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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, 1941-49

Port. 1940-48. 1 p d i 1948-49. 1940-49. Number of Man-weeks. Total Wages and Profits Paid. Average S Week Wc Number of Man-weeks. | Total Wages j and Profits | Paid. Average per Week AVorked . Number of Man-weeks. Total Wages and Profits Paid. Average per Week Worked. £ £ s. d. I £ £ s. d. £ £ s. d. Auckland* 562,524 6,166,415 10 19 3 90,592 1,020,279 11 5 3 653,116 7,186,694 11 0 1 Wellington! 398,149 4,262,345 10 14 1 55,942 623,952 11 3 1 454,091 4,886,297 10 15 3 Lyttelton 152,115 1,490,259 9 15 11 33,356 383,257 11 9 10 185,471 1,873,516 10 2 '0 Dunedin 102,527 987,045 9 12 7 15,454 193,642 12 10 7 117,981 1,180,687 10 0 2 Port Chalmers 59,103 520,811 8 16 3 10,759 102,682 9 10 11 69,862 623,493 8 18 6 Gisborne 3,808 28,647 7 10 5 3,960 27,609 6 19 5 7,768 56,256 7 4 10 Napier 51,793 527,679 10 3 9 12,144 133,853 11 0 5 63,937 661,532 10 6 11 Onehungaf 1,819 15,306 8 8 3 1,858 16,375 8 16 3 3,677 31,681 8 12 4 New Plymouth 54,011 493,631 9 2 9 10,056 117,229 11 13 2 64,067 610,860 9 10 8 Wanganui 19,051 141,825 7 8 11 3,905 34,016 8 14 3 22,956 175,841 7 13 2 Nelson .16,962 167,732 9 17 9 3,722 41,770 11 4 5 20,684 209,502 10 2 7 Picton 8,972 79,957 8 18 3 2,083 19,567 9 7 10 11,055 99,524 9 0 1 Timaru 12,416 122,896 9 18 0 5,818 | 64,053 11 0 2 18,234 186,949 10 5 1 Oamaruf 1,684 10,730 6 7 5 2,199 I 15,290 6 19 1 3,883 26,020 6 14 0 Bluff 44,910 417,877 9 6 1 9,172 106,958 11 13 3 54,082 524,835 9 14 1 Westport 13,075 121,355 9 5 8 3,386 34,054 10 1 2 16,461 155,409 9 8 10 Greymouth • . . 7,339 62,817 8 11 2 , 5,713 52,906 9 5 3 13,052 115,723 8 17 4 All ports 1,510,258 1 15,617,327 10 6 10 270,119 2,987,492 11 1 2 1,780,377 18,604,819 10 9 0 * Includes Onehunga returns, 1940-47* Board excluded. t From 1947-48 only. t From 30/6/47 only. § Union waterside workers employed by the Wellington Harbour