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TABLE III.—SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND, 1926 AND 1927. Table showing the Number of Wage-earning Employees (excluding Working Proprietors, Managers, Overseers, Accountants, Clerks) engaged on the 15th or nearest representative Day each Month of the Calendar Years 1926 and 1927, in (a) the Meat-freezing, Ham and Bacon-curing, Butterand Cheese-making, Sausage-casing, Wool-scouring and Fellmongery and Boiling-down Industries; (b) the other Manufacturing Industries; (c) in all Manufacturing Industries; (d) the Building Industry.

TABLE IV.—SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND, 1926 and 1927. Table showing Relative Numbers computed from the Number of Wage-earning Employees shown in Table III, the Mean for the Twenty-four Months being taken as the Base (100) for each Series.

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Manufacturing Industries. Month. Meat-freezing Ham other Tnd cSe " c Totel Building Industry. Industries. Industries. : (a) (j>) (<•) L w 1926. January .. .. .. .. i 10,349 43,437 53,786 9,126 February .. .. .. .. 10,947 43,800 54,747 9,289 March .. .. .. ..J 10,805 43,768 54,573 9,231 April.. .. .. .. .. 10,282 43,462 53,744 9,279 May.. .. .. .. .. 8,995 43,104 52,099 9,368 June.. .. .. .. | 6,805 42,794 49,599 9,155 July.. .. .. .. .. 5,495 42,752 48,247 8,937 August .. .. .. .. 5,088 42,828 47,916 9,005 September .. .. .. .. 5,620 43,433 49,053 9,348 October .. .. .. .. 6,023 43,548 49,571 9,228 November .. .. .. .. 6,782 43,923 50,705 9,330 December .. .. .. .. 9,150 44,165 53,315 9,178 1927. January .. .. .. .. 10,690 45,974 56,664 9,060 February .. .. .. .. 10,868 46,219 57,087 8,896 March .. .. .. .. 10,830 46,448 57,278 8,748 April.. .. .. .. | 10,063 45,879 55,942 9,283 May.. .. .. .. .. ! 9,003 45,391 54,394 9,159 June.. .. .. .. .. 7,184 44,998 52,182 8,736 July.. .. .. .. .. | 5,452 45,137 50,589 8,530 August .. .. .. .. ! 5,267 45,165 50,432 8,600 September .. .. .. .. 5,792 45,676 51,468 8,889 October .. .. .. .. 6,144 46,057 52,201 8,850 November .. .. .. : 6,912 46,328 53,240 9,115 December .. .. .. .. 9,433 46,351 55,784 9,075 Mean for twenty-four months .. 8,082 44,610 52,692 9,059 i

[N.B. —A relative number of 108 represents an increase of 8 per cent, above the mean, while 92 represents a decrease of 8 per cent. Due cognizance must be taken of the fact that the fluctuations are expressed relatively and that the percentage ratios represent vastly different absolute numbers. A difference of 1 per cent, in column (a) represents 81 wage-earners, in column (b) 446 wage-earners, in column (c) 527 wage-earners, and in column (d) 91 wage-earners.] Manufacturing Industries. Meat-freezing, Ham Month. and Bacon, Butter Other and Cheese, Manufacturing Total. Building Industry. Sausage-casing, &c., Industries. Industries. ] (o) !_ w ; r ■ ■■■ : on , i Mean for twenty-four months, 1926 and 100 100 100 100 1927 1926. January .. .. .. .. 128 97 102 101 February .. .. .. .. 135 98 104 103 March .. .. .. .. 134 98 104 102 April .. .. .. .. 127 97 102 102 May.. .. .. .. .. Ill 97 99 103 June .. .. .. 84 96 94 101 July .. .. . . .. .. 68 96 92 99 August ........ 63 96 91 99 September .. .. .. .. 70 97 93 103 October .. .. .. .. 75 98 94 102 November .. .. .. .. 84 98 96 103 December .. .. .. .. 113 99 101 101 1927. January .. .. .. .. 132 103 108 100 February .. .. .. .. 134 104 108 98 March . . 134 104 109 97 April.. .. .. .. •• 125 103 106 102 May.. .. .. .. Ill 102 103 101 June 89 101 99 ! 96 July.. ........ 67 101 96 94 August .. .. . . .. 65 101 96 95 September .. .. .. .. 72 102 98 98 October .. .. .. . ■ 76 103 99 98 November .. .. .. .. 86 104 101 101 December .. .. .. .. 117 : 104 106 100 1 | '■