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Number of Persons engaged. Total Number Trade. Employees. Employers.* Persons of Work- '__ engaged, rooms. Male. Female. Male, i Female. Total Wages paid during the Year ended 31st March, 1912. Ornamental and Minor Art Trades— Electroplating and engraving .. .. .. 36 5 28 .. 69 23 Glass bevelling, silvering, &c. .. .. .. 32 .. 9 .. 41 4 Lapidary work .. .. .. .. .. 5 .. 2 .. 7 3 Ornamental sign and ticket writing . . .. 59 6 22 .. 87 18 Picture framing and gilding .. .. .. 92 12 104 .. 208 84 Toy, mat, and artificial-limb making .. .. .. .. 3 .. 3 2 69 41 7 87 208 3 3,975 3,322 386 5,518 8,651 Stone, Clay, and Allied Trades — Asphalt and concrete-block and pipe making .. 77 .. 34 .. Ill 34 Brick, tile, and pottery manufacturing .. .. 1,298 3 157 .. 1,458 129 Fibrous-plaster working .. .. .. .. 84 8 19 .. Ill 19 Lime and cement manufacturing .. .. .. 472 .. 18 .. 490 17 Monumental masonry .. .. .. .. 214 .. 64 .. 278 47 Pumice grinding and working .. .. .. 20 .. 1 .. 21 3 Stone quarrying and crushing .. .. .. 482 .. 48 .. 530 73 111 1,458 111 490 278 21 530 9,009 133,728 8,366 59,986 22,596 2,018 40,155 Light, Heat, and Power Producing and Distributing— Electric light and power generating .. .. 303 3 26 .. 332 45 Gas, coke, and coal-tar manufacturing .. .. 822 3 50 .. 875 63 332 875 40,982 120,512 26 50 45 63 Miscellaneous Trades — Ammunition and fireworks manufacturing .. .. 26 76 2 .. 104 2 Asbestos-goods manufacturing .. .. .. 7 . . 4 .. 11 3 Bagmaking (calico, flax, and jute).. .. .. 15 56 3 4 78 8 Bark-milling .. .... .. .. 1 .. 1 .. 2 1 Basket, wickerware, and perambulator making .. 165 21 i 46 4 236 36 Brush and broom manufacturing .. .. .. 105 47 i 15 .. 167 II Chaffcutting and grain-crushing .. .. .. 16 3 7 .. 26 8 Cork-cutting .. .. ., .. .. j 1 .. 2 .. 3 1 Cigar and cigarette making and tobacco-cutting .. 11 1.0 9 1 31 10 Dentistry (mechanical) .. .. .. .. 204 132 240 2 578 220 Dyeing and cleaning .. .. ., .. 40 38 44- li 128 39 Fellmongering and wool-scouring .. , , . . 1 ,343 . . 103 .. 1 ,446 102 Firewood and chaff-cutting .. .. .". 141 1 146 1 289 123 Flax-milling .. .. .. ,. .. 1,610 I 181 .. 1,792 141 Flock-manufacturing .. , . .. .. 16 3 7 .. 26 6 Hair-working (wigs, tfce.) .. .. .. .. 5 36 II 5 57 15 Incandescent-mantle manufacturing .. .. .. 14 I .. 15 1 Kauri-gum sorting and packing .. .. .. 150 .. 29 .. 179 26 Laundry-work (European) .. .. .. 139 798 81 109 1.127 162 Laundry-work (Chinese) .. .. .. .. 16 264 .. 280 209 Leadlight-manufacturing .. .. . . .. 51 .. 9 . . 60 .8 Lead-headed-nail, <fcc, making .. ,. .. 4 .. 4 .. 8 3 Mat and rug making .. .. . . .. 6 3 2 1 12 3 Musical-instrument making ancl repairing .. .. 64 .. 27 .. 91 j 25 Optical and scientific instrument manufacturing .. 19. 1 9 1 30 10 Paper-milling, paper-bag making, and cardboard-box 173 148 18 .. 339 21 making Photography .. .. .. .. .. 75 j 181 126 15 397 124 Pneumatic tires, covers, and rubber goods manufacturing 2 .. 1 - .. 3 1 Printing, bookbinding, and stationery manufacturing 2,933 815 385 3 4,136 326 Rag-sorting and marine-stores preparing .. .. 69 5 21 1 96 19 Rope and twine manufacturing . . .. .. 207 10 10 .. 227 12 Sails, tents, flags, and oilskin manufacturing .. 137 94 52 2 285 46 Seed cleaning and packing, tfec. .. .. 241 2 57 .. 300 71 Watch and jewellery making and repairing .. 506 10 255 .. 771 225 Wool and hemp dumping .. .. .. 305 5 46 .. 356 59 2 4 3 1 46 15 7 2 9 240 44 103 146 181 7 II I 29 81 264 9 4 2 27 9 18 4 4 1 2 6 1 5 109 104 11 78 2 236 167 26 3 31 578 128 1 .446 289 I ,792 26 57 15 179 1 ,127 280 60 8 12 91 30 339 2 3 8 1 36 11 8 1 10 220 39 102 123 141 li 15 1 26 162 209 8 3 3 25 10 21 7,388 1,224 3,155 26 16,241 14,383 1,911 1,410 29,820 5,059 109,831 12,036 125,750 1,414 2.032 783 16,689 46,726 1 ,043 4,967 265 580 8,346 1,657 23,624 1 1 126 1 385 21 10 52 57 255 46 15 "3 1 2 397 3 4,136 96 227 285 300 771 356 124 1 326 19 12 46 71 225 59 17,419 81 435,142 4,827 17,519 18,671 19,323 51,541 27,147 Totals .. .. .. .. 54,102 17,937 13,182 1,377 86,598 13,375 13,182 1,377 86,598 13,375 6,713,855 * Includes managers and others personally engaged in the work of the factory. mally engaged in th work of he factor