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of female immigrants are employed in hospitals and in domestic work where accommodation is also available. For immigrants in other occupations, special immigration hostels, consisting of converted Armed Forces accommodation, have been made available in the four main centres. The following table shows the capacity of these hostels, which provide accommodation for a total of 501 men and 471 women : Auckland — Males. Females. North Head .. • .. .. 144 Narrow Neck .. .. .. .. .. 138 Wellington —. Fort Dorset .. .. . . .. 103 179 Christchurch — Wigram .. .. .. .. .. 120 154 Dunedin — St. Kilda .. .. .. .. 134 Approval had been obtained, and by the end of the year under review plans were being prepared, for extending the hostel accommodation for immigrants in Auckland, Wellington, and Dunedin, Satisfactory results have attended an appeal for private board for immigrants engaged in occupations in which accommodation is not provided on the job, and at 31st March, 1949, only 14 per cent, of all Government-assisted immigrants who have arrived in New Zealand were still accommodated in hostels. (3) Assisted immigrants have been selected for work in a wide range of productive and servicing occupations, and have formed a valuable addition to the labour force of this country. A detailed list, showing the occupations and numbers of assisted immigrants arriving during the past year, appears in Table X of the Appendix to this report. The following table shows more briefly the groups of industries in which assisted immigrants have taken up employment.

Industrial Distribution of Assisted Immigrants Arriving During Year Ended 31st March, 1949

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Industrial Group. Males. Females. Farming 63 2 Forestry and sawmilling 150 Coal-mining 35 Total, primary industry 248 2 Textiles, clothing, and leather 15 67 Engineering and metals 204 4 Printing industry 11 35 Building and construction 66 Miscellaneous secondary254 55 Total, secondary industry 550 161 Post and telegraph 56 2 Domestic and personal services (includes cooks 3 151 and domestics for hospitals and hostels) Hospital staff 1 229 Other tertiary 21 104 Total, tertiary industry 81 486. Total, all industries 879 649