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In respect to column 6 : This column shows, so far as possible, the ordinary rate of wages earned per full week without overtime and without loss of time. In a number of cases the information supplied in the returns was not very satisfactory, and in other cases—for example, where the workers were employed on piecework—it was impossible to fill in the item. In the following table (No. I) the letters (a), (b), (c), and (d), where inserted, indicate as follow : — (a.) That the number employed increased during the year, so that while the employees referred to were evidently busy, with increasing employment towards the end of the year, and would therefore be expected to show full employment and high average earnings, the actual duration of employment and the average earnings taken throughout the year, as shown in the tables, were low. In these cases column 8 is therefore not filled in. (&.) That the number employed has decreased during the year. Where this is so in the case of a single agegroup and not in the whole trade the decrease is evidently accidental; while, where it applies to a whole trade, it would appear that a decline generally has taken place in the employment, (c.) That the employment has fluctuated considerably, with periods of slackness and activity, chiefly according to the seasons of the year. The meat-freezing and fruit-preserving trades are examples. (d.) That the industry has, as a whole, employed a steadily increasing number of employees. The wages paid to casual hands, and referred to in the footnotes to the various trades, is the total amount paid in wages to all employees who worked in any factory for a shorter period than four weeks during the year. In some cases the employees to whom these amounts were paid were, no doubt, the same employees as are included in the tables, and a slight increase in columns 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 might therefore have been made. As no definite information on the subject was obtainable, and the amounts were small, no increase has been included.

WAGK STATISTICS FOR THK YEAR ENDING 31st MARCH, 1911.

TABLE I. Table showing the Number of Persons employed in Factories in the several Districts of New Zealand, with Ages, Sexes, Earnings, and Duration of Employment.

Ages. * ft|J_ gfc g |>h Wagesfora H.g.2 ! H,g« ii cs-dTi X,oo%* $3 full Week. 03x8 1 °o-s~ IS Sal 3 gig -£ s c s« ! SlS s °S I- rlHH 43 Od -° -2-2 3 : a c n o ll &H P q d B a- (__) (3.) X9"* a ** s (*■"«. |2" eS ss ac-o£ £ S-T90S ss a o g IS 19> pTS eS> i (40 H fl T3 ■d a -.; Ordinary ™§ Rate of Wages for a Full Week. 1J3 fi 0 -rH Ts.) (6.) Mwj ! -. 03 0i o I 03 SS Peg A-B 03 j -g . W *= ; &b O gT I M\*fi B.BB BSg. s. b >> I dOfH E O H r3 r», I-H r_ r-H I I-H J3 -M 03 M B i 03 •s'" to o r 3 t* » \\t a 6 H JS « g * fe"S ; 3 ii > ° >^^ (7.) I (8.) Ages. § 03 S3 B 3 ft IN B 03 31 "■3 fl-** .2 c HH m 3 a o ■ »eJ2 2, a • oi B 00 JSP 4 (3.) ■i. £"i« St SS S3 O S °Wtr BtS es> (4.) -5 *S '3 o,ih Ol &>< es A, r=--r HH 93 CM S a o—' H (50 Ordinary Kate of Wages for a Full Week. tHir) (h ai g I tn - gj If e.ss ifd 9 gO*" ' i6 03 03 g-**S j »r' 4 4 (7.) I (8.) ►j ■■ „ f. © .- ±a O - M B»" .2.0)© *"3. Sai S««S 5 a "h*o : *?>- (1.) _ _ Ts2.) "V) i* (4.) Ts.) (6-) '(7.) I (80 (10 (6.) AUCKLA Aerated-water and Cordial Manueacturing (Males). .uckla; r D CITY. IS). Bacon-curing (Males). £ 14 and under 17 12 27-33 6-56 301 12/6 to 20/18/4 (c) 17 „ 21 16 36-50 11-68 870 15/to 35/29/9J 20/11 21 „ 31 24 37-62 18-06 1,989 40/to 45/44/01 31/10J 31 „ 45 17 38-77 13-18 1,426 40/to 45/43/3 32/3 45 and over.. 13 37-39 9-72 1,276 50/to 55/52/6 37/9 All ages.. 79 37-47 1 59-20 5,862 .. 39/7 28/6 There were also 3 employers personally engaged, and £191 was paid in wages to casual hands. £ 17 and under 21 2 16-50 .. 67 40/ 40/7 (a) 21. „ 31 6 44-66 5-36 611 45/ 45/7 39/2 3.1 „ 45 3 52-00 3-12 619 60/ 79/4 79/4 45 and over .. 3 4400 2-64 370 60/ 56/OJ 47/5 Allages.. 13 45-30 11-78 1,667 .. 56/7 49/4 Bacon-curing—Engine-drivers (Males). 21 and over.. | 2 3500 | 1-40 2591 60/to 80/[74/ | (a) There was also 1 employer personally engaged, and £35 was paid in wages to casual hands. Agricultural-implement Assembling (Males) (d). 14 and under 17 2 30-50 1-22 50 15/ 16/4| 17 „ 21 2 3000 1-20 47 20/ 15/8 21 „ 31 4 43-50 3-48 362 48/ 41/7 31 and over .. 5 41-60 416 676 70/ 65/ All ages.. 13 38-70 10-06 1,135 .. 45/1J £74 was also paid in wages to casual hands. Baking-powder,' etc., Manufacturing (Males). 14 and under 17 8 3700 5-92 219 12/ 14/9J 10/6J 17 „ 21 5 4000 400 247 20/ 24/8 J 19/ 21 „ 31 1 17-00 034 21 25/ 24/8J 8/1(6) 31 „ 45 3 5200 312 460 60/ 58/11J 58/11-1 Allages.. 14 47-78 13-38 947 .. 28/3J 26/ Ammunition-manufacturing (Males). 14 and under 17 1 400 0-08 2 10/ 10/ (a) 17 „ 21 5 35-60 3-56 165 20/ 18/6J (a) 21 „ 31 5 5200 5-20 713 55/ 54/10 54/10 31 „ 45 4 5200 416 717 65/ 68/11 68/11 45 and over .. 4 46-75 3-74 440 45/ 47/1 42/3J All ages.. 19 1 4405 16-74 2,037 .. 48/8 41/3 Baking-powder, etc., Manufacturing (Females) (c). 14and under 17 5 23-80' 2-38 50 10/ 8/5 17 „ 21 10 29-30 5-86 212 10/ 14/5J Allages.. 15 27-47 8-24 262 .. 12/8J There were also 2 employers personally engaged, and £4 was paid in wages to casual hands. Ammunition-manufacturing (Females). 14and under 17 18 19-33 6-96 178 11/ 10/3 (a) 17 „ 21 29 45-79 26-56 969 15/ 14/7 12/10 21 „ 31 26 44-85 23-32 1,122 20/ 19/3 16/7 31 ., 45 6 48-00 5-76 367 22/ 25/6 23/6 All ages.. 67 46-71 62-60 2,636 .. 16/10 15/1 MUN 18 29 26 6 Basket and Wickerware Manufacturing (Males). 14andunderl7 9 44-89! 808 215 10/ il0/7| 9/2 17 „ 21 7 5200 i 7-28 485 20/ 26/8 26/8 21 „ 31 19 4110 15-62 1,896 55/ 48/6},- 38/4J 31 „ 45 9 48-67 8-76 1,052 ' 55/ 48/0i 44/1 lj 45 and over .. 4 47-25 3-78 314 55/ 33/2J 30/2 " i Allages.. 47 46-30 43-52 3,962 .. 36/5 132/5 There were also 7 employers personally engaged, and £21 was paid in wages to casual hands. 67 £13 was also paid in wages to casual hands. said