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Occupation
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Rate of Pay
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Comments
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Boat Builders
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6s. to 8s. per day
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See shipwrights
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Brickmakers
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8s. to 10s. per 100, for making.
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Good workmen will always find employment
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Bricklayers
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6s. to 7s. per day.
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Good workmen will always find employment
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Blacksmiths
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24s. to 42s. per week.
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Good workmen in demand
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Brewers - Malsters
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3s. to 4s. per day.
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Breweries are increasing
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Basket Makers
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A few good workmen would find this a profitable trade. Common labourers employed
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Chair Makers
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25s. to 30s. per week.
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Market glutted at present
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Carpenters
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6s. to 7s. 6d. per day.
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Always in demand, especially good workmen
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Caulkers
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8s. to 9s. per day.
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Work usually done by shipwrights
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Coopers
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7s. to 8s. per day.
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Employment uncertain
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Cabinet Makers & Upholsterers
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5s. to 7s. per day.
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Not in demand at present, except as carpenters
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Cooks
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5s. 6d. to 10s. per week, and rations.
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Men usually employed. Careful and steady men wanted
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Coppersmiths
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30s. to 40s. per week.
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Good workmen would find employment
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Dairy Woman
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L10 to L15 per annum, lodgings and rations.
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In extreme demand
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Engineers
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21s. to 42s. per week, and rations.
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The class of men here meant, are properly engine-men and blacksmiths
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Farriers
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6s. to 7s. per day.
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Much in demand
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Fencers
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30s. to 40s. per week, or post & rail fences 2s. to 3s. per rod.
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Field Labourers
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3s. per day, or 5s. a wekk and rations.
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All kinds of field labourers in demand
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Gardeners
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L25 to L40 per annum, and rations
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Always in demand
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Gardener’s Labourers
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L15 to L25 per annum, and rations.
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Much required
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Glaziers & Plumbers
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5s. 6d. to 7s. per day.
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A few of the latter wanted
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Harness Makers and Saddlers
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4s. to 5s. per day.
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Chiefly supplied by importation
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Joiners
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6s. to 8s. 6d. per day.
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Good workmen in demand
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Iron Founders
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24s. to 40s. per week.
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Good workmen would find employment
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Locksmiths
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6s. to 7s. per day.
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Good workmen would find employment
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Millwrights
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6s. to 8s. 6d. per day.
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Wanted to fit up wooden gear
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Milkmen
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L12 to L20 per annum, and rations.
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All kinds of husbandry, in demand
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Nailers
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40s. per week, and upwards.
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Good workmen required
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Plasterers
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42s. per week.
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In demand. An excellent trade
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Ploughmen
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L15 to L25 per annum, lodging and rations.
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All agricultural labourers, shepherds, sheep-shearers, &c., may also be rated, and are in great demand
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Potters
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As Labourers.
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One or two might find employment
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Printers - Compositors and Pressmen
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25s. to 35s. per week
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A few steady men wanted to replace drunkards [!]
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Quarrymen
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4s. to 6s. per day.
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Always in demand
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Sawyers
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6s. to 10s. per 1000 feet.
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In great demand
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Shipwrights
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7s. to 8s. 6d. per day.
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Good workmen in demand
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Shoemakers
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5s. to 7s. per day.
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In great demand. A good trade. Sober men earn 10s. a day
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Sailors
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50s. to 60s. per month.
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Always in demand
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Stonemasons and Setters
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5s. 6d. to 8s. per day.
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In great demand
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Tailors
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5s. to 7s. per day.
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In demand. Piece work one third higher than in England
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Turners
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A few might work profitably on their own account
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Vine Dressers
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L10 to L40 per annum, or upwards, according to qualification.
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Skilful [sic] men in demand
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Wheelwrights
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5s. to 6s. per day, or L15 to L20 per annum, and rations
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General workmen always find employment
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Parchment Makers
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Sheepskins 2d. to 3d. each.
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Parchment likely to be manufactured for export. No demand at present.
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