RATES OF WAGES IN QUEENSLAND.
Reading edition
Ordinary Farm Labourers.
20s. to 27s. 6d. per week with board and lodging.
Ploughmen.
20s. to 30s. per week with board and lodging.
Harvest Hands (Wheat).
5s. to 7s. per day with board and lodging.
Ordinary General Labourers.
7s. to 8s. 6d. per day.
Navvies.
8s. to 10s. per day.
Dairy Hands—Men.
20s. to 25s. per week with board and lodging.
Dairy Hands—Boys.
10s. to 20s. per week with board and lodging.
Cane-cutters.
11s. to 12s. per day of eight hours, or 5s. to 7s. 6d. per ton.
Cane Farm Chippers.
37s. to 39s. per week with board and lodging, or 8s. 8d. to 9s. 2d. per day of eight hours without board and lodging.
Boiler Attendants and Engine-drivers.
8s. to 12s. per day.
Fitters and Engineers.
11s. to 14s. per day.
Carpenters and Joiners.
12s. to 14s. per day.
Cabinet-makers.
11s. to 13s. 4d. per day.
Bricklayers.
13s. to 14s. per day.
Wheelwrights.
9s. 4d. to 13s. per day.
Blacksmiths (General).
9s. 4d. to 15s. per day.
Blacksmiths (Engineering).
11s. to 12s. 6d. per day.
Plumbers.
11s. to 13s. per day.
Tinsmiths.
9s. to 11s. per day.
Axemen.
20s. to 35s. per week with board and lodging, 6s. to 8s. per day.
Sawmill Hands.
8s. to 12s. 4d. per day.
Married Couples.
(Man, farm; Wife, cook) £80 to £120 per annum with board and lodging. On sheep and cattle stations married couples are provided with a furnished cottage, rations, and other perquisites to the value of about £3 per week in addition to their wages.
Stockmen and Boundary Riders.
From 20s. to 35s. per week and found. Where married men are employed on sheep and cattle stations, they are allowed, in addition to their wages, a furnished house, rations, and other perquisites to the value of about £3 per week. Single men similarly employed get, besides their wages, board and lodging and other perquisites equivalent to what it would cost them for board and lodging in the township.
Useful Lads.
10s. to 15s. per week with board and lodging.
Grooms.
15s. to 30s. per week with board and lodging.
Female Domestics.
10s. to 30s. per week with board and lodging.
Cooks (Male and Female).
20s. to 40s. per week with board and lodging.
Gardeners.
6s. to 8s. per day and one meal.
