Wages in the United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century: Notes for the Use of Students of Social ...
Wages in the United Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century: Notes for the Use of Students of Social ...
A L Arthur Lyon Bowley
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d. 3 1, but probably more would be hewn when the price rose. In 1862 there seems to have been a temporary inflation. The next series of figures, from Strang in the Statistical Journal, 1858, are confirmatory of these : 1852 1S53 1855 1856 1857 1858 8. d. 2 6 8. 8. d, 8. 8. d. 3, 3 6 4, 4 6 8. 8. 6, 4 8. d. 5 8. d. 5 8. d. 3 0, while the " Returns of Wages " give 4is. for 1863. ^ Webb's Collection, M.S.S. Miners, I. SECT. XIII.] SEQUENCE OF WAGES IN SOUTH SCOTLAND. 105 Sir Lowthian Bell's accoun...t is as follows : — Daily wages of Scotch Hewers, 1859 8, d. 3 1 1860 s. d, 3 6 1861 8. d. 3 2 1862 «. d. 3 li 1863 «. d. 3 7i 1864 ». d. 4 1866 «. d. 4 1 1866 8. d, 4 6 1867 «. rf. 4 IJ 1868 8, d, 3 7J 1869 «. d. 3 6f 1870 «. d. 3 9 1871 «. d. 4 6 1872 «. d. 7 Oi 1873 8, d. 9 11 1874 8. d, 7 2 1876 8. d, 5 4 1876 8. d, 4 8 1877 4 li 1878 «. d. 3 2 Sliding Scales. All these day wages appear to be comparable, Strang agreeing both with Bell and the Trade Union Reports. The next consecutive list is the account of the sliding scales^ covering the whole period since 1879; the scale of course gives only the nominal percentage changes, without the connection with the daily or weekly wage ; we must, therefore, find the means of connecting them with the list before 1878.
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