Handbook to Victoria Australia a Short Description of the Colony Its Product
Handbook to Victoria Australia a Short Description of the Colony Its Product
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; gardeners, 15s. To 20s.
So much for tradesmen and handicraftsmen. Can they, could they ver hope, working such hours, generally eight hours per diem, to earn such wages at home ? We trow not.
But, it may be said, and often has been said by those who wished to throw cold water on emigration, and to keep the working man for ever with his nose to the grindstone: "Although we grant you that labour is plentiful and that wages are high, still the cost of living is so great that you are better off wh...ere you are earning less than half the money, than in the colonies, earning the high wages, but having to pay four times the price for everything you eat, drink, and wear. " An excellent argument, certainly, if it were true.
The following may be quoted as the average prices in Melbourne, in March, 1877, of the chief articles of consumption for the year 1876--7. The cost of groceries, wines, spirits, &c. , is generally somewhat higher, and of agricultural and grazing produce somewhat lower, in country districts : Agricultural Produce Wheat, per bushel, 5s.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
; gardeners, 15s. To 20s.
So much for tradesmen and handicraftsmen. Can they, could they ver hope, working such hours, generally eight hours per diem, to earn such wages at home ? We trow not.
But, it may be said, and often has been said by those who wished to throw cold water on emigration, and to keep the working man for ever with his nose to the grindstone: "Although we grant you that labour is plentiful and that wages are high, still the cost of living is so great that you are better off wh...ere you are earning less than half the money, than in the colonies, earning the high wages, but having to pay four times the price for everything you eat, drink, and wear. " An excellent argument, certainly, if it were true.
The following may be quoted as the average prices in Melbourne, in March, 1877, of the chief articles of consumption for the year 1876--7. The cost of groceries, wines, spirits, &c. , is generally somewhat higher, and of agricultural and grazing produce somewhat lower, in country districts : Agricultural Produce Wheat, per bushel, 5s.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by 1878 Victorian Commissioners for the Paris Exposition to read onlineMoreLess
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