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Table IV. —Total Placements by Industries, Year ended 31st March, 1948

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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 487 387 1,415 897 7 232 48 7 99 1,087 3 1 494 409 2,502 900 8 232 48 2-4 2-0 11-9 4-3 i'i 0-2 Primary industry total 3,473 1,120 4,593 21-9 Secondary Industry Food, Drink, and TobaccoMeat freezing and processing Dairy factories Other food and drink Tobacco-manufacture 1,175 258 428 40 13 6 73 29 1,188 264 501 69 5-7 1-3 2-4 0-3 Sub-total 1,901 121 2,022 9-7 Textiles, Clothing, Leather — Woollen and knitting mills Clothing-manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, fur, and leather goods ■ Other textiles 148 65 215 114 116 29 327 38 9 23 177 392 253 123 139 0-8 2-0 1-2 0-6 0-6 Sub-total 658 426 1,084 5-2 Building-materials and Furnishings— Timber-milling and joinery Furniture and other wood manufacture .. Bricks, pottery, cement 221 128 483 2 9 223 137 483 1-1 0-6 2-3 Sub-total 832 11 S43 4-0 Engineering and Metalworking— ' Machinery and metalworking Ships, engines, vehicles 1,144 488 52 16 1.196 504 5-7 2-4 Sub-total .. . . 1,632 68 1,700 8-1 Other Industry— Paper, pulp, and printing Other manufacturing 260 454 76 36 336 490 1-6 2-3 Sub-total 714 112 826 3-9 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 336 4 340 1-6 Building and Construction— Sub-total 2,545 10 2,555 12-2 Secondary industry total 8,618 752 9,370 44-7