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Table I—Industrial Classification of Notified Vacancies Remaining Unsatisfied at Quarterly Points, 1948-49

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30th June, 1948. 30th Sept., 1948. 31st Dec., 1948. 31st March, 1949. Industrial Group. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Primary Industry Sheep-farming Dairy-farming •Other farming Forestry and bush sawmilling .. Fishing and trapping .. Ooal-mining .. .. Other mining and quarrying 81 128 103 231 16 101 46 3 176 198 164 243 1 91 32 6 136 154 163 213 21 66 20 8 6 6 60 129 125 198 2 28 11 5 2 55 Primary industry total 706 8 905 13 773 20 553 62 Secondary Industry Food, Drink and Tobacco — Meat freezing and processing .. Dairy factories Other food and drink Tobacco-manufacture 34 8 135 10 58 1 271 186 16 159 131 10 30 17 248 174 107 64 128 20 5 16 225 153 70 33 134 20 27 16 283 147 Sub-total 187 516 316 469 319 399 257 473 Textile, Clothing, Leather— Woollen and knitting mills Clothing-manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, fur, and leather goods 'Other textiles 75 220 123 67 41 861 3,502 513 190 • 416 44 175 101 42 59 759 2,901 423 165 265 45 191 93 55 65 763 2,778 382 149 211 49 176 102 59 59 741 2,833 386 157 213 Sub-total 526 5,482 421 4,513 449 1 4,283 445 4,330 Building - materials and ingsTimber milling and joinery Furniture and other wood manufacturing Bricks, pottery, cement . .. 177 180 193 7 52 26 108 150 129 2 31 5 86 147 149 2 19 8 111 155 133 4 29 46 Sub-total 550 85 387 . 38 382 29 399 79 ..Engineering and Metalworking— Machinery and metalworking .. Ships, engines, vehicles 1,226 1,682 298 35 991 1,407 217 23 1,411 193 19 1,007 1,239 234 22 Sub-total 2,908 333 2,398 240 2,388 212 2,246 256 ■Other Industry— Paper, pulp, and printing Other manufacturing 274 248 505 399 262 160 472 283 253 170 524 246 277 184 509 261 Sub-total 522 904 422 755 423 770 461 770 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 237 12 131 14 108 15 150 11 Building and Construction— Sub-total 1,396 11 ■ 1,279 11 1,358 10 1,329 • 17 Secondary industry total 6,326 7,343 5,354 6,040 5,427 5,718 5,287 5,936 Tertiary Industry Transport and Communication— Bail transport Road, water, air transport Post and telegraph 2,536 72 733 137 33 87 2,300 97 590 146 19 82 2,270 119 741 140 15 65 2,331 108 858 103 15 87 Sub-total 3,340 257 2,987 247 3,130 220 3,297 205 Distribution and Finance— Wholesale and retail trade Finance and insurance Other agencies 543 170 90 655 154 87 492 147 75 569 148 80 540197 119 537 169 83 582 178 97 549 148 100 Sub-total 803 896 714 797 856 789 857 797