§ Mr. KELLYasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the rates of wages paid to fitters, electricians and labourers employed by the Admiralty at Gibraltar, Simons Town and Hong Kong?
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Mr. DAVIDSONIt is presumed the hon. Member refers to local men, and the present weekly inclusive rates of wages are: at Gibraltar—from 43s. 6d. to 60s. for engine fitters, from 43s. 6d. to 57s. for electrical fitters, or electricians, and 26s. to 28s. a week for labourers; at Simons Town the rates range from £5 8s. to £6 a week for engine and electrical fitters and from 25s. to 45s. a week for labourers; at Hong Kong the rates for engine fitters range from one dollar, 19 cents to four dollars, 34 cents a day, for electrical fitters, from one dollar 19 cents to three dollars 50 cents, and for labourers from 56 cents to 63 cents a day.