H.—11."

Factories —continued. Table 1— continued.

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Year ending 31st March, 1915. Trade. Total Number of Persons engaged. Wages paid _ __ o ,n 1 during the Total s .2 I Year ended Employers.* Employees. Persons |o 31st March, I engaged. |» 1914. Male. Female. I Male. : Female. _ 1 ■ _ J_ j J i • - ! 1 1 - SOUTHLAND D I STRICT— continued. £ £ Laundry-work (Chinese) Leadlight-manufacturing Manure-mixing Meat-slaughtering and preserving, &c. Milk-condensing Monumental masonry Musical-instruments making and repairing Paint and varnish manufacturing Paper-manufacturing Photography Picture-frame making Plumbing and tinsmithing Printing and bookbinding Rabbit-packing, &c. Rope and twine making Saddle and harness making Sail, tent, and cover making Sau sage-casing making Sawmilling, sash and door making, and carpentering .. Seed-cleaning, &e. Shirt and underclothing making Stone quarrying and crushing Tailoring Wire-working (mattresses, &c.) Watch and jewellery making and repairing Wool-dumping 11 .. .. .. , 11 7 1 .. 4 ... 5 1 4 .. 31 35 4 4,024 5 .. 321 326 6 32,052 1 .. 42 25 ] 68 1 6,340 2 .. 10 12 2 .936 2 .. 2 .. 4 3 169 1 .. 2 .. 3 1 234 1 .. 41 13 55 1 4,893 6 .. 1 11 18 8 516 4 .. 4 .. 8 4 137 28 ..111 .. 139 28 11,019 24 .. 118 22 164 25 18,016 5 .. 14 19 5 930 1 .. 3 .. 4 1 614 22 33 55 21 3,776 2 .. 2 1 5 2 337 1 .. 4 .. 5 1 559 106 .. 518 .. 624 98 64,486 9 35 44 9 4,375 2 .. 16 18 2 682 1 .. 12 13 1 1,790 42 2 89 131 264 39 18,866 1 .. 2 .. 3 1 315 10 11 1 22 12 1,180 8 .. 34 42 7 3,660 25 'is a '22 11 5 35 326 68 12 4 3 55 18 8 139 164 19 4 55 5 5 624 44 18 13 264 3 22 42 7 I 4 6 1 2 3 1 1 8 4 28 25 5 1 21 2 1 98 9 2 1 39 1 12 7 4,024 32,052 6,340 . 035 160 234 4,893 515 137 11,019 18,016 930 614 3,775 337 550 64,485 4,375 682 1,700 18,866 315 1,180 3,660 "1 16 131 "l Totals 756 56 2,690 542 4,044 779 325,607 * Includes managers and others pel tonally em (aged in the work of the factory.