§ Major HORE-BELISHAasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty which of the trades essential to the process of house building, apart from the supply of raw materials, are represented among the employés in the dockyards, specifying the number of each trade so represented, and showing these numbers separately for each of the royal dockyards?
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§ Mr. HODGESThe numbers of men of the several trades ordinarily employed on house building work now employed in the
Trades. Chatham. Portsmouth. Devonport. Sheerness. Pembroke. Rosyth. Bricklayers 25 80 — 2 — 3 Masons 1 32 51 1 3 14 Plasterers 2 8 — — — — Carpenters and Joiners 40 167 64 3 5 25 Plumbers 20 24 32 2 2 10 Slaters — 3 — — — — Painters and Glaziers 53 92 72 5 5 17 Smiths 9 50 23 2 1 8 The work performed by these tradesmen is not confined to building construction.
Joiners, painters, plumbers, bricklayers and smiths are also employed in the shipbuilding and other departments of the dockyards.