III. FOUNDRIES, MACHINE-SHOPS, AND IRON WORKS. Wages paid per week of fifty-six hours in foundries, machine-shops, and iron works in Cork. The above rates will also apply to machine-shops, manufactories of agricultural implements, &c. V. MINES AND MINING. Wages paid per day or week of fifty-six hours in and in connection with copper ore mines in Cork County. Wages paid per week to railroad employés (those engaged about stations as well as those engaged on the engines and cars, linemen, railroad laborers, &c.) in Cork. VII. SHIP YARDS AND SHIP-BUILDING. Wages paid per week of fifty-six hours in ship yards, distinguishing between iron and wood ship-building, in Cork. IX. STORE AND SHOP WAGES. Wages paid per week of sixty hours in dry goods and grocery stores, wholesale or retail, to males and females in Cork. Wages paid per month or year, with board, to household servants (towns and cities) in Cork Wages paid per year to agricultural laborers and household (country) servants in Cork County, with or without board and lodging. XII. CORPORATION EMPLOYÉS. Wages paid per week of fifty-six hours to the corporation employés in the city of Cork. The mayor receives a salary of £600 ($2,919.90) per year, £100 ($486.63) of which is understood to be for charitable and other subscriptions: the town clerk's salary is £500 ($3,893.20), and the city engineer's £300 ($1,459. 95). XV. PRINTERS AND PRINTING OFFICES. Statement showing the wages paid per week of forty-eight hours to printers (compositors, pressmen, proof-readers, &c.) in Cork. In conformity with the instructions of the Department circular, I have the honor of hereby returning the forms relating to the labor of this district, filled up according to the best information I have been able to gain. The general character of the laboring classes is good and contentment prevails. In the country the poor are parsimonious and disposed to hoard, but their economy is not as wise as might be desired. In general they are temperate, confining their indulgence in reprehensible excesses to market and fair days. UNITED STATES CONSULATE, ARTHUR LIVERMORE, Consul. Londonderry, June 16, 1884. |