City of Cork Steampacket Company Archive Descriptive List

IE CCCA U370

City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd

Scope and Content: See U370/F/199

Ref.

U370/F/210

Date:

10 Jun 1949 – 7 Dec 1949

Title:

Quay Wages Book

Level: item Extent: 500ff Scope and Content: See U370/F/199

Ref.

U370/F/211

Date:

16 Sep 1949 – 5 Dec 1952

Title:

Labour Wages Book

Level: item Extent: 197pp Scope and Content: See U370/F/199

Ref.

U370/F/211a

Date:

Dec 1949 - Jun 1950

Title:

Quay Labour Wages

Level: item Extent: c250pp Scope and Content: See U370/F/199

Ref.

U370/F/212

Date:

16 Jun 1950 - 24 Nov 1950

Title:

Quay Labour Wages Book

Level: item Extent: 250pp Scope and Content:

A sticker on the cover reads ‘British & Irish Steam Packet Co Ltd (Incorporating City of Cork Steam Packet Co Ltd), Penrose Quay, Cork’. Pages are headed Quay Wages (Daily Men), and note the date. Fields record the worker’s name, time worked, and wages. Fields for insurance and deductions in the present volume are usually blank, but later volumes include completed tax fields and an ‘Address’ field used to record employee numbers. Added to most sets of entries is the name of the ship or ships the men were engaged to load or unload, and some notes occur regarding cargo and weight of cargo, and other matters. Entries and totals for each day are signed off or initialled by a company official.

Ref.

U370/F/213

Date:

21 Jun 1952 - 27 Dec 1952

Title:

Quay Wages Book

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