Wages paid per month to railway employés in Rome-Continued. Wages paid in ship-yards (wood ship-building) per week, of seventy-two hours, at the port of Wages paid per month to seamen (officers and men), at the port of Ancona, Italy. [Reported by Consular Agent Tomassini, of Ancona.] With reference to the above statement it may be said that monthly wages are agreed upon in ocean-going ships only, all coasting trade being in shares; furthermore, the above wages are for local flag, whether under steam or sail. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's vessels employ a great number of men belonging to the port of Ancona, and the wages paid are $16.89 for able-bodied seamen, and $11.97 for ordinary seamen. IX. STORE AND SHOP WAGES. Generally in this district, as throughout Italy, there cannot be found. a price or even an average of wages paid in stores or shops. The employés are totally at the mercy of their employers, who give them what they please. In some cases, even in the largest houses, part board is given. The information collected under the head of store and shop wages was found to be unreliable, masters and employés making different statements; therefore it is not reported. *EX. HOUSEHOLD WAGES IN TOWNS AND CITIES. There are no fixed wages for agricultural laborers; it all depends on agreements between masters and laborers, agreements which are generally broken to suit convenience. Land-owners do not hesitate to take advantage of the general destitution of the suffering country people; they only pay for labor when it is required, and bargains are usually made through submanagers; the latter frequently compelling peasants to accept provisions instead of money. The only possible answer to be made as to wages paid to agricultural laborers would be by calculating them for the whole year on the basis given in the following table. Replying to questions put by a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the condition of agriculture, especially referring to the manner of lodging agricultural laborers, the following information was obtained: Thirty-five communes, especially in the consular district of Rome, reported a total lack of shelter; in 53 communes there were straw-covered shelters. To the question, "On what do the people sleep?" forty-six communes answered, "On the bare ground, or on straw." One hundred and fifty-three communes reported that they slept on a kind of straw bag. Only 75 communes reported that they sleep on regular beds. Wages paid per day to agricultural laborers and household (country) servants in the district af Rome, with or without board and lodging. Wages paid by the province at Rome per annum to the following persons employed at the royal prefecture in Rome. It may be remarked that prefectures are the executive offices of the provincial governments. There is one prefecture in each of the sixty-nine provinces into which the Kingdom is administratively divided. Some prefectures have also subprefectures or branch offices. Councilmen (consiglieri) are dependent on the ministry of the interior, and are appointed and paid by the central Government. All other officials in the prefectures are paid by the respective provinces. XII. CORPORATION EMPLOYÉS. Wages paid per year to the corporation employés in the city of Rome. Receive no remuneration for their official services. The mayor alone receives $1,930 for expens-a. ↑ Bounties are given for re-enlistments. Besides this expenditure for city police, the municipality is bound to pay one-half the expense of the state police force employed within its limits. Wages paid per year to the corporation employés in the city of Rome-Continued. Are paid by the job. In 1883 the funeral expenses of the poor, done at city expense, amounted to $22,310.80. The surgeons attached to this service take turns in watching at chemists' shops open at night. Six chemists receive $249,50 each per year for keeping their shops open at night. These justices have no compensation, but receive $125.10 per year for expenses. |