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Table 47. —Survey of Building and Construction Labour Force engaged at 31st January, 1946

155

(Excluding ownaccount workers and working proprietors) District. Carpenters and Builders. Plumbers. Bricklayers. Plasterers. Electricians. Painters. Roof Tilers and Fixers. Floor and Wall Tilers. Welders. Riveters. 1 §0 Other Steel Workers. Concrete-workers. Bridge Carpenters. Pile-driving Crews. Compression Drivers. Pneumatic-drill Operators. 1 Earth-moving 1 Mechanical Drivers Whangarei Auckland 263 69 11 14 87 54 5 2 2 1 7 2,406 449 593 72 142 93 157 13 413 1 820 fiO 124 2 22 21 14. 1 ! 3 65 13 62 7 18 5 6 19 47 3 23 13 3 4 2 97 43 3 10 16 24 1 1 Rotorua Gisborne Napier New Plymouth Wanganui Palmerston North Masterton Lower Hutt and Wellington 357 169 218 91 65 69 1 191 44 13 36 57 47 65 81 55 66 5 5 3 2 1 3 5 5 459 101 9,0 36 73 123 2 5 1 308 56 11 7 37 81 2 6 9 552 171 1,796 147 66 473 18 2 58 66 15 145 96 48 56 125 40 499 23 94 ifi 8 3 10 2 24 26 2 1 1 4 6 5 15 111 20 4 15 il 20 1 1 2 15 2 1 322 68 6 17 fi7 73 4 1 1 5 1 8 Westport Greymouth Christehureh 48 98 3 ?A 2 9 8 4 < < 3 3 2 11 1 2 i' 4 5 1,381 78 368 4? 72 16 118 7 240 44 401 37 43 10 0 g 3 10 9 2 1 3 io Umaru 249 64 W 30 48 84 fi 4 5 Oamaru 65 890 25 174 1 56 2 133 44 1% 23 229 31 4 2 24 4 12 2 3 Invercargill 337 83 32 32 72 74 23 5 1 2 2 1 5 2 2 1 Whole Dominion 1 0,847 2,729 530 922 1 ,862 2. ,995 373 60 61 4 19 139 197 43 17 13 22 122 District. a C c Tunnellers. Road-sealing Workers. Culvert Workers. Lifters and Plate-layers. i c \ j? 3 Adzors. Axe and Bushmen. Loco.-Drivers. Mechanics. Stonemasons. Storemen. Lorry-drivers. Labourers. Other Skilled. Other Semi-skilled. Surveyors and Engineers. Foremen. Clerical. Total. Whangarei a 2 1 70 11 5 1 18 9 645 Auckland Hamilton Taumarunui Paeroa Rotorua Gisborne Napier New Plymouth .. 48 2 36 54 7 3 7 78 5 12 2 5 1 55 2 i" 3 30 1 1 250 9 2 2 6 20 1,469 62 3 17 58 51 38 57 84 11 *5 '8 2 4 85 9 'i 2 3 74 1 i i 234 26 "i 7 51 13 11 87 5 *2 15 8 19 8 7 ,525 795 51 221 732 498 555 941 Wanganui Palmerston North Masterton Lower Hutt and Wellington Blenheim 1 .. . 9 5 R 1 4 3 35 56 1 6 I i 5 25 8 40 60 65 57 361 "i 33 is i2 '2 is 13 17 16 91 6 11 9 9 78 627 1,267 427 4.081 2 1 1 3 12 11 239 Neslon 2 5 1 3 76 12 7 10 6 is 718 Westport Greymouth Christehureh 6 4 3 4 2fi 11 4 9 62 13 9 265 34 20 12 1 60 2 48 89 174 3.248 Ashburton Timaru 3 2 1 3 2 13 42 1 3 18 1 4 9 13 6 284 584 Oamaru Dunedin 7 5 2 5 5 25 11 210 4 61 16 3 15 30 8 22 199 2.071 Invercargill 19 1 3 2 26 57 6 11 12 20 839 Whole Dominion 66 45 97 11 193 56 1 86 23 54 492 3,076 283 215 131 < 837 389 26,810