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Table 5.—Distribution of Labour Force in General Industries at 15th October, 1946

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Number of Units. Males. Females. Total Payroll Industrial Group. Payroll Strengths. Working Proprietors. Payroll Strengths. Working Proprietors. Strengths and Working Proprietors. Primary Industry other than Farming, Hunting, and Fishing— Forestry and bush sawinilling .. Coal-mining Other mining and quarrying 323 137 110 6,969 5,518 1,710 241 155 57 203 46 24 1 7,413 5,719 1,792 Sub-total 570 14,197 453 273 1 14,924 Food Drink and Tobacco other than Seasonal — Food and drink Tobacco-manufacture 1,227 5 8,204 362 987 2 3,754 713 350 1 13,295 1,078 Sub-total 1,232 8,566 989 4,467 351 14,373 Textiles, Clothing, Leather — Woollen and knitting mills Clothing-manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, furs, and leather goods Other textiles 57 935 245 253 135 2,038 2,742 2,881 2,444 2,158 26 539 227 219 83 2,138 13,965 1,871 935 1,463 13 330 9 22 18 4,215 17,576 4,988 3,620 3,722 Sub-total 1,625 12,263 1,094 20,372 392 34,121 Building Materials and Furnishings— Timber milling and joinery Furniture and other wood manufacture Bricks, pottery, cement 383 519 425 5,200 4,832 5,297 264 494 325 218 442 359 1 12 1 5,683 5,780 5,982 Sub-total 1,327 15,329 1,083 1,019 14 17,445 Engineering and Metal Working— Machinery and metal working .. Ships, engines, vehicles 1,473 1,682 18,330 19,841 1,320 1,675 2,423 1,191 25 16 22,098 22,723 Sub-total 3,155 38,171 2,995 3,614 41 44,821 Miscellaneous Manufacturing—■ Paper, pulp, and printing Other 590 427 7,321 6,235 498 233 3,269 2,581 58 23 11,146 9,072 Sub-total 1,017 13,556 731 5,850 81 * 20,218 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 221 7,803 5 551 8,359 Transport and Communication— Bail transport Boad, water, air transport Post and Telegraph 37 1,519 474 19,990 13,230 10,851 1 1,569 1,647 998 3,080 32 21,638 15,829 13,931 Sub-total 2,030 44,071 1,570 5,725 32 51,398 Distribution and Finance — Wholesale and retail trade Finance and insurance Other agencies 8,980 878 1,201 39,786 7,929 3,140 6,344 103 1,051 23,381 3,719 2,571 1,256 2 31 70,767 11,753 6,793 Sub-total 11,059 50,855 7,498 29,671 1,289 89,313 Domestic and Personal Services — Hotels and restaurants Persona] services, recreation, &c. 2,130 1,410 4,936 4,080 1,475 696 8,963 3,661 948 373 16,322 8,810 Sub-total 3,540 9,016 2,171 12,624 1,321 25,132 Administration and Professional—Hospitals Medical and hygienic services .. Educational, professional, &c. .. Government services, n.e.i. Local authorities, n.e.i. 341 534 1,313 603 337 4,648 1,975 8,662 13,386 6,840 8 269 537 12,774 924 11,770 5,261 599 157 18 37 17,587 3,186 21,006 18,647 7,439 Sub-total 3,128 35,511 814 31,328 212 67,865 Total, all general industries 28,904 249,338 19,403 115,494 3,734 387,969 Note.—The figures in this table were compiled from the Department's Half-Yearly Survey of Employment, and therefore exclude workers in farming, seasonal industries, fishing, trapping, and waterfront work. One-man businesses a re also excluded. Building and construction figures, also excluded here, are shown in Table 6.