Cambridgeshire. — Usually all classes weekly, but a few horsemen and 
stockmen for longer periods. 
Norfolk . — Ditto. 
Suffolk . — Ditto. 
Essex . — Ditto. 
Hertfordshire. — All weekly. 
Buckinghamshire. — Usually all classes weekly, but a few horsemen and 
stockmen yearly. 
Oxfordshire .- —Ditto. 
Gloucestershire. — Horsemen and stockmen yearly ; others weekly. 
Berkshire.- — Ditto. 
Surrey . — All weekly. 
Kent. — Horsemen generally yearly ; others weekly. 
Sussex. — All weekly. 
Hampshire . — Horsemen and stockmen yearly ; others weekly or occa- 
sionally fortnightly. 
