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Table IX.—Number of Apprenticeship Contracts in Force 1st April, 1947

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Number of Apprentices. Trade. Working at Trade. Serving in Armed Forces. Total. Baking 234 24 258 Boat-building 72 4 76 Boilermaking 67 9 76 Bootmaking 213 22 235 Boot-repairing 83 4 87 Blacksmithing 29 29 Bricklaying 49 i 50 Carpentering 2,331 93 2,424 Clothing 175 - 6 181 Coachbuilding 401 26 427 Coopering 3 3 Cycle-working Dentistry .. .. 50 5 55 Electrical 1,065 84 1,149 Engineering 1,794 99 1,893 Motor engineering 1,856 121 1,977 Furniture 1,103 45 1,148 Furriers 1 1 Gardening 10 i 11 Hairdressing 101 7 108 Hatmaking 6 6 Jewellery 132 9 141 Leadlight 22 22 Masonry 15 3 18 Moulding 76 12 88 Painting 398 18 416 Photo-engraving 66 4 70 Plastering 123 3 126 Plumbing 639 28 667 Printing 762 63 825 Saddlery 38 3 41 Sail and tent making 5 3 8 Tailoring 40 2 42 Tile-laying 2 2 Tinsmithing .. .. 195 12 207 Wicker-working 8 2 10 Total 12,164 713 12,877