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SUMMARY— continued. Table 2— continued.

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Number of Persons Employed, including Occupiers. Trsdss. Number of Workrooms. Total Wages paid during Year. Male. Female. Total. Ornament and Minor Art Trades. Artifioial-flower making Electro-plating and engraving Glass bevelling and silvering Lapidary-work Ornamental sign and ticket manufacturing Picture-frame making Toys, dolls, and mat making Ornament and Minor Art Trades. £ Artifioial-flower making .. .. .. .. 1 .. 2 2 Occupiers. Electro-plating and engraving .. .. .. 22 75 3 78 3,282 Glass bevelling and silvering .. .. .. 2 15 1 16 1.093 Lapidary-work .. .. .. .. .. 7 19 1 20 1.078 Ornamental sign and ticket manufacturing .. .. 7 26 .. 26 1,119 Picture-frame making .. .. .. .. 01 140 13 162 5,085 Toys, dolls, and mat making .. .. .. 10 47 8 55 871 1 22 2 7 7 01 10 Stone, Clay, and Allied Trades. Asphalt, concrete-block, and pi pe manufacturing 4 18 .. 18 1.02S Brick, tile, and pottery manufacturing .. .. 133 1,336 4 1.340 116,666 Fibrous-plaster working .. .. .. .. 13 74 .. 74 4.Oils Lime and cement manufacturing .. .. .. 19 299 .. 299 28,07o Monumental masonry .. .. .. 34 176 1 177 12,452 Pumice grinding and working .. .. .. 1 18 .. 18 1,030 Stone quarrying and crushing .. .. .. 30 300 .. 300 23,588 Stone, Clay, and Allied Trades. Asphalt, concrete-block, and pipe manufacturing Brick, tile, and pottery manufacturing Fibrous-plaster working Lime and cement manufacturing Monumental masonry Pumice grinding and working Stone quarrying and crushing 4 133 13 19 34 1 30 Light, Heat, and Power Producing and Distributing. Electric power and light generating .. .. 12 164 .. 104 20,553 Gas, coke, and coal-tar manufacturing .. .. 44 784 .. 784 102,403 Light, Heat, and Power Producing and Distributing. Electric power and light generating Gas, coke, and coal-tar manufacturing 12 44 Miscellaneous Trades. Ammunition-manufacturing Basket, wickerware, and perambulator manufacturing.. Brush, broom, and bellows manufacturing Calico, flax, and jute bag manufacturing Carpet-sewing and quilt-making Chaff and firewood cutting and corn-crushing Cigarette, cigar, and tobacco making Cork-cutting find bark-milling Dentistry (mechanical) Dyeing, cleaning, and feather-dressing Fellmongering, wool-scouring, &c. Flax milling and dressing Flock-milling Gum sorting and packing Hair-working (wigs, &c.) Incandescent-mantle manufacturing Lamp making and repairing Laundry-work (European) Laundry-work (Chinese) Leadlight-working and window-glazing Optical and scientific instrument manufacturing Organ and piano and musical-instrument making and repairing Paper - milling, cardboard-box making, and pajier-bag making Photography Pneumatic tires, tire-covers, and rubber goods Printing, bookbinding, and stationery-manufacturing . . Rag-sorting and marine-stores pre|iaring Rope and twine manufacturing Sails, tents, flags, and oilskins manufacturing Seed-cleaning, and wool, hemp, and hop-pressing Watch and jewellery making and repairing Miscellaneous Trades. 1 49 15 7 5 117 19 2 171 35 95 307 5 33 14 2 1 196 175 15 6 13 miscellaneous iraaes. Ammunition-manufacturing .. .. .. 1 16 so 106 4,937 Basket, wickerware, and perambulator manufacturing.. 49 270 25 295 15.879 Brush, broom, and bellows manufacturing .. .. 15 124 51 175 8,865 Calico, flax, and jute bag manufacturing .. .. 7 19 57 76 2,190 Carpet-sewing and quilt-making .. .. .. 5 3 14 ; 17 719 Chaff and firewood cutting and corn-crushing .. 117 292 292 13,042 Cigarette, cigar, and tobacco making .. .. 19 31 62 93 2,951 Cork-cutting find bark-milling .. .. .. 2 5 .. 5 Dentistry (mechanical) .. .. .. .. 171 470 103* 573 25,326 Dyeing, cleaning, and feather-dressing .. .. 35 85 34 119 5,369 Fellmongering, wool-scouring, &c. .. .. .. 95 1,505 .. 1,605 136,526 Flax milling and dressing .. .. .. .. 307 3,529 12 3,541 199,189 Flock-milling •.. .. .. .. .. 5 19 1 20 902 Gum sorting and packing .. .. .. .. 33 208 1 209 18,771 Hair-working (wigs, &c.) .. .. .. .. 14 27 14 41 1,286 Incandescent-mantle manufacturing.. .. .. 2 .. 20 20 874 Lamp making and repairing .. .. .. 1 2 I .. 2 140 Laundry-work (European) .. .. .. .. 196 173 1,032 1,205 37,798 Laundry-work (Chinese) .. .. .. .. 175 311 3 314 2,713 Leadlight-working and window-glazing .. .. 15 48 1 49 3,249 Optical and scientific instrument manufacturing .. 6 15 1 16 1,207 Organ and piano and musical-instrument making and 13 56 .. 50 5,037 rfion.irincr repairing Paper - milling, cardboard-box making, and pajier-bag 15 133 142 275 j 16,104 makincr 15 maKmg Photography .. .. .. .. .. 107 198 195 393 16,123 Pneumatic tires, tire-covers, and rubber goods .. 2 9 .. 9 669 Printing, bookbinding, and stationery-manufacturing .. 294 2,841 767 3,608 325,746 Rag-sorting and marine-stores preparing .. .. 10 37 6 43 2,046 Rope and twine manufacturing .. .. .. 10 144 6 150 11,229 Sails, tents, flags, and oilskins manufacturing.. .. 46 161 61 222 13,649 Seed-cleaning, and wool, hemp, and hop-pressing . . 80 277 11 288 20,888 Watch and jewellery making and repairing .. 213 750 9 759 42,892 107 2 294 10 10 46 80 213 Totals .. , ' Totals .. .. .. .. .. 11,845 60,893 17,732 78,625 £5,319.019 tt I 11,845 H\ * These hands are also employed as attendants. These figures do not include the various Government railway workshops and the Government Printing Office in Wellington. 1908-7. 1907-8. Increase. Total number of factories registered .. .. .. .. 10,788 11,586 798 The total number of workrooms shown in statistics above is 11.845. The actual number of factories is 11,586. The difference in the total is accounted for by the faot that in several factories more than one trade is oarried on. 1908-7. 1907-8. Increase. Total number of hands employed in factories registered .. .. 75,310 78,625 3.315