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ALEXANDRA SOUTH. The principal source of employment here is dredging (gold), there being 23 dredges working in this district, giving employment to about 200 men. Fruit-growers in this district have had a good season, and the export of fruit is in excess of last season's. The antimony-mine is being developed ;. smelting-works are being erected for treatment of the ore. This should give employment to a good number of men.

OTHER TOWNS. Officers in the following towns have also forwarded reports stating that the various labour laws are working satisfactorily : — Northern Industrial District. Aratapu. Kihikihi. Papakura. Te Puke. Cambridge. Mangawai. Port Awanui. Thames. Coromandel. Mangonui. Pukekohe. Tologa Bay. Dargaville. Mercer. Raglan. Waihi. Hamilton. Morrinsville. Rotorua. Waikino. 11 elensville. Ngaruawahia. Russell. Waipiro Bay. Hikurangi. Ongarue. Taumarunui. Waipu. Hokianga. Opotiki. Ta.upo. Waiuku. Huntly. Otahuhu. Tauranga. Whakatane. Kaitaia. Otorohanga. Te Aroha. Whangaroa. Karangahake. Paeroa. Te Awamutu. Whitianga. Kawhia. Pahi. Te Karaka. Taranaki Industrial District. « Eltham. Manaia. Opunake. Stratford. Inglewood. Mokau. Patea. Wellington Industrial District. Ashhurst. 11 unterville. Onga Onga. Upper Hutt. Bull's. Kimbolton. Ormondville. Waipawa. Carterton. Levin. Otaki. Waipukurau. Clive. Mangaweka. Porangahau. Wairoa. Eketalyina. Martinborough. Raetihi. Waitotara. Foxton. Marton. Rongotea. Waverley. Greytown. Ohakune. Te Nui. Woodville. Marlborouyh Industrial District. Havelock. Picton. Seddon. Nelson Industrial District. Collingwood. Murchison. Takaka. Wcstland Industrial District. Brunnerton. Hokitika. Okarito. Seddonville. Denniston. Kumara. Reefton. Westport. Granity. Lyell. Ross. Canterbury Industrial District. Akaroa. Geraldine. Methven. Sheffield. Amberley. Kaikoura. Oxford. Southbridge. Cheviot. Leeston. Pleasant Point. St. Andrews. Coalgate. Lincoln. Rakaia. Temuka. Culverden. Little River. Rangiora. Waimate. Fairlie. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Arrowtown. Lawrence. Orepuki. Roxburgh. Balclutha. Lumsden. Otautau. St. Bathan's. Clinton. Mataura. Outram. Tapanui. Clyde. Middlemarch. Owaka. Waikaia. Cromwell. Milton. Palmerston South. Waikouaiti. Gore. Naseby. Pembroke. Waitahuna. Hampden. Ngapara. Queenstown. Winton. Kaitangata. Ophir. Riverton. Wyndham. Kurow.

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