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Table XIV.—Apprenticeship Contracts registered during the Year ended 31st March, 1948, and Apprenticeship Contracts in Force at 31st March, 1948

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Contracts registered. Number of Apprentices. «, «, A OD a, aj "3 a § 2^ a 3 1 1 Trade. o 0 So .2 0 H fi «i ill < If! sis ■Sofl ill 0 .all ■ga-g p S _o 0 ft Us a 1 .2 u CD 02 0 H Baking 20 25 20 13 78 245 9 254 Boat-building 17 6 3 26 84 3 87 Boilermaking 2 4 ' 2 4 12 63 4 67 Bootmaking .. 2 3 2 7 145 10 155 Boot-repairing 2 8 7 3 20 70 1 71 Blacksmithing 3 6 1 2 12 33 33 Bricklaying .. 8 3 4 15 53 "l 54 Carpentering .. 211 206 102 132 651 2,513 59 2,572 Clothing 29 43 9 13 94 223 £ 228 Coachbuilding 74 36 26 31 167 483 11 494 Coopering .. 3 3 Cycle-working "l "l 1 1 Dentistry "8 5 "l 14 50 "2 52 Electrical 87 71 '26 46 230 1,030 35 1,065 Engineering .. 193 155 64 53 465 1,754 37 1,791 Motor engineering 256 260 89 93 698 2,047 53 2,100 Eurniture 111 92 46 43 292 1,116 19 1,135 Furriers Cardening *2 " "2 io "l 'ii Hairdressing .. ie 14 "3 "3 36 108 5 113 Hatmaking 3 3 5 5 Jewellery 15 'ii "7 3 36 146 "2 148 Leadlight 2 1 1 4 22 22 Masonry "2 3 5 14 "l 15 Moulding "5 3 1 "2 11 64 9 73 Painting 28 42 16 18 104 393 11 404 Photo-engraving 7 5 2 2 16 62 62 Plastering 13 10 6 11 40 138 138 Plumbing 36 42 15 24 117 606 17 623 Printing 48 43 28 29 148 698 15 713 Saddlery Sail and tent making . 8 4 2 1 15 48 1 49 6 1 7 Tailoring "9 "6 "8 "'4 "27 61 61 Tile-laying 1 1 Tinsmithing .. 'i9 'i3 2 i3 47 197 "5 202 Wicker-working 3 3 9 9 Total 1,229 1,123 487 557 3,396 12,501 317 12,818