H.—35.

Table II.—Registered Unemployed and other Males either wholly or partly a Charge on the Unemployment Fund at the End of Successive Four-weekly Periods.

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Period ended : 4th Aug., 1st Sept., 29th Sept., 27th Oct., I24tli Nov., 22nd Dec., 19th Jan., 16th Feb., 'l6th Mar., j 13th April, 11th May, 8th June, 6th July, 1934. 1934. 1934. 1934. I 1934. 1934. 1938. 1935. 1935. 1935. 1935. 1935. 1935. (a) Men remaining on -Registers of Government Employment Bureaux and unplaced or ineligible for relief for various reasons 3,840 3,504 3,272 2,735 2,910 2,131 3,280 3,187 3,153 3,292 2,847 3,025 3,414 (b) Men remaining on Registers and receiving part-time relief during period — Employed on rationed wort under Scheme 5 .. .. .. 33,320 33,167 32,731 30,572 28,976 28,303 26,775 24,936 24,204 24,634 25,379 25,043 25,243 In receipt of sustenance without work .. .. .. .. 4,974 5,748 5,569 6,431 6,063 5,923 6,136 6,948 8,211 8,866 9,874 11,262 12,842 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 38,294 38,915 38,300 37,003 35,039 34,226 32,911 31,884 32,415 33,500 35,253 36,305 38,085 (c) Workers engaged in industrial undertakings whose earnings were subsidized. from Unemployment Fund — Intermittent workers (i.e., waterside workers, coal-miners, &e.) remaining 238 259 285 303 251 259 443 189 137 111 128. 145 225 on registers and granted supplementary assistance under Scheme No. 5 Men remaining on registers and employed under Scheme No. 5 whose 4,343 4,500 4,631 4,597 4,378 4,456 4,509 4,646 4,522 4,147 3,917 4,217 4,388 relief wages were supplemented for full-time work Farm workers — Scheme No. 4a .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,369 3,274 2,919 2,593 2,068 1,493 678 198 210 225 234 330 495 Scheme No. 4b .. .. .. .. .. .. 3,538 3,673 3,483 3,149 3,206 2,827 2,573 2,309 2,212 2,112 2,085 2,198 2,254 Other farm schemes .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,201 1,260 1,149 1,360 1,313 1,368 1,176 1,237 1,157 1,076 925 759 773 Building tradesmen and builders'labourers under Scheme No. 10 .. 1,476 1,499 1,390 1,245 1,121 1,005 948 756 685 524 485 395 357 Workers in Public Works Department, State Forest, and local- body camps under Scheme No. 6 (principally single men) — Land-deyelopment .. .* .. .. .. .. 1,599 1,602 1,536 1,458 1,259 1,285 1,212 1,186 1,261 1,153 1,235 1,197 1,145 Highways and backblocks roads .. .. .. .. 769 825 731 678 649 633 566 412 310 282 274 216 215 Afforestation .. .. . . .. .. .. .. 843 824 731 661 655 656 603 589 678 708 703 797 957 Workers employed by Public Works Department at standard rates of pay (principally married men) — Land-development .. .. .. .. .. .. 970 984 863 778 1,092 1,110 1,147 1,138 998 978 991 1,042 988 Roads .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,841 1,506 1,528 1,557 1.583 1,674 1,603 1,865 2,016 2,137 1,984 1,802 1,845 General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 128 80 133 180. 146 138 121 255 271 307 313 340 324 Gold miners and prospectors — Subsidized men, supervisors, &c., remaining on registers under 3,575- 3,533 3,538 3,456 3,385 3,251 3,277 3,152 3,207 3,206 3,256 3,259 3,281 Scheme No. 5 Subsidized men in parties under Scheme No. 8a .. .. 87 93 87 84 76 75 73 68 65 67 64 66 66 Employed by companies and svndicates under Scheme No. 8b .. 49 51 46 48 51 78 84 91 38 32 32 17 15 Miscellaneous .. .. " .. .. .. . . . . 131 134 139 177 167 173 162 159 163 178 182 156 155 Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 24,157 24,097 23,189 22,324 21,400 20,481 19,175 18,250 17,930 17,243 16,808 16,936 17,483 (d) Total number of males who were wholly or partly a charge on the Unemployment I 62,451 63,012 61,489 59,327 56,439 54,707 52,086 50,134 50,345 50,743 52,061 53,241 55,568 Fund ] Note. —Maoris employed on development schemes under the control of the Native Department, also men employed by certain industries assisted by grants or loans from the Unemployment Fund, are excluded from this table.