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Record Papers when completed, and to interview men selected for
employment and emigration.
Applications from unemployed persons were received at the
Reception at Town Hall, Wandsworth, during the winter
Office. months, from Men on Monday, Wednesday,
day and Friday, and from Women on Tuesday, between the hours
of 9 a.m. and 12 o'clock noon.
The particulars entered on the Record Papers were investi-
Investieatiion.
gated and verified by personal visits to the homes
of the applicants by the investigators, and
ences as to character were obtained from previous employers. No
personal investigations were made outside the Borough.
The Sub-Committee considered the completed Record Papers
Classification.
and classified the applications into three divisions :
Preference, Eligible, and Ineligible. In
ing applicants to the Central Body as suitable for employment, the
Sub-Committee gave preference to men of good character, and
distinguished, as far as possible, between the habitual "out of
work" and the applicant who was unemployed through trade
depression, or kindred causes.
Migration. No applications were received for Migration.
The forms of the applicants for Emigration were carefully
Emigration
considered before being forwarded to the Central
Body, and single men were asked to appear before
the Sub-Committee in order to judge of their suitability, and the
responsibility of their guarantors.
The wages of the men from this Borough employed on the
Payment of London County Council and Royal Parks were paid
Wages on Saturday morning at the Town Hall,
worth, the week's work being from Monday morning to Friday
night. The rate of wages was 6d. per hour.
The men sent to the Working Colonies receive 6d. per week,.
Family in addition to their board and lodging, a weekly
Allowance. allowance being made to the family on the