TABLE SHOWING NUMBER OF UNIONIST MAN-WEEKS, TOTAL HOURS, AND AVERAGE HOURS PER WEEK (ORDINARY AND OVERTIME) COVERING PERIOD OF FIFTY-TWO WEEKS ENDED 27th MARCH, 1945.

AVERAGE EARNINGS— RETURN A Return of Number of Unionists employed, Wages, etc., paid, and Average Wage per Man-week worked for Years ended 31st March, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945

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1940 " 41 - 1942-13. 1943-44. 1944-45. Port. ~~ " ~ ~ ~~ | — Number ptr wS lfu ™ ber Ave w g l ! Nun i ber Average Number Total Wages Average Number Total Wages I Average Man-weeks. paid worked Man week, ,,S per YT i« ° f , and oflts P er Week of and Proflts P eI wlek of and Profits , per wfek worked. Man-weeks. paid. worked. Man-weeks. paid. worked. Man-weeks. paid. worked. Man-weeks. paid. | worked. ; — — . 1 ! Wellington " lQl'nis 7 as'ia] faa'oon 9 1 ® 60,126 778,032 12 18 10 71,979 1,001,619 13 18 *4 77,882 927,862 11 18 1i Lyttelton " +7*507 11' I }« a fff?o'o ° 55 ' 729 653,657 11 14 7 57,633 652,900 11 6 7 55,479 583,787 10 10 5 Dunedin " 12*470 tfC'lit r is t IS'™ 8 11.11 18,258 165,514 9 1 4 19,449 207,061 10 12 11 j 19,743 188,016 9 10 6 Port Chalmers " t iq a r'tlt 11,237 104,699 9 6 4 12,285 127,995 10 8 5 12,543 125,156! 9 19 7 Napier " ' 5 19 0 6,630 53,203 8 0 6 5,390 46,052 8 10 11 6,693 64,036 9 11 4 7,392 67,372 9 2 3 New Plymouth " 7 S19 k« -tk o -t "a n ■' '• 7 ' 897 73,729 9 6 9 7,273 70,430 9 13 8 8,014 76,799 9 11 8 Wanganui " ' 7 4 9 6,543 50,261 7 13 8 5,267 40,395 7 13 5 5,605 47,491 8 9 6 6,573 61,165 9 6 1 Nelson ' " " " t 2 '»62 15,315 5 7 0 .. Notavailable .. §2,962 18,563 6 5 4 2,933 18,280 6 4 8 Pieton .. " !' " " •' •• •• '• •• •• II 2 ' 799 25,242 9 4 0 3,421 33,078 9 13 5 Bluff 4. io I),, A "a r " " " •• 1,753 15,134 8 12 8 1,615 14,180 8 15 7 Westport " 18,277 4 4 5 4,288 32,323 7 10 9 3,678 33,115 9 0 1 4,164 43,889 10 10 10 4,711 48,490 10 5 10 " •' - •• •• -- .. ■■ §111,762 13,700 7 15 6 All port8 .. 122,669 £934,157 £7 12 4 154,771 £1,447,811 £9 7 1 167,582 £1,895,193 £11 6 2 192,595 £2,274,360 £11 16 2 202,068 £2,157,885 £10 13 7 • Twentv-six weeks. f Twenty-two weeks. } Thirty-four weeks. § Including railway wages and distribution. || Including Harbour Board wages. U Twenty-four weeks. \ ■ • Sj|[

dumber of Total Hours worked. Average Hours worked per Week. . | Port. Man-weeks ; ! . j •' ' worked. | r ;— ~— —;— —;— ; j ■ Ordinary. I Overtime. Total. Ordinary. Overtime. I Total. • — I ! I _J I Auckland .. .. .. ... 77,882 1,891,324J 1,683,780 I 3,575, 104J 24J 21* 45§ Wellington .. .. .. .. 55,479 1,277,519 1,020,915 2,298,434 23 184 4H T>j.n •• •• •• 19,743 455,381| 284,879J 740,261 23 14' 374 I,'""''' 1 !' 1 , 12,543 304,424 221,310f 525,734| 24] 174 41J | . Port Chambers .. .. .. 7,392 196, 045 > 100,365J 296,410| 264 I31 40 A T '• ■' •• 8 > 014 104,439 160,028| 264,467| 13 20 33 Sew Plymouth.. .. .. .. 6,573 114,816| 115,238f 230,0554 174 174 35 Wanganui .. .. .. .. 2 ,933 42,214 17.179J 59,393| 144 54 204 £. el f 011 •• •• •• •• 3,421 107.3824 31,030 138,4124 31J 9 404 ? * " " ■ •• 1,615 28,224 26,719 54,943 17J 164 34 \\estport .. .. .. .. 1,762 18,569J 18,790i 37,360 10J 10i 214 i51utt '■ •• •• 4,711 81,285 85,110J 166,395i 17J 18 35J Totals •• •• -• j 202,068 4,621,625| 3,765, 8,386,973 22J 18J 41J ! I * Return for twenty-f our weeks only.