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Table 4. —Total Placements by Industries, 1st April, 1946, to 31st March, 1947

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Industrial Group. Males. Females. Total. Percentage of Total Placements. Primary Industry Sheep-farming Dairy-farming Other farming .. .. .. Forestry and bush sawmilling Fishing and trapping Coal-mining .. •Other mining and quarrying 618 387 1,578 825 17 167 72 11 3 1,262 28 5 1 629 390 2,840 853 22 167 73 2-5 1-6 11-3 3-4 0-1 0-7 0-3 Primary industry total 3,664 1,310 4,974 19-9 Secondary Industry Food, Drink, and Tobacco — Meat freezing and processing Dairy factories .. Other food and drink Tobacco-manufacture 1,312 384 597 12 19 8 74 16 1,331 392 671 28 5-3 1-6 2-7 0-1 Sub-total 2,305 117 2,422 9-7 Textiles, Clothing, Leather — Woollen and knitting mills Clothing-manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, furs, and leather goods Other textiles 239 125 259 143 194 26 247 21 6 16 265 372 280 149 210 10 1-5 11 0-6 0-8 Sub-total 960 316 1,276 5-0 Building Materials and Furnishings— Timber milling and joinery Furniture and other wood manufacture .. Bricks, pottery, cement 279 219 640 7 7 2 286 226 642 1-2 0-9 2-6 Sub-total 1,138 16 1,154 4-7 Engineering and Metal Working— Machinery and metal working Ships, engines, vehicles 1,413 638 31 12 1,444 650 5-8 2-6 Sub-total 2,051 43 2,094 8-4 Miscellaneous Manufacturing— Paper, pulp, and printing Other 252 658 43 49 295 707 1-2 2-8 Sub-total 910 92 1,002 4-0 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 401 4 405 1-6 Building and Construction— Sub-total ' 3,783 3 3,786 15-1 Secondary industry total 11,548 591 12,139 48-5