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72. Eecently conducted surveys of employment show a continuance since the war of the pre-war tendency to expand in secondary and tertiary industry. The Department's second half-yearly survey of general industries and building and construction covered 304,000 males and 120,000 females (including 22,873 male and 3,734 female working proprietors) in units employing two or more workers. Farming and seasonal industries, hunting and fishing, and the loading and unloading of ships were excluded from the survey. The distribution over industry of workers in units covered by the survey, and the changes in numbers between May and October, 1946, are set out below :

73. During the six months reviewed by the Department's October, 1946, survey, the male labour employed in units covered increased by 9,525, or 3*5 per cent, of the May total, accounting for four-fifths of the men demobilized from the armed services over the same period. The increase in the male labour employed was most noticeable in the case of secondary industries, where there were 5,596, or 4*6 per cent., more males in October, 1946, than in the previous May. Female employees in secondary industries increased by 1-0 per cent., as against a decrease of 0-6 per cent, in tertiary industries. 74. Under conditions of full employment it is necessary to consider carefully the future strength of the labour force and to line it up against the requirements of New Zealand's increasing demand for industrial man-power. Demobilizations from the armed services have now tapered off, and recruitment of men and women for the labour force will in future draw on two main sources —the inflow of juveniles into the working age-groups, and the admission of suitable immigrants.

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Full-time Employees. Industry. Males. Females. May. October. Percentage Increase. May. October. Percentage Increase. Primary Industry (other than farming)—e.g., mining, bush sawmills,' &c. Secondary Industry (other than seasonal) — Pood, drink, and tobacco Textiles, clothing and leather Building materials and furnishings Engineering and metal working .. Miscellaneous manufacturing Power and water Building and construction 14,140 14,197 0-2 256 273 6-6 8,415 11,819 15,039 36,122 12,827 7,635 29,844 8,566 12,263 15,329 38,171 13,556 7,803 31,609 1-8 3-8 1-9 5-7 5-7 2-2 5-9 4,417 20,187 987 3,648 5,750 543 735 4,467 20,372 1,019 3,614 5,850 551 768 11 0-9 3-2 -0-9 1-7 1-5 4-5 Total, secondary industries (excluding seasonal) Tertiary Industry— Transport and communication (not waterside work) Distribution and finance Hotels and personal services Administration and professional .. 121,701 127,297 4-6 36,267 36,641 1-0 42,568 49,576 8,683 34,754 44,071 50,855 9,016 35,511 3-5 2-6 3-8 2-2 6,201 29,583 12,377 31,658 5,725 29,671 12,624 31,328 -7-7 0-3 2-0 -1-0 Total, tertiary industries 135,581 139,453 2-9 79,819 79,348 -0-6 Total, survey coverage (excluding working proprietors) 271,422 280,947 3-5 116,342 116,262 -0-1