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Table XXI—Apprenticeship Contracts Registered and Apprenticeship Contracts Completed During Year Ended 31st March, 1950, and Apprenticeship Contracts in Force at 31st March, 1950

Note. —Districts administered by the District Commissioners are comprised of the following employment districts : Auckland —• South Auckland— Western North Island— Wellington— Canterbury— Otago— Whangarei. Hamilton. New Plymouth. Napier. Westport. Oamaru. Auckland. Taumarunui. Wanganui. Hastings. Greymouth. Dunedin. Paeroa. Palmerston North. Masterton. Christchurch. Invercargill. Tauranga. Lower Hutt. Ashburton. Rotorua. Wellington. Timaru. Gisborne. Blenheim. Nelson.

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Contracts Registered During Y ear. -g Contracts in Force at 31st March, 1950. Commissioner's District. 3 a. cs Trade. Auckland. South Auckland. Western North Island. Wellington. Canterbury. Otago. 0 H T3 ' 03 "3 is Contracts C< During the Baking 8 9 10 12 18 23 80 48 227 Boatbuilding 9 5 1 2 17 12 91 Boilermaking 7 2 9 8 58 Boot-repairing 4 2 ' '9 ' '8 2 25 11 87 Bricklaying 1 ' 1 2 3 6 1*3 9 55 "Carpentering 143 118 ii6 160 116 121 774 540 2,799 Clothing 24 5 3 14 24 16 86 51 332 •Coachbuilding 49 29 25 24 23 16 166 68 620 ■Coopering 1 6 7 3 5 Dentistry 4 ' 1 ' 1 ' 5 ' 2 13 10 57 Electrical 63 32 30 96 33 32 286 223 1,024 Engineering 123 36 55 73 68 30 385 345 1,626 Motor engineering 105 76 83 92 82 62 500 362 2,137 Footwear manufacturing 40 17 22 5 84 24 193 Furniture 75 '20 '27 45 49 39 255 187 1,124 •Gardening 5 1 5 10 3 24 4 32 Hairdressing 8 3 ' 9 10 5 7 42 19 143 Jewellery 10 1 4 9 6 5 35 32 148 Masonry 1 1 1 3 3 14 Moulding 4 " '4 ' "4 ' 2 5 1 20 12 75 Painting 18 16 18 33 21 25 131 86 436 Photo-engraving 12 1 4 6 5 28 10 73 Plastering 11 6 ' '8 9 9 14 57 29 169 Plumbing 26 27 7 36 17 14 127 106 593 Printing 43 9 13 35 20 15 135 110 604 leather, and 5 1 1 4 3 14 5 56 canvas goods -Sheet-metal working .. 11 5 3 7 6 7 39 26 180 Terrazzo work 2 1 . 3 6 Other "3 4 4 ' 3 14 i3 99 Total 813 401 418 711 564 465 3,372 2,356 13,063