Commonwealth of Massachusetts. BUREAU OF STATISTICS OF LABOR, CLAFLIN BUILDING, 20 BEACON STREET, TO THE HONORABLE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: I have the honor to transmit, herewith, the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Statistics of Labor. This report consists of three parts, the first relating to the Social and Industrial Condition of Barnstable County, and especially to the immigration of Western Islanders into said County, being the results of an inquiry made by direction of the legislature ; the second containing information as to wages in continuation of a plan of presentation begun in the Report for 1895; and the third containing the labor chronology for the year, with a résumé of labor legislation. I desire to record my acknowledgments to Mr. Charles F. Pidgin, Chief Clerk, who has had direct charge of the clerical work on this volume, and also to Mr. Frank H. Drown, Second Clerk. The faithful services of both of these officers entitle them to recognition. Very respectfully, HORACE G. WADLIN, Chief. |