§ Colonel WEDGWOODasked Minister of Agriculture what were the 907W average weekly wages for ordinary agricultural labourers, who had to provide their own food, in each of the counties of England, county by county separately, at the latest date of the present year for which such statistics are available?
§ Sir R. SANDERSThe following statement shows the prevailing minimum weekly cash wages for ordinary agricultural labourers in each county in England in November, 1922. A rate per hour is given when wages are usually paid on an hourly basis and no definite number of hours per week is specified:
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Wage. County. s. d. Bedford 25 0 Berks 28 6 Buckingham 28 6 Cambridge and Isle of Ely 0 6 per hour. Cheshire 32 0 Cornwall 30 0 Cumberland 30 0 Derby 0 7 per hour. Devon 30 0 Dorset 27 0 Durham 35 0 Essex 0 6½ per hour. Gloucester 25 0 Hampshire 26 0 Hereford 27 0 Hertford 26 0 Lincoln— Holland 0 7 per hour. Kesteven and Lindsey 26 0 Huntingdon 25 0 Kent 27 0 Lancaster— Southern Area 37 6* Northern Area 37 6* Eastern Area 40 0* Leicester— Ashby Bosworth 31 6 Leicester 30 0 Loughborough 30 0 Market Harborough 28 0 Melton Mowbray 30 0 Middlesex— North 0 7½ per hour. South 30 0
Wage. County. s. d. Monmouth … 30 0 Norfolk … 25 0 Northants … 28 0 Northumberland … 32 0 Nottingham … 30 0 Oxford … 25 0 Peterborough, Soke of … 28 0 Rutland … 27 0 Salop … 28 0 Somerset … 30 0 Stafford … 30 0 Suffolk … 0 6 per hour. Surrey … 29 2 Sussex … 27 0 Warwick … 25 0 Wight, Isle of … 27 0 Westmorland … 30 0 Wilts … 27 0 Worcester … 0 6½ per hour. Yorks— East Hiding. … 30 0 North Riding … 30 0 West Riding … 30 0 * These rates apply only to teamsmen and stockmen.