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SECTION VII.—WOMEN IN THE UNIFORMED SERVICES THE ARMED FORCES Table 22. —Number of Women serving in the Armed Forces

Table 23. —Pre-service Occupation of Women in the Armed Forces The following table is based on a survey which was made early in 1944, covering 3,080 members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps and 3,549 members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.

THE WOMEN'S LAND SERVICE Table 24. —Applications to join Land Service, Girls awaiting Placement, and Active Strength of Service

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(Position at 31st March, 1944) Women serving— Army. Air Force. Navy. Total. In New Zealand .. .. .. 3,054 3,449 496 6,999 Overseas .. .. .. .. 802 36 .. 838 Total .. .. .. 3,856 3,485 496 7,837

Pre-service Industrial and Number Perpenture Pre-service Industrial and w , lmh „ r p.„.rat..» Occupational Group. JNumDer. leiccntafcc. Occupational Group. JN umber. Percentage. Farming— Hospitals— All farming (including tobacco and 125 1-9 Nursing staff .. .. .. 283 4 • 3 vegetable) Domestic staff .. .. 51 0'8 Secondary industry —• Sub-total .. .. 334 5 • 1 Engineering and munitions .. 20 0-4 Food and drink .. .. 83 1-2 Hotels and catering— Woollen and knitting mills .. 35 0-5 Hotels and boardinghouses .. 125 1-9 Clothing manufacture .. .. 416 0-3 Restaurants, &e. .. .. 105 1-6 Footwear and leather .. .. 17 0-3 Private domostics (employed) .. 554 8-3 Laundries .. .. .. 22 0 ■ 3 Printing, paper, cardboard, &c. .. 117 1-8 Sub-total .. .. 784 11-8 Other secondary industry .. 74 1-1 Miscellaneous— Sub-total .. .. 790 11 ■ 9 Schoolteachers .. .. 42 0-6 Others employed .. .. 155 2 • 3 Shops, warehouses, &c.— Students .. .. .. 53 0 • 8 General assistants .. .. 1,071 16• 1 Housewives and domestics at homo 1,011 15-3 Hairdressers and other skilled 223 3 • 4 Unemployed .. .. . . 243 3 • 7 workers Sub-total .. .. 1,504 22-7 Sub-total .. .. 1,294 19-5 Office workers (all industries) — Typists .. .. .. 030 9 • 5 Other office workers .. .. 1,168 17-6 Final total .. .. 6,629 100-0 Sub-total .. .. 1,798 27-1

(Position at 31st March, 1944) Girls desiring Land° Girls Other Girls. Total, on Relatives' Farm. Number of applications received up to 31st March, 1944 .. 1,428 2,375 3,803 Less number of applications withdrawn .. .. .. 240 765 1,005 Net total of applications .. .. .. 1,188 1,610 2,798 Of these— Number of applications held up on occupational grounds by .. 393 393 District Man-power Officers Number of girls temporarily not available .. .. .. 11 11 Number of girls awaiting placement .. .. . . .. 292 292 Number of cases where placement is pending .. .. 121 102 223 Number on active strength at 31st March, 1944 .. .. 1,067 812 1,879