The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 44
Dunedin, Otago, 3rd January, 1879
3rd January, 1879.
Souls. | Adults. | |
---|---|---|
"Invercargill" arrived 2nd October, | 338 | 306½ |
"Timaru" arrived 6th November, | 340 | 306½ |
"Canterbury" arrived 10th December, | 320 | 284 |
The immigrants by the above-mentioned ships proved suitable for our requirements, being chiefly composed of farm servants and female domestic servants, and having arrived at the proper season the demand was very good.
page 69Out of every ship there were about sixty immigrants forwarded to Oamaru district and were readily absorbed. The demand for the farming class of servants continues unlimited.
Carpenters | 10s. to 12s. per day of eight hours. |
Bricklayers | 12s. to 14s. per day of eight hours |
Masons | 10s. to 12s. per day of eight hours |
Labourers | 7s. to 8s. per day of eight hours |
Married Couples | £70 to £75 per annum and rations. |
Ploughmen | 55 to 60 per annum and rations. |
Farm Labourers | 50 to 52 per annum and rations. |
Shepherds | 55 to 60 per annum and rations. |
Dairymaids | 85 to 40 per annum and rations. |
General Servants | 30 to 35 per annum and rations. |
Cooks | 40 to 50 per annum and rations. |
Housemaids | 20 to 25 per annum and rations. |
Nurserymaids | 15 to 20 per annum and rations. |
There is no demand for the following, viz.;—Engineers and Engine Fitters, Boiler Makers, Blacksmiths, Printers, Tinsmiths, Iron-Moulders, Bakers, Dressmakers, Clerks, and such men as do not profess any calling or profession.