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Rh 6. One shilling and sixpence per day on an average. In the winter months labour can be had for from one shilling to one shilling and threepence per day, but in the spring it rises to two shillings.—Co. Galway.

7. The rate of wages varies according to the season, but I give to my best men one shilling per day in all seasons.—Co. Galway.

8. Seven shillings a week.—Co. Kildare.

9. One shilling and twopence a day for constant labourers.—Co. Kildare.

10. The average rate of wages for good labourers is seven shillings per week in winter, and nine shillings in summer; and skilled labourers, such as quarrymen, two shillings over.—Co. Kerry.

11. One shilling and threepence per day for labourers; four shillings per day for carpenters and masons.—Co. Kerry.

12. One shilling—in some few cases, fourteen pence.—Co. Mayo.

13. At the rate of seven shillings and eight shillings per week.—Co. Meath.

14. In Kerry, one shilling and fourpence, average one shilling and twopence; in King's Co., one shilling and fivepence, average one shilling and threepence; in Monaghan, one shilling and fourpence, average one shilling and twopence—for winter and summer all round.—Co. Monaghan.

15. One shilling per day.—Co. Roscommon.

16. The present rate of wages in this district, for agricultural labourers, averages one shilling and twopence per day. I pay in money, to my best men, seven shillings weekly; they are constantly employed at one work or another on the farm, gardens, or demesne.—Co. Tipperary.

17. One shilling and twopence per day for best men.—Co. Waterford.

18. Permanent wages for labourers, one shilling a day; occasional labourers, or those depending on the market, from one shilling and twopence to one shilling and sixpence per day.—Co. Waterford.

19. Seven shillings a week, and a house. — Co. Wexford.

20. I think one shilling per day is the standard rate for ordinary men constantly employed, one shilling and twopence to best