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NUMBERS EMPLOYED. The following table shows the numbers of men engaged the various schemes in full-time subsidized employment from January, 1940, to 4th April, 1942 : —
It will be seen that the number of men for whom provision is still required to be made has been very substantially reduced, and this is the direct outcome of the acute labour shortage in all fields of industry brought about by war conditions which have increased the general acceptability to employers of those types of men whom they would not engage in normal times. SCHEME No. 4b. Under this scheme subsidies up to 75 per cent, of the wages-cost were pro vided for the employment of registered and eligible men on a contract basis for the improvement and development of farms. From the very nature of the work undertaken the men engaged under Scheme No. 4b must be considered as reasonably fit, and during November, 1941, the scheme was suspended owing to the shortage of labour for maintaining and processing production, particularly on farms and in the cheese, woollen, and linen-flax industries. At that time it was left open for all work which had already been started to be continued to completion, even although labour was not then employed. The prosecution of urgent defence works following the entry of Japan into the war rendered the labour position more acute, and'in February instructions were issued that no more men were to be placed under Scheme No. 4b and that all outstanding commitments were to be cancelled. Current contracts were allowed to continue to completion. The following analysis shows what has been done under the scheme during the period under review : — Summary of Scheme No. 4b Contracts for Year ending 31st March, 1942. Number of contracts .. .. ■ • • • • • 1 > 195 Total number of men allocated . . .. • • • • 2,096 Average number of men employed monthly . . . . . . 990 Total labour-cost .. .. •• •• •• £225,572 Total of subsidies .. .. •• •• £158,206 Estimated stock increase— Sheep .. .. •• •• ■■ 69,925 Cows .. .. •• • • •• • • 7,456 Cattle .. .. ■ • • • • • • • 3,339 Pigs .. .. ■ • • • • • • • 287 Work completed—• Scrub-cutting .. .. • • • • • • 68,653 acres. Gorse-grubbing .. .. .. •• 21,956 acres. Stumping .. .. .. • • • • • • 4,360 acres. Bushfelling .. .. .. • • ■ ■ • • 2,513 acres. Drains dug, deepened, and widened .. .. .. 47,838 chains. Fencing . . .. • ■ - • ■ • • • 23,123 chains. Additional work carried out under the scheme comprises river-protection work, top-dressing, track and road formation to enable access to be given to isolated areas, flood-damage restoration, and ploughing of virgin land.
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Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme Scheme nrWnl Date - No. 4b. No. 4f. No. 16. No. 16a. No. 13. ±omi ' 1940. 13th January .. .. 3,624 14 498 7 10,285 14,428 10th February . . .. 3,359 17 488 7 9,866 13,737 9th March .. .. 3,435 18 475 7 9,412 13,347 6th April .. .. .. 3,629 21 452 7 8,627 12,736 4th May .. .. . ■ 4,041 15 442 7 8,393 12,898 1st June .. .. .. 3,836 15 427 7 8,373 12,658 29th June .. .. .. 3,579 48 416 7 8,358 12,408 27th July .. .. .. 3,512 143 4-10 6 9,412 13,483 24th August .. .. 3,018 292 397 7 10,111 13,825 21st September .. .. 2,885 567 389 8 10,626 14,475 19th October .. .. 2,746 749 359 8 10,133 13,995 16th November .. .. 2,541 785 314 8 9,747 13,395 14th December .. .. 2,155 798 286 8 9,144 12,391 1941. 11th January :. .. 1,880 777 275 8 8,449 11,389 8th February .. .. 1,759 702 253 9 7,105 9,828 8th March .. .. 1,655 544 220 9 6,363 8,791 5th April.. .. .. 1,500 384 199 11 5,426 7,520 3rd May .. .. 1,526 343 192 11 5,052 7,124 31st May 1,501 319 173 10 4,837 6,840 28th June 1,548 302 151 9 4,714 6,724 26th July .. .. •• 1,572 263 139 10 5,038 7,022 23rd August .. 1,581 254 122 10 4,993 6,960 20th September .. .. 1,478 220 109 10 4,976 6,793 18th October .. .. 1,212 190 97 10 4,858 6,367 15th November .. .. 969 164 91 11 4,822 6,057 13th December .. .. 697 137 79 11 4,258 5,182 1942. 10th January .. .. 528 124 76 11 3,703 4,442 7th February .. .. 372 91 68 10 3,332 3,873 7th March .. .. 255 79 50 10 2,668 3,062 Jth April .. „ 194 TO 47 10 2,092 2,413
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