Labor in Europe: Reports from the Consuls of the United States in the Several Countries of Europe on the Rates of Wages, Cost of Living to the Laboring Classes, Past and Present Wages, &c., in Their Several Districts, in Response to a Circular from the Department of State ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1885 |
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Page 883
... according to the census of 1881 , was 1,359,895 . The wage - earners , or working classes , may be comprehen- sively divided into ( 1 ) agricultural laborers , ( 2 ) slate quarrymen , ( 3 ) miners , and ( 4 ) iron - workers . To these ...
... according to the census of 1881 , was 1,359,895 . The wage - earners , or working classes , may be comprehen- sively divided into ( 1 ) agricultural laborers , ( 2 ) slate quarrymen , ( 3 ) miners , and ( 4 ) iron - workers . To these ...
Page 884
... according to the acts of 1867 , 1868 , and 1869 . II . The occupation of any premises other than a dwelling - house rated to the poor at not less than £ 10 ( $ 48.60 ) per annum . III . The occupation as sole tenant of lodgings of the ...
... according to the acts of 1867 , 1868 , and 1869 . II . The occupation of any premises other than a dwelling - house rated to the poor at not less than £ 10 ( $ 48.60 ) per annum . III . The occupation as sole tenant of lodgings of the ...
Page 892
... According to the cen- sus of 1871 the population of England and Wales amounted to 22,712 , - 266. The sum of £ 7,886,724 ( $ 38,329,478.64 ) was expended on the poor of the country , and that total is equivalent to 68. 114d . ( 81.67 ) ...
... According to the cen- sus of 1871 the population of England and Wales amounted to 22,712 , - 266. The sum of £ 7,886,724 ( $ 38,329,478.64 ) was expended on the poor of the country , and that total is equivalent to 68. 114d . ( 81.67 ) ...
Page 895
... according to Matthew Arnold . He adds that " the common people of Wales who care for such a thing show something Greek in them , something spiritual , something humane , something , I am afraid one must add , which in the English common ...
... according to Matthew Arnold . He adds that " the common people of Wales who care for such a thing show something Greek in them , something spiritual , something humane , something , I am afraid one must add , which in the English common ...
Page 914
... according to the work a man has to do . If employed at any of the furnaces he must have better food than if not exposed to heat and heavy work . Rent averages from $ 3.65 to $ 4.86 a mouth , say , for a cottage two rooms and back ...
... according to the work a man has to do . If employed at any of the furnaces he must have better food than if not exposed to heat and heavy work . Rent averages from $ 3.65 to $ 4.86 a mouth , say , for a cottage two rooms and back ...
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Page 968 - ... the workman, or in case the injury results in death, the legal personal representatives of the workman, and any persons entitled in case of death, shall have the same right of compensation and remedies against the employer as if the workman had not been a workman of nor in the service of the employer, nor engaged in his work.
Page 1686 - Where the occupier of a factory or workshop is charged with an offence against this Act, he shall be entitled upon information duly laid by him to have any other person whom he charges as the actual offender brought before...
Page 1669 - ... be provided within a reasonable time, and if the same is not provided, maintained and used, the factory or workshop shall be deemed not to be kept in conformity with this act.
Page 1690 - means the Act of the session of the eleventh and twelfth years of the reign of Her present Majesty, chapter forty-three, intituled " An Act to facilitate the performance of the duties of justices of the peace out of sessions within England and Wales, with respect to summary convictions and orders...
Page 1689 - ... used for any manufacturing process or handicraft or in cleaning or oiling any part of the machinery or in any other kind of work whatsoever incidental to or connected with the manufacturing process or handicraft or connected with the article made or otherwise the subject of the manufacturing process...
Page 1683 - ... such person to be so examined and to sign a declaration of the truth of the matters respecting which he is so examined : and (g) To exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect.
Page 1697 - By reason of the negligence of any person in the service of the employer to whose orders or directions the workman at the time of the injury was bound to conform and did conform...
Page 1699 - ... and if served by post shall be deemed to have been served at the time when the letter containing the same would have been delivered in the ordinary course of post...
Page 1688 - ... purposes of gain, in or incidental to the following purposes or any of them ; that is to say...
Page 1691 - Education Department" means " the Lords of the Committee of the Privy Council on Education...