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SUMMARY.

Total number of employes under " The Factories Act, 1894," 1899-1900 .. .. 48,938 Total number of employes under " The Factories Act, 1894," 1898-99 .. .. 45,305 Increase .. .. .. -. .. • • ■ • 3,633 Total number of factories, 1899-1900 .. .. .. ■• ■• ..6,438 Total number of factories, 1898-99 .. .. .. •• •• ..6,286 Increase .. .. •• •• ■• 152 Approximate Cost of Paper.—Preparation, not given; printing (1,975 copies), £U9 lis. 6d.

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Males. Females. Males. Females. Food Trades. Fruit-preserving Jam and condiment manufacturing .. Aerated-water and cordial manufacturing Brewing, malting, and bottling Coffee and spice manufacturing Tea-blending and -packing Sugar-refining Bread; and confectionery manufacturing Baking-powder manufacturing Flour-milling Butter and cheese manufacturing Milk-preserving Sausage-casingipreparing Bacon-curing Meat- and fish-preserving Wine and cider manufacturing 40 134 372 701 62 146 156 2,131 40 104 28 3 7 399 Wood-working Trades —oontinued. Venetian-blind making Billiard-table making Miscellaneous. Ammunition-making Basket and perambulator making Brick and pottery manufacturing Broken road-metal preparing Brush- and broom-making Chaff-cutting Cement and lime manufacturing Cigar and cigarette manufacturing .. Cork-cutting Dentistry Drug and herbal-remedy manufacturing Dyeing and cleaning Engraving Electro-plating Fireworks manufacturing Fire-kindler making Flax-milling Fly-dressing (fishhooks) Gas manufacturing.. Glass-bevelling Glue manufacturing Grain- and seed-cleaning, chaff-cutting, and wool-dumping Gum-sorting Gunsmithing Ink manufacturing Laundry-work Lens grinding Manure manufacturing Mat- and rug-making Monumental masonry Paint and varnish manufacturing Paper-bag and -box manufacturing .. Paper-milling Photography Piano- and organ-building Picture-frame making Printing, bookbinding, and stationery manufacturing Pumice-grinding Perfume-making Rag-sorting and bottle-cleaning Rope and twine manufacturing Rabbit-trap making Sheep-dip manufacturing Stone-cutting and -polishing Sail- and tent-making Soap, candle, and tallow manufacturing Starch manufacturing Tanning, fellmongering, and woolscouring Toy and door-mat making Tobacco-pipe making Watchmaking and jewelling.. Wax-vesta manufacturing Wire-mattress making Wig-making 45 3 17 133 736 80 90 113 90 10 2 267 168 61 8 3 "51 12 389 646 26 78 106 1,756 28 2 17 19 "24 36 61 3 15 8 31 14 4 5 2 1,570 23 Iron Trades. Engineering, &c. '.. Coachbuilding and blacksmithing Plumbing, tinsmithing, and gasfitting Cycle-engineering and sewing-machine repairing Agricultural - implement manufacturing Wire-working Nail-making Electrical engineering and lighting .. Range-making Galvanised-iron working Cutlery-grinding Heel- and toe-plate making 3,598 2,066 1,235 500 688 31 7 54 56 41 3 9 5 2 1 460 4 2 173 2 3 Leather Trades. Saddle- and harness-making Boot manufacturing Portmanteau-making Leather-belt manufacturing 834 2,349 36 2 23 787 9 237 21 1 102 3 74 20 102 18 14 71 136 35 48 2,562 470 2 12 71 7 162 Clothing Trades. Shirt-making Hat- and cap-making Hosiery-knitting Tailoring and clothing manufacturing Waterproof-clothing manufacturing .. Dress- and shirt-making Plain-sewing and underclothing manufacturing Calico-bag making Woollen-milling Flock-milling Corset- and belt-making Umbrella-making Felt-making Military embroidery-making Wood-working Trades. Cabinetmaking and upholstering Chair-making Wood-turning and box-making Joinery and sash- and door-making and sawmilling Coopering Boatbuilding 31 41 35 1,729 6 1 1 1 722 15 526 89 420 2,687 76 3,696 75 37 747 1 12 9 23 5 7 145 3 7 12 142 244 20 1,584 488 2 1 43 19 4 12 5 1 6 1,264 30 155 4,606 57 5 8 428 39 21 3 5 121 119 124 Totals 37,349 11,589