TABLE 4.-Average monthly wages (expressed in dollars and cents) of mates, petty officers, engineers, and firemen on British vessels in the foreign trade. Under 500 tons. First mates. Carpenters 500 to 1,000 tons. First mates. 1,000 to 1,500 tons. First mates. 1,500 to 2,000 tons. First mates. Second mates. Third mates. Boatswains Carpenters Sailmakers Quartermasters. First engineer.. Second engineer Third engineer. Leading tiremen. Firemen . 2,000 tons or over. First mates. Sailing vessels. 1870. 1880. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. 1870. 1880. 1890. 1891. 1892. 1893. $36. 45 $36. 45 $35. 47 $35, 23,$36. 45 $34. 02 $26, 73 $29, 16 $29. 16 $29. 64'$28. 67 $29. 16 25. 75 26.00 26.73 26. 24 26.73 29. 16 19.44 20.41 20.65 21.87 20.41 19. 44 20.41 19.92 24.30 24.30 24.30 20.65 17.01 17.49 19. 68 20.89 20.16 19. 44 26. 24 26.73 27,21 26.00 26.73 26.73 25.27 24.78 23.08 24.30 22.11 21.87 ... 14.58 15. 79 19. 19 19.44 18. 22 ....... 61.70 65.34 68.72 71.68 75.63 68.52 28.37 28.43 33.37 33.53 32.82 30.61 31.75.... ཙ་བབསར€ Steamships. 17.01 17.01 20.41 21.87 21.38 21.87 ...... 48.60 46.65 44.46 44.95 44.46 43.74 35.96 35.72 36, 45 36, 69 36. 20 26.97 27.21 27.45 27.21 27.21 27.94 29. 21.38 21.38 18.22 14.58 14.58 17.01 31 31.59 32.80 34.02 34.50 32.56 31.59 29.40 64 16 22.11 22.35 22.35 84 21.87 20.65 24.30 25.75 24.30 14.58 15.06 14.82 01 15.55 24.30 24.30 23.08 19. 19 19.92 21.14 20.16 20.16 29.64 28.18 27.94 25.27 26.00 26.73 26.24 22.11 18.95 20.65 21.62 21.62 18.22 17.01 29.16 30. 25.51 25.75 27. 29. 16 30. 70.55 79.21 76. 77.67 75.89 75.33 ོབ 50.42 48. 601 34. 10 32.80 24.86 23.08 22.23 21.42 19. 44 19.44 22.35 85.21 90.39 85. བསད་བ 48.60 50.05 49.81 47.87 36.45 35.96 34.99, 34.02 34.50 36.45 26.97 26.97 25.75 25.75 26.00 .30 21.38 21.62 23.16 28.43 29.88 31.10 29.88 29.16 27.21 27.21 28. 23.32 21.87 23.57 19.44 18.71 22.35 20.89 21.62 19.44 17.01 15.79 18. 22 18. 22 15. 79 15.79 388 53.46 55.89 58.32 59.01 57.10 58. 49.32 53.46 39.85 37.66 38. 39. 39. 12 21.14 21. 14 22.59 22. 35, 18.22 21. 32 40, 09 41.31 41.31 42.52 39.60 38.88 29. 33.77 31.83 34.02 18. 22 22.11 21.38 20.65 67. 63.42 60. 75 45.64 50.80 51.47 51.03 49.97 54. 25.69 25.55 25.79 24.30 21.32 20.67 22.74 22.84 22.07 20.65 28.91 27.70 26.73 21.87 21. 34.74 31.83 31.59 27.94 28.18 29.16 23.08 23.81: 23.81 45 66 38.88 .03 40.82 38.88 91 28.43 08 23.32 3. WAGES ON GERMAN AND FRENCH VESSELS. The following is a statement of average monthly wages on German vessels, paid at the port of Hamburg, during the calendar year 1893, taken from the annual report of the seamens' bureau at Hamburg, which corresponds substantially to the office of U. S. shipping commissioner. The average wages of scamen on all vessels was $13.28 monthly, including steam and sail, large and small, foreign and coasting trade. The Bureau of Navigation is indebted for the report to the U. S. consul at Hamburg. First officers on transatlantic passenger steamers... Third officers on transatlantic passenger steamers. First officers on small freight steamers Single officers on steamers.. Fourth officers on transatlantic passenger steamers Third officers on large freight steamers Storekeepers' assistants Pursers. Pursers' assistants Surgeons Surgeons' assistants. Carpenters... Coopers... Tinkers... Blacksmiths Sailmakers Sailors.... Ordinary seamen. Boys.. Head cooks Cooks of middle rank. Under cooks Confectioners. Butchers Cooks' assistants.. Chief stewards Stewards of middle rank Under stewards... Stewardesses First engineers in large trade First engineers in European trade; second engineers in large trade.. Engineers with fourth-class patent.. Engineer assistants.. Firemen and donkeymen.. $36.76 26.42 28.57 39.76 22.02 20.00 26.62 28.57 23.80 19.04 22.22 18.65 26.58 18.56 15.47 21.42 31.41 14.28 38.08 14.88 25.22 7.93 19.00 15.47 16.89 11.00 13.90 13.69 14.28 13.28 12. 13 7.85 3.76 25.28 18.06 7.68 14.28 13.52 9.52 7.37 17.46 12.91 6.94 7.34 79.31 50.10 32.09 23.40 16.08 14.04 10.76 The U. S. consul at Hamburg, under date of June 17, 1894, gives the following statement of wages on German steamships at that port. (See U. S. Consular Reports, Vol. XLVI, No. 170.) The U. S. consul at Bremen, under date of June 27, 1894, gives the following statement of wages on German steamships at that port (see U. S. Consular Reports as above): Description. Captains Chief engineers Third engineers. Doctors... Chief stewards. Cooks... Stewardesses. Interpreters.. Captain* Second mate. French wages on steamships are stated as follows by the U. S. consul at Havre, under date of May 30, 1894 (see Consular Reports as above): Able seamen. Chief engineer.. British French Description. Minimum. Maximum. $67.55 57.90 28.95 77.20 67.55 48.25 38.60 57.90 24. 13 15.44 7.72 15.44 13.51 Norwegian French (to colored men) $96.50 48.25 96.50 77.20 77.20 48.30 48.30 17.37 Wages. $38.60 27.02 21.23 11.58 77.20 36.80 Description. North German Wages paid per month to crews of "tramp" steamers. $13.09 $5.71 to 9.52 Second stewards First-class firemen Second-class firemen Carpenters. 71.40 to 98.77 Ordinary seamen.... Third engineers Coal-trimmers Carpenters.. Philadelphia. Description. Freight steamers. $11.90 $5.71 to 9.52 Minimum. Maximum. 71.40 38.08 to 47.60 23.80 to 28.56 15. 47 to 19. 04 14.28 11.90 19.04 7. 14 to 11.90 per month.. .do.. .do. Steward Cook.. Boy.. *And 1 per cent on gross freight. 4. FOREIGN WAGES IN AMERICAN PORTS. The following tables recite the ordinary wages paid on foreign vessels at ports of the United States, as ascertained by U. S. shipping commissioners instructed to obtain the information from responsible persons familiar with the shipping of crews for foreign vessels in American ports: 13.51 Wages. $28.95 15.44 11.58 15.44 14.48 16.41 5.79 $20.00 $19.00 20.00 18.00 .do.... 20.00 18.00 ..do.... 15.00 12.00 16.00 Steamers. Sailing vessels. Great Britain Norway and Sweden South and Central America Baltimore. American Italian New Orleans. British steam vessels: Able seamen, $30; first mate, $65; second mate, $45; engineer, $100; first assistant, $60, and firemen, $50 per month. Norwegian steam vessels: Able seamen, $15; first mate, $40; second mate, $25; engineer, $60; first assistant, $25, and firemen, $20 per month. Italian steam vessels: Able seamen, $30; first mate, $70; second mate, $40; engineer, $125; first assistant, $75; second assistant, $60; firemen, $50 per month. Mobile. .... British, $18 per month; Swedish, $18; Norwegian, $18; Danish, $18; German, $15; Spanish, $20. Norwegian New Bedford. There are but two foreign vessels that sail or arrive at this port-from Cape Verde Islands. They pay the seamen about $6 per month and their mates about $15 per month. Their crews are all Portuguese from captain down. Wilmington, N. C. Dutch.. Spanish British steam vessels: Able seamen, $15; boatswains, $16; carpenters, $18; first mates, $45; second mates, $30; firemen, $20; first engineers, $60; second engineers, $45; chief firemen, $25 per month. British sailing vessels: Able seamen, $15; boatswains, $16; carpenters, $18; mates, $25, and second mates, $20 per month. German sailing vessels: Able seamen, $14; boatswains, $15; carpenters, $18; mates, $25, and second mates, $21 per month. Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish steam vessels: Able seamen, $13; boatswains, $13; carpenters, $17; first mates, $40; second mates, $25; firemen, $18; first engineers, $50; second engineers, $40; chief fireman, $22 per month. Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish sailing vessels: Able seamen, $12; boatswains, $13; carpenters, $16; mates, $22, and second mates, $18 per month. per month.. ..do. 5. REPORTS OF CONSULS. The following reports, in response to inquiries of this Burean from consuls of the United States at Liverpool, Southampton, Hamburg, Havre, Victoria, British Columbia, Panama, Curacoa, Valparaiso, and Hongkong show shipments of seamen for American steamships before consuls at foreign ports to which we have lines of steam communication, the nativity and wages of those shipped, and rates of wages paid to foreign seamen. Other information bearing upon navigation is furnished in some of the replies. Southampton. The U. S. consul at Southampton reports, under date of August 5, 1894: The only line of American steamships running from the port of Southampton is the American Line; owners, The International Navigation Company, of New York and Philadelphia; steamships Paris and New York, under the American flag; Berlin and Chester, under the British flag. Number of men shipped classified under the several nationalities: 413 7.767 Steamers. Sailing vessels. $17.50 13.00 13 00 16.00 15.00 11.00 $15.00 13.00 12.50 13.00 15.00 11.00 Turkish. Greek ........ Russian and Finnish. Total 2 7 13 35 24 19 8, 535 |