ookbinders and Printers sacksmiths read and Biscuit Bakers 6s. per day 48. to 58. 68. 48. to 58. 68. 6d. 88. 21.108. to 31. with 5s. per day 58. 4 0 58. to 78. 41. 108. to 51. 58. 6d. 48. board per mo. 38.6d. to 5s. 6d. 48. 78. 6d. 6s. to 88. 48. to 68. 68. to 10s. 68. 58. The wages per day are given for the Summer only, they are lower in Winter when employment is to be obtained. With board and lodging. + Little or no demand. No later return. PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.-The average rate of wages in Prince Edward Island is nearly the same as in New Brunswick. Farm servants capable of managing a farm, 30l. to 401. Other Farm servants, 241. per annum currency. Female servants, 108. to 20s. a month. BRITISH COLUMBIA and VANCOUVER ISLAND.-The rates of wages differ so much according to the locality, demand, and season of the year, that it is alJost impossible to form a general average for common labour. At New Westminster a day labourer gets 10s. per diem, without board, while mechanics get rom 148. to 20s. a day. At Cariboo the same class of labourer gets 12s. per diem with board, and other branches of labour are paid in proportion throughout he colony. Boys about 13 or 14 to tail cattle) Butchers Brass-founders Fitters and Moulders Bookbinders 58. to 6s. 38.§ :::: .. 48. to 68. 128. to 158.40l. to 50l. per an. 351. per an.§ 241. to 301.per an. 9s. to 12s. 17. to il. 108. 251. per an. § None employed :: 58. 39 50l. to 601. per ann., 60s. to 80s. per week 358. to 60s. without rations. 408. to 808. 68. to 88. per diem, without rations. 8s. to 10s. 68. to 7s. 88. to 128. 70%. to 80%. 88. to 128. 88. to 9s.* Country 60l. to 807.† Cabinet-makers 99 10s. to 12s. :: 401. to 50l. pr an.** 407. to 501.per an., w. ra. 351. to 401. 40l. to 502. 208. to 30s. per week, 88. to 10s. per diem, 10s. to 11s. 10s. to 11s. 457.and up. Ordinary Day Labourers get from a. to do.; Mechanics, ts, to 10s, a day Married Ploughmen, Farm tout a year and found: Unmarried Ploughmen Farin Servants, Shepherds, we, from 201, to 407, a year on 407. to 60%. per annum, 88. to 10s. per diem, 10s. to 128. 10s. to 148. 99 8s. to 10s. 78. to 98. 88. 78. 6d. 10s. 11. per 6s. to Ss. 8s. to 10s. 158. to 20s. pr wk.§ 181. to 251. per an.§ 241. to 301. per an.. 20s. to 228. 6d. per 351. to 401. per an.§ 241.to 361. per an. 8s, to 108. 121.to 307. per an. 15s.to208. perwk.§ 201. per an.§ 38. to 58. None employed None employed 98. to 128. 15s. to 20s.+ 301. to 50%. Sprann.** 301.to501.p.an. 68. to 78. p. d., without r. Per diem (without board and lodging). Little or no demand. 15s, to 20s. 78. to 10s. 48, 6d, to 68. 6d. 8s. to 8s. Gd. Per annum (with board and lodging). 201. to 251. per an.§ 241. to 401, per 11. 58. to 21. pr. wk. 78. 48. to 5s. 121, to 241. per 121. to 247 With board and lodging. § With beard With rations. **An addition of from 25 to 50 per cent. is to be made to all these rates when servir is taken in the outside districts either in the interior or at the northern ports. (a) In the case of country labourers, board and lodging usually consist of a dwelling, with a ration of 10 lbs. of meat, 10 lbs. of four, 11m sugar, and 4 ozs. of tea (or milk, in lieu of sugar and ten), per week. * Per diem (without Board and Lodging). Little or no demand. 20%. to 258. 251. to 301. per ann. ** An addition of from 25 to 50 per cent. is to be $301.to401.pr.an 58. to 88. 301.to601.pr.an 2s. 6d. to 58.p.wk. † Per annum (with Board and Lodging). 187. 28. to 3.5 121.to 201.per an.‡ 107. to 187 per an.§ 121. to161.pr. an.tt With Board and Lodging. Varies in different districts, and ranges much higner for a brief period. Female Domestic Servants, Dairy-maids, Cooks, &c., get from 157, to 351. a year and found. § With Board. made to all these rates where service is taken in the outside districts either in the interior or at (2) The wives of farm labourers with families do not receive this amount of money wages. A sufficient quantity of food is generally allowed for the support of their children, and a corresponding reduction from the money wages is of course made. LIST of GOVERNORS with their Salaries.-Modes and DatES OF ACQUISITION of the BRITISH COLONIES. f) Basuto Land annexed to the Cape under Act No. 12 of 1871, and Griqualand West, provisionally, by Governor's Proclamations of th October, 1871. By 30 Viet. cap. 3. and Royal Proclamation of 22nd May 1867, these three Colonies were from the 1st July 1867 formed into one Domains in under the name of Canada; an by Order in Council of 23rd June 1870, the North-western Territory and Rupert's Land were from the 13th Jez 1870 incorporated in the Dominion. The Leeward Islands were consolidated into one colony by Act 34 & 35 Vict. cap. 107. LIST of GOVERNORS with their Salaries.-MODES AND DATES OF ACQUISITION of the BRITISH COLONIES-cont. (b) There is an allowance of 2,500l. to defray expenses of establishment. (c) The Act 26 Vict. c. 23 annexes to New Zealand all Islands lying between 162 E. Long, and 1730 W. Long. and between the 33° and 35° of S. Lat. (d) And 3007. as Consul for Borneo. (e) These Dependencies are (1) the Seychelles Islands, 34 in number; (2) the Amirantes Islands, 11 in number; (3) the Detached Islands, 12 in number; and (4) the Oil Islands, consisting of 11 islands or groups of islands. |