Ontario Sessional Papers, 1886, . ctoria. Sessional Papers (No. ). A. 1886 and cities, viz : Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Gait,Gananoque, Guelph, Hamilton, Hespeler, Kingston, London, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peter-borough, Stratford, St. Thomas and Toronto. Returns available for tabulation werereceived from 26-i7 workers, representing 26 industries and 269 occupations. One hundredand sixteen others were defective, owing to the omission of one or more essential itemsin filling up the schedule. The statistics of 1884 gave earnings and cost of living for 2,835 w
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1886, . ctoria. Sessional Papers (No. ). A. 1886 and cities, viz : Almonte, Belleville, Brantford, Brockville, Chatham, Cornwall, Gait,Gananoque, Guelph, Hamilton, Hespeler, Kingston, London, Oshawa, Ottawa, Peter-borough, Stratford, St. Thomas and Toronto. Returns available for tabulation werereceived from 26-i7 workers, representing 26 industries and 269 occupations. One hundredand sixteen others were defective, owing to the omission of one or more essential itemsin filling up the schedule. The statistics of 1884 gave earnings and cost of living for 2,835 workpeople,representing 204 occupations in nineteen towns and cities. Compared with the statisticsof 1885 the averages of dependents, time employed, wages earned and cost of living,together with the number of occupations whose averages are greater or less than thegeneral average, are shown in the following table : Average of— No. OF OCCUPATIONS OVER AND UNDER THE Dependents Hours per week,Days per year .Total earnings .Cost of livinsr ... In 54 occupations 1,032 workers had no dependents in 1885, against 994 workers in28 occupations who had no dependents in 1884. In 215 occupations 1,605 workers in1885 had an average of dependents, against 1,859 workers in 176 occupations withan average of dependents in 1884. In 1884 the total number of dependents was6,212, while in 1885 it was 5,682, of whom 3,633 were under 16 years of age—the aver-age of the latter being per worker, against of all ages. In 112 occupations theaverage time employed per week is 60 hours and over; in 85 it is 60 to 65 hours ; in 9 itis over 65 to 70 hours ; in 11 it is over 70 to 75 hours ; and in 7 it is over 75 bell-boys have an average of 76 hours, and bar-tenders ; railway baggagemen78 hours, signalmen and engineers ; street car drivers hours, andsailors 84 hours. In 75 occupations the average number of days eooployed was 300and upwards,against 43 occ
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