The Express.
London, England, 1853-03-24 00:00:00

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WAGES IN AUSTRALIA.

A. Blue Book jmit iesuatigives like following official
return shoring the wages, pries', &e , earrent in Mel-
bourne, during the month of October, 1852.
Occupation. How paid. From To
Bakers per week £4 10 0 .. 6 0 0
Blacksmiths
(Foundries) „ 310 0 •. 60 0
..._..
Besigtaken (Journey-
men) Wellington
boots per pair 2 0 0 ..
Ditto, comma ditto 1 6 0 ..
Bootmeken per Ls 100 .. 110 0
Boiler-makers per week 4 10 0 ..
Boatmen per diets 1 0 0 ..
Brass-founders per week 410 0 .. 6 0 0
Brickmakers per 1,000 10 0 0 ..
Bricklayers per diem 016 0 .. 1 0(0
Butchers,withrations, per week 4 0 0 .. 5 0 0
Bullock drivers, with
rations per annum 69 0 0 .. 80 0 0
Cabinet-makers per week 4 0 0 .. 5 0 0
Csipeaters
Jobwork per diem 5 0 0 .. 7 0 0
Coachmakers per week 500 .. 510 0
ICompositors per 1,000 0 1 9 .. 0 2 6
Coopers per week 4 0 0 .. 4 4 0
Cooks, with rations per month 6 0 0 .. 810 0
Coach-smiths per week 6 0 0 .. 610 0
Engineers
Farriers per lan 100 ..
Firemen (stsamers) per month 15 0 0 ..
Fitters (iron) per week , 312 0 .. 6 0 0
Gardeners
Glaziers per diem 015 0 .. 1 0 0
Grooms, with perqui-
sites per week 2 10 0 ..
Gunsmiths ii 4 4 0 .. 6 0 0
Harness-makers
House servants:

Male par annum 45 0 0 .. 60 0 0
Fatted*
Girls
Boys
-- _ .. .._ _
a-keepers -

Mut-- .
Labourers per diem 0100 .. 012 0
Laundresses, with ra-
tions and lodging—par annum 25 0 0 .. 35 0 0
Lightermen per week 3 0 0 ..
Masons per diem 016 0 .. 013 0
Messengers per week 1 0 0 .. 3 0 0
Millers per diem 1 0 0
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Moulders per week 410 0 .. 6 0 0
"- Pt 115 0 .. 210 0

Ostlers at hotels, with
perquisites per month 10 0 0 ..
Overseers of sheep
with rations, &c. per annum 80 0 0 .. 120 0 0
Overseers, farmers',
with rations, &c. ' , 60 0 0 .. 120 0 0
Painters
Paatrycooks with
board and lodging per week 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0
Ploughmen. with
board and lodging ' , 1 0 0 .. 1 5 0
Pluterers
Porters per week 310 0 ..
Printers
Quarrymen
Saddlers
Sailors to England
• Coastwise per month 12 0 0 ..
Sailmakers per week 4 0 0 .. 5 0 0
Salesmen ' 3 0 0 .. 4 0 0
Sawyers per 'lOO ft. 100 ..
Shearers, with rations per score 0 4 0 .. 0 5 0
Shepherds (single) per annum 35 0 0 .. 45 0 0
Ship Joiners
Shipwrights
Staten per square 016 0 .. 018 0
Stock-keepers, with
board and lodging per annum 60 0 0 .. 70 0 0
Storemen
Tailors (journeymen) per hour 0 1 0 .. 0 1 3
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1 rowsers per pair 012 0 .. 015 0
tt Dress coat each 116 0 .. 2 6 0
Pt Shooting coat „ 110 0 .. 115 0
„ Waistcoat ,, 012 0 .. 015 0
Tanners
Tinplate workers
Turners
Upholsterers
per diem 1 0 0 .. 1 6 0
Waiters (at hotels),
with perquisite..
Warehousemen 3 0 0 .. 310 0
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Watchmakers
Wharfingors .
Wheelwnd hts
Whitaansiths

PRICES AT THE DIGGINGS.
Rubble stone, blue, per 15 cwt., 5.. ; bricks, per 1,000,
151. ; lime, per bag, 10.. ; hard wood scantling, per 100
feet, 21. 61. ; stringy bark, per 100 feet, 21. Ss. ; Sydney cedar,
per 100 feet, SI. to 61. in board. ; red deal., 9 by 3, per foot,
Is. 6d. ; red deals, 11 by 3, per foot, 1.. 9d. ; shingles, per
1,000, 11. 10s. to 21. ; slates (duchess), per 1,000, 101. to 121. ;
lathes, per 1.000, 11 Si.; men'. stout shoes, per pair, 11. to
11. 6..' women's shoes, per pair, 15s. to II.; Wellington
boots (imported), p.m pair, 21. to 31.; Wellington boots
(made to order), per pair, 31. 10s. to 41. ; inside cotton
shirts, each, 6s. to 6a. ; inside flannel shirts, each, 6.. to 6..;
regatta shirts, each, 4s. to 6.. ; check shirt., each, 3.. 6d. to
45.; moleskin trousers per pair, 9s. to 125.; fustian trousers
per pair, 6.. 6d. to 7s. 61. ; duck trousers per pair, 4.. fnl. ;
cloth, according to quality, per yard, 11. 10s. to 2.. 10s. ;
waistcoats (cloth), each, 15s. to 11. ; waistcoat., light fancy,
each, 8.. 61. to 10.. ; coats, superior cloth, each, 31. to 71. ;
coats, shepherd's, each, 11. 5.. ; cotton handkerchiefs,
each, ls. ; silk handkerchiefs, each, 6.. ; prints for gowns,
dress, 6.. to 9s. ; socks, cotton, per pair, Is. ; stockings,
cotton, per pair, 2..; stockings, worsted, per pair, 3..;
blankets, per pair, U. to 21. 10.. ; rugs, each, 7s. 61. ; mat-
tresses, hair, each,2l.to 31.105.; sheeting, calico, per yard.,ls.;
hay, per too, 161. to 201. ; oats, per bushel, 10s. to Ils.;
straw (wheaten), per load, 31. 12s. to 41.; bran, per bushel,
Is. 6d. to 25.; maiae, per bushel, 6s. to Bs. ; wood, horse-
load, 21. 10a. to 31. ; wood, bullock-load, 31. 10s. to 41. 45.;
coals (English), per ton, 61. to 61. • coals (New South Wales),
per ton, 61. to 61. Bakers: bread, per 41b. loaf, 2.. 6d.;
biscuits, per lb., 6d. to 10d. ; flour, per ton, 401. to 441.
Butchers: beef, per lb., sd. toed.; mutton, per lb., sd. to 64.;
perk, per lb., Is.; veal, per lb., 6d. to Bd.; beef sausages, per lb.
6d.; pork images, per lb., Is. to 6d.; confectionary-soda
water, per dozen, 3.. ; lemonade, per dozen, 3a. ; grocery-
tea (family), per lb., 2.. to 3. ; tea (ration), per lb., ls. 6d.
to 2..• sugar (family), per lb., 3d. to 4d. ; sugar (ration),
per lb.,2id. to 214. ; sugar (loaf), per lb., 6d. ,• coffee,
per lb., Is. 6d. ; rice, per lb., 3d. to sd. • cheese (English),
per lb., 25.; cheese (colonial), per lb., le. 4d. to Is. 6d. ;
bacon, per lb., Is. 64. to Is. 94.; ham (English), per lb.,
2..; ham (colonial), per lb., le. Bd. to 2..; malt, per lb.,
lid., per cwt., Bs. 6d. ; pickles, per dozen, 15s. • soap, per
lb., 4id.; candles (tallow), per lb., Bd. to id.. ; candles
(sperm), per lb., 25. ; butter, fresh, per lb., 2s. 6d.
to 2s. 9d. • butt's., salt, per lb., 2a. 6d. ; eggs,
per dozen, to 30. • fowls, per pair, 14.. to ltr;
ducks, per pelt, 16e.; potatoes, per lb., lid. ' • ditto, per
cwt., 18s. to 11. 6s. ; cabbages, each, 10d. to 15.24.; cauli-
flowers, sack, 10d. to Is. 24_, • turnips, per bunch, 2d. to 3d.;
earrots, per bunch, 21. to 3d. • apples, per lb., 1.. to Is. 6d.;
horse,, 1181 TY draft, slab, 451. to 701. ; ditto light, each,
361. to 601. ; ditto good saddle, each. 261. to 401. ; fat cattle,
each, 81. to Pl.; working bullocks, pair, 351. to 451. • fat
mettle's, each, 13s. to 15.. ; store sheep, each, 10s. to 'l2s. ;
negrohead, per lb., la. 91. to 2..94. in bond; cavendish, per
lb., Is. 9d. tote. 6d. in bond ; cigars, per bundle, 116 d. to 2..;
wines-port per dozen, 11.65. to 21. 5..; sherry par dozen,
11. 10s. to 21. ; brandy per gallon, 14.. to 17s. in bond ; gin,
English, per dosen, 17s. toll. Is. in bond ; whiskey per gal-
lon, 6.. to 7.. 6d. in bond ; rum per galas, 61. to fie. 6d. in
bond; honied ale per dozen, 15s. to 175.; bottled porter
per dozen, lbs. to 175.; beer, draught, per hhd., none on
hand ; porter, draught, per hhd., none on hand ; water per
load, 4s. to 7s. • bullock•dray, each 401. to 601. ; horse-dray,
• each 361. to 601. ; dray hansom, the set, 71. to 101. ; saddles,
English, each 61. to 71. • saddles, Coloaial, each 71. 10e. to
, 81.; spring carte, each 301. to 401.

MISCILIANIOUS CliAlolllll.
Advertisements, from 60 to 100 per cent. advisee on last
return. Cartage. in town, 21. 10s. per day, 6s. to Is. per
load; to the gold fields, 1001. to 1201. per ton. Hotel
thaws, (bed and board), 21. 10s. to 71. per week. Lighter-
agt, from the Bay, 11. to 11. be. per ton. Livery stables :
keep of a horse, 1455. per day, U. 5.. per week ; hire of
hone, U. per day; hire of horse and gig, 21. per day ; hire
of carriage and pair, 61. to 81. per day. Rents (private
houses): house of 2 rooms, 21. 10s. to 31. per week, and
very scarce ; house of 4 rooms. 31. to 41. 10e. per week, and
scarcely to be obtained at any price; 2-storied brick houses,
6 and 8 rooms, per annum, 3001. to 6001., according to
locality. Shoeing • hone, 11. the set. Towage on the
river, 11. to 11. ss. Washing, 9s. to 12s. per dozen, Ba. to
10a. per day, with rations.