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Summary of returns and statements relating to wages which have appeared in Parliamentary papers between 1830-1886, compiled by the Board of Trade and published by HM Stationery Office (London).
The returns of wages are arranged by industry, and include information about regional variations:
1832-1852: cotton manufactures, wool combing and spinning, worsted manufactures, linen and flax manufactures, hosiery manufacture, dyeing and dressing, coal and ironstone mining, iron (blast furnaces and rolling mills, foundries), hardware and cutlery manufacture, boot and shoe making, building trades, miscellaneous trades, seamen's wages, wages of artizans at Greenwich Hospital.
1855 onwards: cotton manufactures, cotton printing and dyeing, linen and flax manufactures, jute manufactures, bleaching, dyeing and dressing, woollen manufactures, worsted, carpet manufactures, silk manufactures, lace, hosiery manufacture, coal and ironstone mining, iron and steel manufactures (blast furnaces and rolling mills, steel making, iron foundries and general engineering, manufacture of machinery, manufacture of hardware and cutlery), gun making, metal wares and brass work, shipbuilding (iron and wood), earthenware and porcelain manufacture, glass manufactures, leather tanning and dressing, boot and shoe manufacture, rope, twine and sail manufacture, soap and candle making, sugar refining, chemical works, seed crushing, salt mining, salt works, paper manufacture, manufacture of paper hangings, printing and bookbinding, hat making, cabinet making and upholstery, coach and carriage building, railway carriage and waggon building, brewing trade, gas works, building trades, miscellaneous trades, agricultural occupations, seamen's wages.
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