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Table VII—Movement in Seasonal Labour Force (Males), April, 1948, to March, 1949, Excluding Farming

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• Numbers Employed at 15th of Month. District. • April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, I December, January, February, March, 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1948. 1949. 1949. 1949. Whangarei 557 543 515 464 499 517 498 508 547 648 603 578 Auckland 3,773 3,681 3,335 3,081 3,093 2,994 2,908 3,150 4,088 4,246 4,118 3,782 Hamilton 1,058 905 815 844 999 1,004 946 1,022 1,304 1,387 1,226 1,105 Taumarunui 19 18 18 18 18 19 20 20 20 20 19 19 Paeroa 193 190 189 198 220 281 291 300 301 296 288 273 Tauranga 71 67 71 70 60 61 70 73 74 71 70 68 Rotorua 112 103 96 97 102 167 170 183 188 190 191 196 Gisborne 864 811 816 653 602 592 588 679 989 1,057 938 915 Napier 276 153 80 98 93 95 86 286 417 361 380 278 Hastings 1,327 1,199 1,127 948 892 820 810 1,364 1,766 1,783 1,523 1,474 New Plymouth 1,364 1,171 940 812 945 1,236 1,346 1,326 1,443 1,718 1,628 1,534 Wanganui 1,069 909 767 603 730 735 642 739 1,227 1,350 1,362 1,131 Palmerston North 1,191 1,041 874 848 866 931 963 1,014 1,365 1,592 1,500 1,341 Masterton 672 553 481* 451 458 538 517 546 696 853 769 706 Lower Hutt 414 322 289 241 231 223 218 231 460 563 492 432 Wellington .. 860 657 544 526 502 504 516 664 948 1,041 1,030 901 Blenheim 251 226 243 208 195 187 .188 206 281 294 230 307 Nelson 290 281 263 224 243 229 210 208 213 245 277 272 Westport 21 21 21 21 20 20 29 24 21 24 22 20 Greymouth 45 45 44 44 45 45 54 54 50 51 48 49 Christchurch 2,134 1,719 1,460 1,154 1,100 1,111 1,161 1,240 1,841 2,292 2,236 2,201 Ashburton 269 264 124 110 110 110 116 104 274 312 302 284 Timaru 977 761 536 418 417 407 426 512 646 1,001 1,042 1,012 Oamaru 295 215 136 116 116 110 99 98 99 266 285 286 Dunedin 1,109 .1,013 706 559 551 577 548 627 658 1,090 1,174 1,220 Invercargill 1,661 1,452 1,200 516 500 572 686 769 891 1,814 1,845 1,835 New Zealand 20,872 18,320 15 j690 13,322 13,607 14,085 14,106 15,947 20,807 24,565 23,598 22,219