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A large number of men have found work with builders ; farm rouseabouts can always obtain work in this district, and the same can be said concerning ploughmen. Wages for this class of labour range from £1 to £1 10s. per week and found. There have also been a large number of men engaged in the grain-stores. During the past year 2 new licenses under the Servants' Registry Offices Act have been issued and 3 renewed, making a total of 5. The persons licensed report a fair amount of business done. I have examined books at intervals, and found them according to the Act.

OTHER TOWNS. Officers in the following towns have also forwarded reports stating that the various labour laws are working satisfactorily : — Northern Industrial District. Aratapu. Kihikihi. Papakura, Te Puke. Cambridge. Mangawai. Port Awanui. Thames. Coromandel. Mangonui. Pukekohe. Tolaga Bay. Dargaville. Mercer. Raglan. Waihi. Helensville. Morrinsville. Rotorua. Waikino. Hikurangi. Ngaruawahia. Russell. Waipiro Bay. Hokianga. Ongarue. Taumarunui. Waipu. Huntly. Opotiki. Taupo. Waiuku. Kaitaia. Otahuhu. Tauranga. Whakatane. Karangahake. Otorohanga. Te Aroha. Whangarei. Kawakawa. Paeroa. Te Awamutu. Whangaroa. Kawhia. Pahi. Te Karaka. Whitianga. Taranaki Industrial District. Eltham. Manaia. Opunake. Stratford. Inglewood. Mokau. Patea. Wellington Industrial District. Ashhurst. Hunterville. Ormondville. Upper Hutt. Bull's. Kimbolton. Otaki. Waipawa. Carterton. Levin. Porangahau. Waipukurau. Clive. Mangaweka. Raetihi. Wairoa. Eketahuna. Martinborough. Rongotea. Waitotara. Featherston. Marton. Shannon. Waverley. Foxton. Ohakune. Te Nui. Woodville. Greytown. Ongaonga. Marlborough Industrial District. Havelock. . Picton. Seddon. Nelson Industrial District. Collingwood. Murchison. Takaka. Westland Industrial District. Brunnerton. Hokitika. Okarito. Ross. Denniston. Kumara. Reefton. Seddonville. Granity. Lyell. Canterbury Industrial District. Akaroa. Geraldine. Methven. Sheffield. Amber-ley. Kaikoura. Oxford. Southbridge. Cheviot. Leeston. Pleasant Point. St. Andrew's. Coalgate. Lincoln. Rakaia. Temuka. Culverden. Little River. Rangiora. Waimate. Fairlie. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Alexandra South. Lawrence. Orepuki. Roxburgh. Arrowtown. Lumsden. Otautau. St. Bathan's. Balclutha. Mataura. Outram. Tapanui. Clinton. Middlemarch. Owaka. Waikaia. Clyde. Milton. Palmerston South. Waikouaiti. Cromwell. Naseby. Pembroke. Waitahuna. Hampden. Ngapara. Queenstown. Winton. Kaitangata. Ophir. Riverton. Wyndham. Kurow.