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Table No. 113. —Table showing Employees of Local Government in 1921, 1926, and 1936, classified according to Type of Occupation

Table No. 114.-Table showing Employees of both Central and Local Government in 1921, 1926, and 1936, classified according to Type of Occupation

Unfortunately, comparable figures are not available subsequent to 1936. The figures for the industrial distribution of the population as at the 1945 census are not yet available.* The figures, however, show very interesting trends over the fifteen years under review. Admittedly, the figures for 1936 are seriously affected by the ■depression, which was in the course of lifting at this period. As between 1921 and 1936 there were 14,000 more males employed in the Government services, while the number of females was approximately the same. There w.ere, therefore, 14,000 more, both males and females, employed in the central Government in 1936 than in 1921. The individual figures, however, are of considerably greater interest. Of males employed by the central Government in occupations connected with primary industries there were 900 more in 1936 than in 1921. In the secondary industries, which include the constructional industries, there was a very great increase during the period, largely due „to very heavy road-construction programmes which were in the course of development in 1936. Under this heading of " Construction and Maintenance of Roads " there were approximately 6,000 persons engaged, other than administrative officers, in 1936, as compared with 760 in 1921. On the other hand, in the construction of railways, &c., there were 1,053 employees of the Government in 1921, while in 1936 there were only 159 so employed. One factor which to some extent destroys the comparability of these figures is the fact that in the 1921 census Government administrative officers do not appear to have been classified as engaged in the construction of roads, railways, and earthworks. The number of administrative officers so classified in 1936 was .1,692. There was a considerable expansion of the number

* At the end of this chapter is a short statement compiled from various official sources showing employees at a recent date.

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1921. 1926. 1936. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. 1. Primary industry 2. Secondary industry 3. Tertiary industry— (a) Transport and communication (b) Commerce and finance (c) Public administration and professional (tf) Domestic andpersonal (<?) Total tertiary 4. Total 251 4,161 "25 251 4,186 353 7,575 1 131 354 7,706 395 8,887 222 397 9,109 4,685 54 8,624 92 59 9 8,471 8 4,744 63 17,095 100 5,534 117 11,692 30 95 14 9,900 28 5,629 131 21,592 58 4,946 143 12,445 13 80 9 10,405 ' ' 8 5,026 152 22,850 21 13,455 8,547 1 22,002 17,373 10,837 27,410 17,547 10,502 28,049 17,867 8,572 j 26,439 25,301 10,969 35,470 26,829 10,726 37,555

1921. 1926. 1936. . Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. 1. Primary industry ■%. Secondary industry 3. Tertiary industry— (a) Transport and communication (b) Commerce and finance (c) Public administration and professional (d) Domestic and personal (e) Total tertiary 4. Total 1,803 7,813 70 168 1,873 7,981 1,867 12,568 46 260 1,913 12,828 2,863 21,329 97 417 2,960 22,746 27,123 1,072 17,046 245 2,020 292 10,796 260 29,143 1,364 27,842 505 30,639 1,191 19,991 53 1,694 309 12,101 156 32,333 1,500 32,092 209 31,317 1,739 20,646 164 1,370 467 13,030 310 32,687 2,206 33,676 474 45,484 13,368 58,852 51,874 14,260 66,134 53,866 15,177 69,043 55,100 13,606 68,706 66,309 14,566 80,875 78,058 15,591 93,749

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