Commander BELLAIRSasked the President of the Board of Trade if he has any information as to whether in the subsidies to national shipping granted by foreign nations any restrictions are imposed on the manufactured goods that they lay bring into their own country?
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MINIMUM RATES of WAGES for ordinary Male Workers of 21 years of age and over, and for Female Workers of 18 years of age and over as in force on 24th July, 1929, in England and Wales. Agricultural Wages Committee. Area. Male Workers. Female Workers. Minimum weekly wage. Hours per week in respect of which minimum weekly wage is payable. Minimum rate per hour (except where otherwise stated). Hours in respect of which minimum rate is payable (where specified). s. d. Winter. Summer. s. d. Beds. & Hunts. 30 6 48 50 0 6 48 per week, winter. 50 per week, summer. Berkshire 30 0 50 50 0 5* — Buckinghamshire 31 0 48 50 0 6 48 per week, winter. 50 per week, summer. Cambs. & I. of Ely 30 0 48 50 0 5½ 8 per day. Cheshire 35 0 54 54 0 6 — Cornwall 31 0 51 51 0 5† — Cumberland and Westmorland. 31 0 48 — 0 5½ — 32 6 — 54 — — Derby 8d.per.hr. 54 (guaranteed) 54 (guaranteed) 0 5 — Devonshire 32 6 50 52 5† — Dorset 30 0 48 51 24 0‡ 48 per week. per week. Durham 31 0 50 50 2 6 8 per day. per day. Essex 30 0 48 50 0 5½‡ — Gloucestershire 30 0 48 50 0 5 — Hants. & I. of Wight 30 6 48 51 0 5 — Herefordshire 31 0 48 54 0 4½ 46½ hours per week.