. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . be employmentfor twice the number of our present miningpopulation. Ground that is considered,with the appliances at hand, to be too poorto pay wages, can with water be profitablyworked. The following are the rates of wageshere :—Labourers on roads and publicworks, 10s. and 12s. per day of eighthours; carpenters and tradesmen, ; sawyers at mills, 16s. ditto; la-bourers and bushmen, 10s. ditto ; minersin mines in or ne
. The official handbook of New Zealand : a collection of papers by experienced colonists on the colony as a whole and on the several provinces ; edited by Julius Vogel . be employmentfor twice the number of our present miningpopulation. Ground that is considered,with the appliances at hand, to be too poorto pay wages, can with water be profitablyworked. The following are the rates of wageshere :—Labourers on roads and publicworks, 10s. and 12s. per day of eighthours; carpenters and tradesmen, ; sawyers at mills, 16s. ditto; la-bourers and bushmen, 10s. ditto ; minersin mines in or near the towns, £3 per week ;miners in mines distant from the townshipsand in the southern parts of the Province, ,£4 to £b per week ; farm labourers, 30s. \to 35s. per week, with board and lodging ; ?coal miners, 4s. per ton, working in a seam iof coal from 12 ft. to 21 ft. thick. J It is not customary in Westland for em-ployers to ration their labourers : the latterare either paid weekly wages and supplythemselves with food, or else they havetheir meals with their employers. Iflabourers desired rations, farmers wouldnot think of .nllowing tlieni less thaii. THE PROVINCE OF WESTLAND. 163 10^ lb. flour, 4 oz. tea, 2 lb. sugar, and12 lb. meat per week. The following public works in the Pro-vince are either in course of construction,or are likely to be commenced within ayear or so :—Main road completed fromHokitika to Okarita, and from thence tothe southern boundary of the Province. Eoad from Greenstone (Pounamu) toLake Brunner, and to the boundary of Pro-vince of Nelson. Road from Taipo River to Nelson Pro-vince i;iaBell Hill. Surveyors are now enfjaged surveyingtrial lines for a line of railway to connectHokitika with the main line of railway onthe East Coast, Canterbury. The Kanieri race is being pushed vigo-rously on, and the Mikonuirace and Waimearace are expected to be taken in hand other races constructing at present are,the Hibernian race and New River ra
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