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Table XIV—Factory Workers, by Industries, Showing Distribution According to Size of Factory at 31st March, 1949

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Industry. Total Number of Workers Numbers Working in Factories Employing Number of Workers Shown (Including Working Occupiers). (Including Working Occupiers).* 1-2. 3—5. 6-10. 11-20. 21-50. 51-100. 101 or More. Food, Drink, and Tobacco — Meat freezing and processing .. Dairy factories Other food and drink Tobacco-manufacturing 16,591 4,326 13,624 1,077 105 51 1,321 239 315 2,721 204 1,139 1,785 240 1,102 1,156 32 527 832 1,933 24 454 194 1,532 205 14,822 693 3,176 816 Sub-total 35,618 1,477 3,275 3,128 2,530 3,316 2,385 19,507 Textiles, Clothing, Leather— Woollen and knitting mills .. Clothing manufacture Footwear manufacture and repair Tanneries, fur, and leather goods Other textiles 4,316 18,486 5,330 2,766 3,853 25 802 701 220 75 32 1,146 211 256 185 92 1,936 176 303 352 252 3,614 405 548 442 438 4,638 943 665 809 • 300 3,360 1,099 264 396 3,177 2,990 .1,795 510 1,594 Sub-total 34,751 1,823 1,830 2,859 5,261 7,493 5,419 10,066 Building-materials and FurnishTimber milling and joinery Furniture and other wood-manu-facture Bricks, pottery, cement 5,290 5,692 5,674 298 705 263 697 1,029 847 1,168 1,058 1,011 1,198 1,163 830 790 1,265 1,006 240 472 372 899 1,345 Sub-total 16,656 1,266 2,573 3,237 3,191 3,061 1,084 2,244 Engineering and Metalworking— Machinery and metalworking .. Ships, engines, vehicles 20,060 16,049 1,544 1,646 2,266 3,188 2,589 3,162 2,082 2,488 4,534 2,213 2,703 1,141 | 1 4,342 2,211 Sub-total 36,109 3,190 5,454 5,751 4,570 6,747 3,844 6,553 Other Industry— Paper, pulp, and printing .. Other manufacturing 8,359 7,282 277 331 745 523 1,105 586 1,044 887 1,888 1,312 1,436 1,320 1,864 | 2,323 Sub-total .. 15,641 608 1,268 1,691 1,931 3,200 2,756 4,187 Power and Water Supply— Sub-total 1,775 73 212 298 254 373 127 438 Factories Attached to Non-manu-facturing Industries— Forestry and bush sawmilling .. Mining and quarrying Building and construction Other* 3,927 512 3,979 15,716 162 46 706 3,566 610 165 1,397 4,339 1,187 227 1,301 2,167 1,067 29 267 1,518 588 45 174 2,368 i34 1,048 313 "710 Sub-total 24,134 4,480 6,511 4,882 2,881 3,175 1,182 1,023 Total, all industries 164,684 12,917 21,123 21,846 20,618 27,365 16,797 | 44,018 * Includes, for example, workshops attached to service stations, work-rooms attached to retail establishments, boiler-house attached to institutions, &c.