Wages Rates of Workers in Hong Kong

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Output Fields (JSON) Swagger Format
 
Name Type Unit Of Measure Description
Wr_yr Date Year
Wr_brlay_a Number 1845-1875: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1876-1940: HK Dollar 		 Bricklayers and Plasterers 
Wr_carpe_a Number 1845-1875: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1876-1940: HK Dollar 		 Carpenters 
Wr_dserch_a Number 1864-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar)		 Domestic Servants employed by Chinese 
Wr_dserfo_a Number 1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar) 		 Domestic Servants employed by Foreigners 
Wr_join_a Number 1845-75: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1876-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar)		 Joiners 
Wr_mason_a Number 1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1930: HK Dollar (silver dollar) 		 Masons 
Wr_trchwn_a Number 1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1930: HK Dollar (silver dollar) 		 Chinese Workmen, Trades 
Footnotes
Wages Rates of Workers in Hong Kong
Unit: HKD Million
Period: Bricklayers and Plasterers: 1845-1940. Data not available for 1855-61, 1864-75. 
Carpenters: 1845-1940. Data not available for 1847-61, 1864-75.
Domestic Servants, Employed by Chinese: 1864-1940.
Domestic Servants, Employed by Foreigners: 1845-1940. Data not available for 1860
Joiners: 1845-1940. Data not available for 1855-75, 1931-39.
Masons: 1845-1930. Data not available for 1855-61 and 1864-75.
Trades, Chinese Workmen: 1845-1930. Data not available for 1856-60.
Unit:  Monthly Salary
Bricklayers and Plasterers; Carpenters
1845-1875: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1876-1940: HK Dollar

Domestic Servants, Employed by Chinese
1864-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar)

Domestic Servants, Employed by Foreigners
1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar)

Joiners
1845-75: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1876-1940: HK Dollar (silver dollar)

Masons
1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1930: HK Dollar (silver dollar)

Chinese Workmen, Trades
1845-78: Pence (= 1/240 UK Pound)
1879-1930: HK Dollar (silver dollar)
Source:  Hong Kong Blue Book. 
Note: The monthly wage rates are converted from yearly and daily wage rates.
For daily wage data, we assume 22 working days per month to calculate the monthly wage rate.
Javascript Example
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/wage-rates?offset=0',
dataType:'json',
success:function(data){
alert('results found:'+ data.result.datasize)
}
});
 
Python Example
import urllib.request
url = 'https://api.hkma.gov.hk/public/hkimr/wage-rates?offset=0'
with urllib.request.urlopen (url) as req:
print (req.read())