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REPORT, 1892-93.
4s. per day, the majority of the men, provided a given
quantity of work be finished, have opportunities during
certain conditions of weather, of increasing their pay by doing
extra load work (occasionally during working hours).
8. From an examination of the Wages Book your Committee
find that the weekly amount of wages, both in summer
and winter, is as follows:—
23 Carmen, making full time during the week
ending 19th February, 1892 .£1 10 9|
40 Dustmen for the same period 1 0 1¾
During the week ending June 17th last, 44
Carmen working full hours and overtime,
averaged each 1 6 2|
36 Dustmen for the same period averaging 1 1 3
9.—it happens sometimes that Carmen are otherwise
employed on the Wharf, in which case their regular rate of
wages is reduced from 4s. to 3s. 6d. per day. While your
Committee see no reason for making an increase in the
ordinary rate of wages in respect of this class of labour, they
would recommend—
E.—That Carmen when employed on an inferior kind
of work be paid the usual rate of wages, the men in
question being in no way responsible for the change
effected in their daily occupation.