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XII

The following total shows the number of unions and members in both employers' and workers' unions from December. 1904. to December. 1910. inclusive :

It will be seen that there has been an increase of 560 members in employers' unions and 2..)7-_' in workers' unions over 1909. The actual number of unions on the register has remained stationary in regard to workers, and there has been a decrease of two in regard to employers. The roll of membership of industrial unions of workers has increased b\ 22.130 members during the last five years. In the following table the workers' unions axe shown in trade groups, with their respective percentages of increases during the period of eight years from 1903 to 1910:—

For the. purpose of comparison 1 have also shown the totals for the year ending 31st December, 1909. It will be seen on reference to the table that the whole of the groups show an increase, with the .'xceptioii of the mining trade and " other trades " not specified. In the case of the miners there has been a decrease of 404 members, and in the case of " other trades " a decrease of 793 since 1909. The work in connection with the registration of industrial unions continues to be fairly regular. For the. year just ended, 24 workers' unions (with 521 members) and 6 employers' unions (with 359 members) were registered, whilst 7 workers' unions and .'! employers' unions voluntarily cancelled registration. Six associations of workers were also registered during the period. The provisions of the Act permitting of the amalgamation of unions in the one industry was responsible for the can collation of I unions, which amalgamated and re-registered under one name. Eleven workers' unions, 7 employers' unions, and I association of workers were cancelled as being defunct, having failed to send in returns according to section 17 of the Act. Under the amendment passed last session 3 workers' unions availed themselves of the power of altering their titles. This promises to be a very useful provision as. on a very simple procedure, unions can more clearly indicate their scope in their titles without having to cancel their registration as was the case prior to the Amendment coming into force. Forty-one complete and 12 partial amendments of rules were accepted during the period. Arbitral ion Court. <(v. For the six years, 1906-11, awards have been made by the Arbitration Court, as follows:— Year. Number. Year. Number. 1906 .. .. .. 52 1909 .. .. .. 88 1907 .. .. .. 59 1910 .. .. .. 89 1908 .. .. .. 98 1910-11 .. .. .. 74

1 total of Hie lor the period.

.. . Unions of Employers. Unions of Workers. Number of Number of Number of Number of I'nioiis. Members. I'mcm*. Members. ' lecember, L903 •■ 1904 .. 1905 . . 11)06 .. 1907 .. 1908 . . 1909.. 1910 .. L03 3,080 258 27.640 109 3,292 -j?:; 30,271 113 -'5.276 261 29,869 L09 3,337 271 34,978 12! 3,630 310 15.614 J22 3,918 325 19,347 12(i 3,702 308 54,519 118 4,262 308 57,091

Trade. 1903. 1909. him. Increase pei Gentover Figures for 1903. Agriculture Building Clothing and textile . . Engineering and shipbuilding .. Food Mining Printing Transport Other trades 1,285 3,717 3,158 l.lll 2.21)7 1,145 708 7,749 3,190 3,454 6.252 t,319 3.059 6,473 5,093 1,151 16,246 8,472 4,142 6,857 1.717 3,383 7,357 1,689 1,163 17,104 7,679 235-4 84-2 19-1 134-8 220-3 131 64-2 120-8 140-7 Totals 27,640 27,640 54,519 54,519 I 57,091 57,091 Increase of unionists i 29,451 29,451 106-6 106-6