§ Sir R. GOWERasked the First Lord of the Admiralty what was the number of workmen, including casual employ és, employed at the Royal Naval Dockyard at Chatham during the last week of April, 1929, and the last deek of April, 1930, respectively; and what was the average amount of wages received by each of such workmen, respectively, during each of such weeks, respectively?
§ Mr. G. HALLThe number of work-people, including casual employés, employed at Chatham Dockyard in the shipbuilding and ship repairing departments (Vote 8) during the week ending 27th April, 1929, was 7,583, and the average amount of wages per employé for the week was £3 4s. 1d. As the corresponding week for 1930 was the week in which the Easter Monday holiday occurred, the figures for the week ending 3rd May have been taken, and are as follow:
Number of employés 7,506 Average weekly wage per employé £3 1s. 2d.