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Average Earnings: Return A.— Return of Number of Unionists employed, Wages, etc., paid, and Average Wage per Man-week worked for Years ended 31st March, 1941-48

Port. 1940-47. 1947-48. 1940-48. Number of Man-weeks. and p £ r d oflts Average per Number of Week worked. 1 Man-weeks. 1 Total Wages j and Profits paid. | Average per j Week worked. 1 Number of Man-weeks. Total Wages and Profits paid. 1 Average per Week worked. Auckland* Wellington Lyttelton Dunedin Port Chalmers Gisborne Napier Onehunga New Plymouth Wanganui Nelson Picton Timaru Oamaru^f Bluff Westport Greymouth All ports 479,936 344,363 123,207 87,500 48,802 70 40,655 45,018 15,426 13,320 6,780 6,978 36,044 9,486 2,054 £ 5,284,286 3,645, 167 1,160,845 807,360 424,866 352 409,594 39i,860 105,519 128,586 58,866 65,846 320,033 84,667 16,676 £ s. d. 11 0 2 10 11 8 9 8 5 9 4 6 8 14 1 5 0 7 10 1 6 8 ii 1 6 16 10 9 13 1 8 13 8 9 8 9 8 i7 7 8 18 6 8 2 4 82,588 53,786 ! 28,908 ) 15,027 j 10,301 | 3,738 1 11,138 1,819 8,993 3,625 3,642 2,192 5,438 1,684 8,866 3,589 5,285 £ 882,129 617,178 329,414$ 179,685 95,945$ 28,295 118,085§ 15,306 101,771$ 36,306$ 39,146i| 21,091} 57,050 j 10,730$ 97,844$ 36,688$ 46,141$ £ s. d. 10 13 7 11 9 6 11 7 11 11 19 2 9 6 3 7 11 5 10 12 0 8 8 3 11 6 4 10 0 4 10 15 0 9 12 5 10 9 10 6 7 5 11 0 9 10 4 5 8 14 7 562,524 398,149 152,115 102,527 59,103 3,808 51,793 1,819 54,011 19,051 16,962 8,972 12,416 1,684 44,910 13,075 7,339 £ 6,166,415 4,262,345 1,490,259 987,045 520,811 28,647 527,679 15,306 493,631 141,825 167,732 79,957 122,896 10,730 417,877 121,355 62,817 £ s. d. 10 19 3 10 14 1 9 15 11 9 12 7 8 16 3 7 10 5 10 3 9 8 8 3 9 2 9 7 8 11 9 17 9 8 18 3 9 18 0 6 7 5 9 6 1 9 5 8 8 11 2 1,259,639 12,904,523 10 4 11 250,619 2,712,804 10 16 6 1,510,258 15,617,327 10 6 10 * Includes Onehunga returns for 1940-47. t Includes New Zealand Railways and Harbour Board wages. t Includes Few Zealand Hallways wages. § Includes Harbour Board wages. || Includes Harbour Board and overhaul wages. If For 39 weeks.