The average of all common labourers, outside the dockers, is less than sixteen shillings per week, while the dockers average from eight to nine shillings.

These figures are taken from a royal commission report and are authentic.
Conceive of an old woman, broken and dying, supporting herself and four children, and paying three shillings per week rent, by making match boxes at 2.25d.per gross.

Twelve dozen boxes for 2.25d., and, in addition, finding her own paste and thread! She never knew a day off, either for sickness, rest, or recreation.

Each day and every day, Sundays as well, she toiled fourteen hours.

Her day's stint was seven gross, for which she received 1s.