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Page 99
... Servants wages are very high here . A fervant man , who would have been satisfied , 40 years ago , with L. 1 : 5 : 0 half yearly , now gets L. 3 or L. 4 half year- ly , and fametimes more . A fervant maid , who got 10 or 11 fhillings ...
... Servants wages are very high here . A fervant man , who would have been satisfied , 40 years ago , with L. 1 : 5 : 0 half yearly , now gets L. 3 or L. 4 half year- ly , and fametimes more . A fervant maid , who got 10 or 11 fhillings ...
Page 157
... Servants wages have rifen a third within thele few years . Female fervants who got 20 s . per half year now get 30 s . or more ; male fervants , who formerly got L. 2 , or L. 2 : 10 : 0 per half year , now get L. 3:30 , or L. 3:10 : 0 ...
... Servants wages have rifen a third within thele few years . Female fervants who got 20 s . per half year now get 30 s . or more ; male fervants , who formerly got L. 2 , or L. 2 : 10 : 0 per half year , now get L. 3:30 , or L. 3:10 : 0 ...
Page 188
... servant were L. 2 : 10 , of a maid fervant L. I 10 . In 1790 , the former have advanced to L. 8 , or L. 8 : 10 , and the latter from L. 3 to L. 4 per annum . A labourer's wages are 8 d . and his victuals ; a mafon's or carpenter's 1 s ...
... servant were L. 2 : 10 , of a maid fervant L. I 10 . In 1790 , the former have advanced to L. 8 , or L. 8 : 10 , and the latter from L. 3 to L. 4 per annum . A labourer's wages are 8 d . and his victuals ; a mafon's or carpenter's 1 s ...
Page 208
... servant , employed in the operations of husbandry , were L. 2 per annum 40 years ago ; now they are L. 7. The wages of a woman fervant , 40 years ago , were 13 s . 4 d .; now L. 3. About 40 years ago , a day labourer received 6 d ...
... servant , employed in the operations of husbandry , were L. 2 per annum 40 years ago ; now they are L. 7. The wages of a woman fervant , 40 years ago , were 13 s . 4 d .; now L. 3. About 40 years ago , a day labourer received 6 d ...
Page 223
... ( servants included ) , con- taining 20 Iron workmen 13 Seainen 11 Wrights , carpenter , cooper , turner Jo Gardeners 8 Weavers 9 Mafons 6 Smiths Individuals . 309 91 56 45 42 41 36 25 20 5 Taylors 7 Brewer , baker , butcher , fhoemaker ...
... ( servants included ) , con- taining 20 Iron workmen 13 Seainen 11 Wrights , carpenter , cooper , turner Jo Gardeners 8 Weavers 9 Mafons 6 Smiths Individuals . 309 91 56 45 42 41 36 25 20 5 Taylors 7 Brewer , baker , butcher , fhoemaker ...
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