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TABLE V.—SEASONAL FLUCTUATIONS IN EMPLOYMENT IN NEW ZEALAND, 1920 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) all Manufacturing Industries, (b) the Building Industry, (c) the Manufacturing and Building Industries combined, (d) the Daily Average Number of Wageearners engaged by the Public Works Department each Month during the same Perious, and (e) the Total of the Three Classes.

TABLE VI.—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 V, the Mean for the Twenty-four Months being taken as the Base (100) for each Series. [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 527 wage-earners, in column (b) 91 wage-earners, in column (c) 618 wage-earners, in column (d) 77 wage-earners, and in column (e) 694 wage-earners.]

Manufacturing Building nv»f»i Public Works Tntnl Month. Industries. Industry. * ; Department. (a) ! W (e) 1 ffl I (0 1920. January .. .. .. 53,786 9,126 62,912 6,444 69,356 February .. .. 54,747 9,289 i 64,036 6,634 70,670 March.. .. .. .. 54,573 9,231 63,804 6,735 70,539 April .. .. .. .. 53,744 9,279 63,023 7,021 70,044 May .. .. .. .. 52,099 9,368 61,467 6,950 68,417 June .. .. .. .. 49,599 9,155 58,754 7,467 66,221 July .. .. .. .. 48,247 8,937 57,184 7,628 64,812 August .. .. .. 47,916 9,005 56,921 7,613 64,534 September .. ... 49,053 9,348 58,401 7,730 66,131 October .. .. .. 49,571 9,228 58,799 7,863 66,662 November .. .. .. 50,705 9,330 60,035 7,911 67,946 December .. .. .. 53,315 9,178 62,493 j 7,367 j 69,860 1927. January .. .. .. 56,664 9,060 65,724 6,870 72,594 February .. .. ... 57,087 8,896 65,983 7,276 73,259 March.. .. .. .. 57,278 8,748 66,026 7,389 73,415 April .. .. .. .. 55,942 9,283 65,225 7,939 73,164 May .. .. .. .. 54,394 9,159 63,553 7,958 71,511 June .. .. .. .. 52,182 8,736 60,918 i 8,539 69,457 July .. .. .. .. 50,589 8,530 59,119 8,759 67,878 August .. .. .. 50.432 8,600 59,032 ! 8,944 67,976 September .. .. .. 51,468 8,889 60,357 8,759 69,116 October .. .. .. 52,201 8,850 61,051 1 8,456 69,507 November .. .. .. 53,240 9,115 62,355 8,165 70,520 December .. .. .. 55,784 9,075 64,859 i 7,584 72,443 ; I Mean for twenty-four months .. 52,692 9,059 61,751 7,667 69,418

; Manufacturing Building Tntni Public Works m n . Ql Month. , Industries. Industry. | ; Department. 1# (a) (&)_ ' <«) W I Mean for twenty-four months, 1920 100 100 100 100 100 and 1927 .. ! ! *■ 1926. January .. .. .. 102 101 102 84 100 February .. .. .. 104 10.1 104 87 102 March.. .. .. .. 104 102 103 88 102 April .. .. .. .. 102 102 : 102 92 101 May .. .. .. . . 99 103 100 91 99 June .. .. .. .. 94 101 ! 95 97 95 July ........ 92 99 93 99 93 August ...... 91 99 92 99 93 September .. .. .. 93 103 95 101 95 October .. .. .. 94 102 95 103 96 November .. .. .. 96 103 97 103 98 December .. .. .. 101 101 101 96 101 1927. January .. .. .. 108 100 106 90 105 February .. .. .. 108 98 107 95 106 March.. .. .. .. 109 97 107 96 106 April .. .. .. .. 106 102 107 104 105 May .. .. .. .. 103 101 103 104 103 June .. .. .. .. 99 96 99 111 100 July ........ 96 94 96 114 98 August ...... 96 95 96 117 98 September ...... 98 98 98 114 100 October .. .. .. 99 98 99 110 100 November .. .. .. 101 101 101 106 102 December .. .. .. 106 100 105 99 104