H.—lla

Table 27.—Results of Registrations under Employment Order No. 9 (Women aged 31-40 Years inclusive) and Total Registrations under all Orders

Table 28.—Occupational Analysis at Time of Registration of Women aged 31-40 Years inclusive

Note. —Members of the Armed Forces, hospital employees, invalids, arid married women with children under sixteen years of age were exempted from the obligation to register.

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(Position at 29th February, 1944) Women aged 31-40 inclusive. Others Total to Morris Total aged registering Date of Man-power District. c " 31-40 under Total. all Women Single inclusive. Registration registered for Without With Order No. 9. Employment. Children. Children. __ i Whangarei .. .. .. .. 179 216 103 498 25 523 4,049 Auckland .. .. .. .. 2,678 2,720 608 6,006 315 6,321 31,411 Hamilton .. .. .. .. 517 682 192 1,391 133 1,524 10,057 Paeroa .. .. .. •• 111 115 33 259 43 302 2,489 Rotorua .. .. .. .. 178 239 59 476 19 495 2,957 Gisborne .. .. .. .. 176 166 40 382 25 407 2,734 Napier .. .. .. .. 433 354 74 861 37 898 4,830 New Plymouth .. .. .. 377 398 122 897 47 944 5,860 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 367 306 63 736 57 793 3,588 Palmerston North .. .. .. 482 492 78 1,052 74 1,126 6,282 Masterton .. .. .. .. 182 189 36 407 16 423 2,578 Lower Hutt .. .. .. .. 230 414 57 701 1 702 3,289 Wellington .. .. .. .. 1,693 1,656 229 3,578 5 3,583 16,124 Blenheim .. .. .. .. 84 99 18 201 9 210 599 Nelson .. .. .. . . 207 224 46 477 26 503 2,462 Westport .. .. .. .. 32 39 16 87 2 89 663 Greymouth .. .. .. .. 123 137 24 284 9 293 1,928 Christehuroh .. .. .. .. 1,618 1,305 252 3,175 229 3,404 18,495 Timaru .. .. .. .. 451 353 .. 804 .. 804 5,474 Oamaru .. .. .. .. 155 110 11 276 9 285 1,558 Dunedin .. .. .. .. 1,219 903 94 2,216 103 2,319 12,057 Invercargill .. .. .. .. 481 424 48 953 62 1,015 j 6,490 All districts .. .. .. 11,973 11,541 2,203 25,717 1,246 26,963 j 145,974

(Period covcred : 26th January, 1944, to '29th February, 1944) Women aged 31-40 inclusive. Women aged 31-40 inclusive. Married. Married. Occupational Group. Occupational Group. Single. -without Witli Single. wit | 10ut with Children. Children. Children. Children. Living at Home (not otherwise Other Secondary Industries— employed)— Engineering, metal, and munitions 83 78 24 Cities and towns .. .. 1,074 5,120 984 Boxmaking (wood), furniture, &c. 14 6 1 Country areas .. .. .. 742 1,579 479 Printing, stationery, cartons, &c. 94 50 8 — Other essential. . .. .. 105 121 28 Sub-total .. •• 2,416 6,699 1,463 Other not essential .. .. 53 60 8 Percentage of final total .. 20-2 58-0 66-4 Sub-total .. .. 349 315 69 All Office and Clerical W orkers —- Percentage of final total .. 2-9 2-7 3-1 Government Departments .. 612 427 69 Other essential employment .. 598 226 21 Shops and Warehouses, <Ssc.— Employment not declared essential 1,583 590 58 Retail-shop assistants .. .. 928 682 89 Hairdressers, commercial artists, 229 141 7 Sub-total .. •• 2,793 1,243 148 and other skilled workers Percentage of final total .. 23-3 10-8 6-7 Warehouse, depot, &c., workers .. 52 41 6 Primary Industry— Sub-total .. .. 1,209 864 102 All farming (including vegetable and 626 402 66 Percentage of final total .. 10-1 7-5 4-6 tobacco) ; Percentage of final total .. 5-2 3 • 5 3-0 Hospitals, Hotels, and Domestics— — Nurses (including trainees) .. 363 113 5 Transport and Communication — Hospital domestic workers .. 55 33 9 All transport (non-clerical) .. 52 43 10 Hotel, restaurant, &c., workers .. 548 397 81 Post and Telegraph (delivery, &c.) 55 46 14 Private domestics .. .. 945 251 55 Sub-total .. .. 107 89 24 Sub-total .. .. 1,911 794 150 Percentage of final total .. 0-9 0-8 1-1 Percentage of final total .. 16-0 6-9 6'8 Food and Drink Industries — Others— Food canning and preserving .. 37 34 12 Teachers (including trainees) .. 1,089 191 27 Other food and drink industries .. 144 125 16 Entertainments (theatres, &c.) .. 38 37 4 Students, full-time .. .. 9 1 Sub-total .. ■■ 181 159 28 Others not included above .. 280 97 11 Percentage of final total .. 1-5 1-4 1-3 Sub-total .. .. 1,416 326 42 Textile and Footwear Industries— Percentage of final total .. 11-8 2-8 1-9 Woollen and knitting mills ... 139 82 10 — Clothing factories .. .. 523 342 57 Footwear and leather .. .. 82 60 7 Laundries, dry-cleaning, &e. .. 72 70 18 Other textile industries .. .. 149 96 19 Final total .. .. 11,973 11,541 2,203 Sub-total .. 965 650 111 Percentage of final total .. 8 • 1 5-6 5-1