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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, 1949

* Does not include hours worked by union waterside workers employed by the Wellington Harbour Board. Notes.— Working-hours have been affected, by—(a) Main Ports.—Cancellation as from Bth September, 1945, of shift-work and work on Sundays, holidays, and on Saturday afternoons (except when vessels could finish by 5 p.m.). (b) Secondary Ports.—Cancellation as from Bth September, 1945, of shift- work ; cancellation as from 26th November, 1945, of work on Saturday nights, Sundays, and holidays ; cessation of work on Saturday afternoons and at 9 p.m. on ordinary week-days.

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Total Hours Worked. Average Hours Worked Per Week. Number of Port. Man-weeks - . .. - — - - - — Worked. j Ordinary. j Overtime. Total. Ordinary. Overtime. Total. 1 | Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 90,592 3,133,312} 1,142,889 4,276,201} 34J 12f Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 55,942 - 1,876,759} 638,435} 2,5.15,195** 33| 1 llj 45 Lyttelton .. .. .. .. .. 33,356 1,122,231 419,422} 1,541,653} 33} 12£ 46J 3>unedin •• •• •• •• .. 15,454 548, 209,670| 758,148 35| 13| 49 Port Chalmers -.. .. .. .. .. 10', 759 328,243| 93,012} 421,256 304 8f 39J Gisborne .. .. .. ,. .. 3 )96 o 22,238 126, 26J 5£ 31} Napier •• •• •• .. 12,144 380,632 140,6664 521,2984- 3l| ll| 43 Onehunga .. .. .. .. .. 1>868 56,701J 19,117 75,818} 30| 10} 40} New Plymouth .. .. .. .. io,056 328,5014 112,6994 441,201 32} 11} 44 Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 3,905 107,347} 29,355} 136,7034 274 7} 35 Nelson •• •• •• •• | 3,722 133,7444 31,594 165,3384 36 84 444 Picton - •• •• | 2,083 51,644} 25,195 76,839} 24} 12 36} Tunaru •• •• .. 5,818 180,344} 64,521* 244,866} 31 11 42 Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. j 2,199 54,186} 16,444 70,630} 24} 7* 32} Bluff •• •• •• •• •• . . 9,172 302,0454 110,830 412,875* 33 12 45 Westport .. .. .. .. 1 3,386 76,409 38,0584 114,467-| 224 11} 33} Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 5,713 138,0724 63,516} 201,588} 24} 11 35} Totals .. .. .. ..J 270,119 8,922,492} 3,177,666} 12,100,159 33 11} 44}