SCOTLAND..

DUNDEE.

REPORT BY CONSUL WELLS.

I have now the honor to reply to your "labor circular," dated February 15, 1884, and I do so in the order suggested therein, viz:

MALE LABOR.

1. THE RATES OF WAGES PAID TO LABORERS OF EVERY CLASS.

These details will be seen from the following forms which accom panied said circular. The rates of wages have been calculated on the basis of $4.86 per £1 sterling, as directed.

GENERAL TRADES.

Wages paid the general trades per week of undernoted hours in the consular district of Dundee.

FACTORIES AND MILLS.

Average wages (per week of fifty-six hours) in the Dundee jute mills.

NOTE.-Above noted wages are also a fair average of what is paid in the linen factories or mills within this consular district.

SHOPS AND IRON WORKS.

Wages paid per week of fifty-four hours in foundries, machine-shops, and iron works in the consular district of Dundee.

Wages paid per week of fifty-six hours to glass-workers in the consular district of Dundee.

RAILWAY EMPLOYÉS.

Wages paid per week of sixty hours to railway employés (those engaged about stations, as well as those engaged on the engines and cars, linemen, railroad laborers, &c.) in the consular district of Dundee.

Wages paid per week of fifty-four hours in ship-yards (distinguishing between iron and wood ship-building) in the consular district of Dundee.

SEAMEN'S WAGES.

Wages paid per month to seamen (officers and men) distinguishing between ocean, coast, and river navigation, and between sail and steam, in the consular district of Dundee.

Wages paid per week of sixty hours in grocery, dry-goods, and other general stores, wholesale or retail, to males and females, in Dundee.

Wages paid per year to household servants (towns and cities) in Dundee.

*Found, i. ., including board and lodging. t. With house, small garden, light, and coal.