§ COLONEL HUGHES-HALLETT (Rochester)asked the Secretary of State for War, The number of skilled workmen employed at Enfield, as compared with the number of ordinary labourers, and the relative wages received by each class?
§ THE SURVEYOR GENERAL (Mr. NORTHCOTE) (Exeter)(who replied) said: There are 1,284 skilled workmen employed at the Royal Small Arms Factory at Enfield, as compared with 803 ordinary labourers. The wages of the former vary from 5½d. to 1s. per hour; those of the latter from 4½d. to 9d.