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In London, England, on same dates, reported by United States consular agent, Henry Studmiczka:

Common laborers, $4.38 per week with board.

Common laborers, 12 cents per hour without board — average.

Stone masons, 21 cents per hour.

Brick layers, 21 cents per hour.

Plasterers, 22 cents per hour.

Plumbers, 22 cents per hour.

Carpenters, 21 cents per hour.

Painters, 18 cents per hour.

Furniture makers, 21 cents per hour.

Machinists, 20 cents to 28 cents per hour.

Boiler makers, 203^2 cents per hour.

Compositors, 20^ cents per hour.

Bakers, first-class hands, 13^^ cents per hour.

Iron Founders, 20 cents per hour.

Policemen, 21 cents per hour.

Letter carriers, $8.51 per week to old soldiers.

Teamsters, $1.60 per day of 15 hours, — average.

Street cleaners, 1.13 per day.

Street car conductors, 16 to 24 cents per hour.

Sailing vessel seamen, $14.60 per month.

Cost of living in London on same date:

ARTICLES.

Apples, second and third quality ; pound, 4 to 6 cents.

Bread, four pounds, 12 cents.

Butter, dairy, pound, 32 to 34 cents.

Cheese, Canadian, pound, 14 to 16 cents.

Coffee, pound, 16 to 36 cents.

Eggs, 12 to 16, 24 cents.

Salmon, pound, 6 to 8 cents.

Fish, various kinds, pound, 4 to 12 cents.

Flour, second quality, 3^ pounds, 9 to 10 cents.

Bacon, pound, 16 to 24 cents.

Beef, frozen, pound, 10 to 14 cents.

Beef, fresh, pound, 16 to 20 cents.

Pork, steak and ribs, pound, 12 to 16 cents.

Milk, fresh, pint, 4 cents.

Potatoes, pound, i to 2 cents.

Potatoes, per cwt., 72 to 96 cents.

Rice, lowest quality, pound, 4 cents.

Sugar, white, pound, 5 cents.

Sugar, yellow, pound, 4 cents.

Tea, pound, 20 to 60 cents.

Tomatoes, pound, 8 cents.

Vegetables, general, pound, 3 to 4 cents.

Not less than 75 families were visited, and from all the information gathered from these interviews, a family of man and wife and possibly two small children may subsist on the following foo