This report includes population statistics by towns (1865-1895), industrial statistics, detailed town statistics (details which cannot be tabulated collected by special agents of the Bureau), the Western Islanders, The Province lands, possibilities of irrigation, state aid to land occupants, graded weekly wages (by job title), wage analysis, labor chronology-1896, hours of labor, trade unions, labor legislation-1897, and a summary of labor movements during the year 1896.

This report includes population statistics by towns (1865-1895), industrial statistics, detailed town statistics (details which cannot be tabulated collected by special agents of the Bureau), the Western Islanders, The Province lands, possibilities of irrigation, state aid to land occupants, graded weekly wages (by job title), wage analysis, labor chronology-1896, hours of labor, trade unions, labor legislation-1897, and a summary of labor movements during the year 1896.

This report includes population statistics by towns (1865-1895), industrial statistics, detailed town statistics (details which cannot be tabulated collected by special agents of the Bureau), the Western Islanders, The Province lands, possibilities of irrigation, state aid to land occupants, graded weekly wages (by job title), wage analysis, labor chronology-1896, hours of labor, trade unions, labor legislation-1897, and a summary of labor movements during the year 1896.

Excerpt from Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor: Embracing the Account of Its Operations and Inquiries From August 2, 1869, to March 1, 1870, Inclusive, Being the First Seven Months Since Its Organization Resolved, That the governor, with the advice and consent of the council, is hereby authorized to appoint, as soon after the passage of this resolve as may be, and thereafter biennially in the month of May, some suitable person to act as chief, who shall have power to appoint a deputy, and said chief with his deputy, shall constitute a bureau of statistics, with head-quarters in the state house. The duties of such bureau shall be to collect, assort, systematize and present in annual reports to the legislature, on or before the first day of March in each year, statistical details relating to all departments of labor in the Commonwealth, especially in its rela tions to the commercial, industrial, social, educational and sanitary condition of the laboring classes, and to the permanent prosperity of the productive industry of the Commonwealth. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Third Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor: Embracing the Account of Its Operations and Inquiries From March 1, 1871, to March 1, 1872 About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.