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LABOR MARKET.
Quotation of rates of wages, by W. R. Hnnt
of the Labor Office, King William-street:—
Domestic Servants —At per week, with board
and lodging.—Housekeepers, 10s to 12s; oooks,
professed, 10s to 12s housemaids, 8s to 10s;
laundresses, 9s to 10a ; Idtchenmaids, 8s to 9s •
upper nurses, 8s to 9s; nursemaids, 6s to 7s ;
norsegirls, 2s 6d to ss; general servants, 6s to 9s.
Farm. Servants —At per week with, board and
lodging; those marked thus * have board and
lodging for two, and thus f rations for one adult.
Ploughmen, single, 15s to 17s; +do, married,
15s to 18s, with cottage, fuel, and water; do.
do, without board, 21s to 255, with cottage,
fuel, and water; *dodo, man and wife, both
employed, wife as general servant at the farm
house, &c, 20a to 22s 6d; farm laborers, not
being ploughmen, or indifferent ones only, 15a
to 165.; boys and youths, for harrowing and
ploughing, 8s to 10s; small boys for cattle,
and sheep minding, 3s to 8s; bullockdriven,
men, 15s; do do, boys, 6s. to 10s.; haymakers,
16s. to 20 per week, with board and lodging;
harvest banns, 20s. and wine.
Station Hands —At per annum with rations
and expenses, paid up to the station,
those marked thus * have double rations, and
thus t are occasional hands only.—*Shepnerds,
married, 352; do, single, with a hutkeeper. 342
to 392; do, do, to hutkeep for themselves,
442 4s; +lambminders (men) 12s, hutkeepers,
262; *married couples for head Btation
man and wife both employed, 452 to 522,
and for first-class hands (second year
on station), £55 ; bullock, drivers on
the station, about 442 4s; do do, when on the
road, 622; knockabout hands, 392 to 452;
bush carpenters, 522 to 782; men cooks, 392 to
522; do do, shearing time, 522 to 652; horse
drivers, 402; do when on the roads, 522;
fwelLrinkers and hut-builders, according to
contract; twoolpressers, 522 to 657, and
at per bale; "fshearers, 15a. to 18s. per
100 and rations, according to sheep and
distance from Adelaide, with expenses paid
up to the station (the higher price for cross
bred sheep); stockriders, 522 to 652; i-sheep
drovers, 522; waieiduff^rs, 392 to 451; whim,
drivers, men, 392; do do yoaths, 262 to 312.
Miscellaneous Callings. —Cabmen, 15s to 20*
per week, with board and lodging ; coachmen,
17s to 23s per week, with board and lodging;
grooms, 15s to 20s per week with board and
lodging; gardeners, single, 15s to 20s per week,
with board and lodging; do, married, 30s to 35s
per week, with house, fneL and water •la
borers, 4s 6d to 6s 6d per day; carters, 6s to
7s per day ; fencers, per rod, three roils, 2
3d to 3s; wire fencers per rod, 3s to 5s ; wires
and cross rails. Is 3d to 2s 3d.
Dairy Servants —At per week with board and
lodging.—Milkmen, 14s to 20s; dairymaids, 8s
to 9s; married couples, man and wife both em
ployed in dairy, 20s to 255; extra good butter and
cheese makers, women, 9s to 10s.
Hotel Servants —At per week with board and
lodging.—Barmen, 15s to 20s; barmaids, 10s to
12s;Boots,men,14s to 16s; do youths, 10s to 12s
cooks, men, 20s to 30s; do, women, 12b to 14s;
housemaids, 9s to 10s; Idtchenmaids, 9s to 10s;
laundresses, 10s to 12s; ostlers, men,lss to 20s;
do, youths, 10s. to 12s; knife-boys, 8s to 10s.
Tradesmen —At per day.—Blacksmiths, 7s
to 8s ; bricklayers, 8s to 9s ; brickraakers, per
1,000,12s; carpenters, & to 9s ; cabinetmakers,
8s to 10s; coopers, 7s 6d to 8s; engineers, 9s to
12s; galvanized ironworkers, 8s to 10s; iron
founders, 9s to 12s; masons, 8s to 9s ; millers,
8s to Bs6d; miners, 5s to 6s 8d ; painters,6s to !
8s 6d; plasterers, 9s. and piecework; plumbers, 9a
to 10s; quarrymcn, 6s to 7s,and piecework ; sad
dlers, 6s 6d to 8s ; sawyers, 7s to Bs, and piece? j
work; shoemakers, 6s and piecework ; shoeing
smiths, 7s 6d to 9s; sionebreakers, 24-inch \
\ gauge, 2s 2dto 2s 9d per yard; storemen"6s to '
7s ; tailors, 7s to 8s; tanners, 8s to 10s; tinmen,
6s to 9s; watchmakers, 10s to 14b ; wheelwrights,
9s to 10s. At per week, with board and lodging.
—Bakers, 20s to 30b ; butchers, 20s to 30s.
mutton slaughtermen, 12s per 100 and find
themselves.
December 29.
IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.
Return of passengers inwards and outwards
at Port Adelaide, during th« week ended Satur
day, December 17,1870 :—
Inwabds.—Male adults, 19 ; female adults,
7; male children, 1; female children, 0.
Ootwards.—Male adults, 29; female adults,
11; male children, 3; female children, 5.
JSXPORTS OF COLONIAL PRODUCE.
Return of all wheat, flour, bread, and grain,
the produce of South Australia, exported
during the week ended Saturday, December 17,
IS70?-
Port Adelaide-
Wheat 154 qrs.
Flour 72 tons.
PORT ADELAIDE CUSTOMS RETURN&
IMPOBT3 FOB THE WEEK ENDED DECXMBEB 24.
Articles. Value. Article*. Value.
AtiinuJwj living Implements and
oysters ... £4 tools £269
Apparelandslops 20 Iron—
Bags and sacks Manufactures 1,949
Cornsacks ... 2,412 Jewellery, Plate,
Books, printed 526 &c. 1,137
Boots and shoes 745 Lead (pig or
Candles ... 104 sheet) and shot 20
Casks, empty... 10 Leather ... 723
Cheese 3 Machinery ... 13
Coals and coke 890 Malt 16?
Cordageandrope 204 OH, mineral ... 1,298
Drapery ... 4,640 Oil, vegetable... 434
Drugs 42 Paper 48
Earthenwareand Pictures and
china 177 prints ... 14
Fish, dried and Plants and trees 2
pickled ... 24 Bice 168
Fruit, dried ... 3 Seeds and roots 7
Fruit, fresh ... 3 Skins and bides 70
Furniture ... 3 Spices 21
Glass 10 Stationery ... 97
Got. stores ... 373 Sugar 962
Groceries and Tea 1,477
oilmen's stores 6 Tinware ... 260
Gunpowder ... 575 Unenumted.raw 22
Hardware and Wine, in w00d... 30
cutlery ... 81 Wool 3,960
Warehoused.
Beer £297 Manufactures —
Brandy 533 Unenumerated £41
Carriages ... 143 Salt 70
Cigars 80 Tobacco ... 140
Drugs 9 Tea 14,320
Geneva 148 Vinegar ... 114
Gin 115 Whisky ... 15J
Machinery .., 21 Wine 170
EXFOBTS FOB THE WEEK ENDED DECEMBER 24.
Articles and Quantities. For Value.
Cordials, 10 cases ... Melbourne ... £10
Coffee, 112 cwt ... Melbourne ... 317
Eggs, 23 pkgs. ... Melbourne ... 184
Fruit, fresh, 187 pkgs. Melbourne ... 47
Flour, 35 tons Melbourne ... 465
Do., 65J do. Sydney 836
Do., 45 do Brisbane ... 553
Myall, 12 tons ... Melbourne ... 50
Manufactures, 4 pkgs. Melbourne ... 378
Onions, 96 cwt. ... Melbourne ... 35
Plants, 3 pkgs. ... Sydney. 24
Wine, 684 gals. ... Melbourne ... 159
Do., 240 do Sydney 90
Wheat, 279 qrs. ... Melbourne ... 344
Do., 911 do Sydney 1,620
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