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Table IV —Total Placements, by Industries, Year Ended 31st March, 1949

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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 609 309 1,590 805 2 167 25 16 5 2,923 3 625 314 4,513 808 2 167 • 25 3-0 1-5 21-5 3-8 0-8 0-1 Primary industry total 3,507 2,947 6,454 30-7 Secondary Industry Food, Drink, and Tobacco— Meat freezing and processing Dairy factories Other food and drink Tobacco-manufacture 953 243 272 34 2 18 128 23 955 261 400 57 4-5 1-2 1-9 0-3 Sub-total 1,502 171 1,673 7-9 Textiles, Clothing, and Leather — Woollen and knitting mills Clothing-manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, fur, and leather goods . Other textiles .. .. 126 57 113 52 145 56 357 47 4 27 182 414 160 56 172 0-9 2-0 0-8 0-3 0-8 Sub-total • 493 491 984 4-8 Building Materials and Furnishings— Timber milling and joinery Furniture and other wood manufacture .. Bricks, pottery, and cement 1 184 95 402 5 3 184 100 405 0-9 0-5 1-9 Sub-total 681 8 689 3-3 Engineering and Metalworking— Machinery and metalworking Ships, engines, vehicles, &c. 1,023 483 38 11 1,061 494 5-0 2-4 Sub-total 1,506 1 49 1,555 7-4 •Other industry— Paper, pulp, and printing Other manufacturing 156 410 116 36 ' 272 . 446 1-3 21 Sub-total .. . 566 152 718 3-4 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 248 10 258 1-2 Building and Construction— Sub-total 2,778 8 2,786 13-3 Secondary industry total 7,774 889 8,663 41-3