The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-16
ROrAL OMMISSIONERS, REPORT.
Statistics Of Industry and Finance OF til
United Kingdom.

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Statistics of Industry and Finance OF the
United Kingdom.
The Iatost statistics pntbared for tho Rovo,
Commission on Labor Of tho initial Kinydom
recently pressntsd nv the comnilors and clas.
si1ere md soon to be nnbliabad n tho am
voir,, -, tho sor,as -, rono.ts ~, Az iodn0
tries ofthe Kingdom. contain much interest
ing information concerning the average rnte
Of y wages n,e and the total earn,n usv n and savings ms
OF the working people OF Great Britain aud
ireland. and the losses by strikes and lockouts.
incomes. investments. and savings of tho
80 assio...tna us,,o..Iaa ~ .n...ta.'.u
ana ci"ssiicauoh LOT panica.lon mo STATISTICS
are to be compared with similar data from
present tho commission ms not been ao!eto
'0 Thsrs e aro omSiovea in regular industry IN
the United Kingdom. in round numbers.
1900, 900 men, 2,5OO,O 600 women, l,7OO.O O
males under Is years OF age. and 100000
girls. a total Of l3.200.o00 persons. Thirty
three separate occupations arc enumerated in
a.. ,rht.n .s.-a.. -. 49, -.
.ne returns ""'eN asSFeS".e 'ncse i:ures' pue
in presenting tho figures the Assistant secre-
st,t,s,,os hod not hoon ax,ondoH ~ .ha io,ro.
h'at's'ics hao not Deeh EXTENDED 10 'ne lower
mluuIe CluSSc~, WHICH makes TnLnor llu0tor-
inmate tho precise value OF tho nguros. Prob
ahIv thoy rororto oIi,r,dns and manvo, ooow-
no,t ,"'t tn ,e' eia TO a., nr . = 8, "n aIo mahua, oeeu-
clal workers not being classified. although this
was not distinctly stated. The total amount
az wages paid yearly is about E833. 900. 600. or
about ~ # Ter head for men, women; md chill
up to date OF tho beginning Of this year.
The normal wages OF men in the thirty-three
OppuDatlOnS cnnmarutpI nynrnyA Dke I'd mar
week, or t84 II year: Of women. lbs. 81. a
Sixty rnr cent. receive wages OF Dos. to sos. u
week. and OF the remainder i've per cent. earn
iasorers in England about s:Ni a year. On
in the averages OF nav bet " sen iSSti nni iss,t,
although in some fow particular divisions
OF $4,000" men en- rlovad on "" rIni,roads
In 1892 S.4OO received less than los. a
week. 12t:o"3 from lbs, t" POS $4,000 fem
rest over :;5s. n week. Most OF those classified
between los. and POS. receive wages near tho
rIres. ur, In tina nSor.r.tr Ie,tnr rrrnunnr-
ated than women In oii,cr cmploymcnt In
m Mine II ., sstvls g, ii the MEET !, : oa ~ a., = yye1u,i
course. av"fass" 'inclu lc tn" very nigh and
Ei enggl nov; .s sn M TN IN INK III ps sthr !iat '"'' ~ ""'-
. R.tnrns fr,n' suVimee htuks AMI like insti-
cni nn sm"m rna' a." S Sati ~ n ;, y. .tr GTrhin., IL :
cxrlmsIvn If ihe .,tnnnts invested in friendly
M stjas' M f'In.rr. which, # is r.ti.
nut"i w''nniI rorr,g,ri uIlitp an ,nunl
nm NM nrinri,r ,hn ',ntnl tn az. IuO,NOIn
wnnr III" ~ MN. ;unnr. oG the Unitai
Kin, n s rI,',,It IiOLirO. 600. and
ont ,f,m''s thnn .sstulnnIa,nI snv;ng, amount 10
gHiO Wtnu ntt' ria mIloInt o income rrroived
frn,, ,n 49, n,nsiuinir'. railways. nntI.nni
dcbis. nni iii. Ike is rstimatcd ut from $50
UvnUipto .iUOtyr ,.uuu
s,rrinrn =" y i nc cuts was IGite 81 ,5Oh.OuU. In
mn,th.r VAN tb,, Ir.a WI. II. AZ. WW. This