THE INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, 1908: RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL UNION REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT TO 31st DECEMBER, 1911.

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1912 Session II, H-11a

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■Session 11. :.-...:■ 1912. NEW ZEALAND.

THE INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, 1908: RETURN SHOWING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL UNION REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT TO 31st DECEMBER, 1911.

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly pursuant to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1908.

Names of Unions. Number of Members. Industrial Unions of Employers. N lorthern (Auckland) District — Auckland and Suburban General Carriers and Coal-merchants Auckland Boot-manufacturers Auckland Builders and Contractors Auckland Clothing-manufacturers Auckland Electric Tramways Company (Limited) Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company (Limited) Auckland Grocers Auckland Guild of Master Painters Auckland Licensed Victuallers' Association ... Auckland Master Bakers Auckland Master Hairdressers and Tobacconists Auckland Master Plumbers Auckland Master Printers Auckland Master Tailors Auckland Private Hotel and Boardinghouse Keepers Auckland Provincial Bookbinders and Manufacturing Stationers Auckland Provincial Coachbuilders and Wneelwrights ... Auckland Provincial Gum-dealers... Auckland Provincial Master Butchers Auckland Provincial Nurserymen and Landscape Gardeners Auckland Provincial Shipowners, Ship, Yacht, and Boat Builders ... Auckland Provincial Tanners, Fellmongers, and Soap-manufacturers Auckland Restaurateurs ... Auckland Saddlery and Harness Manufacturers Auckland Sawmillers and Wood ware-manufacturers Devonport Steam Ferry Company (Limited) ... Ford Shipping Line (Limited) Gisborne Builders and Contractors Gisborne Master Tailors .... Gisborne Timber Merchants and Sawmillers ... Kaipara Steamship Company (Limited) New Zealand Boot-manufacturers'Association Northern Steamship Company (Limited) Poverty Bay and East Coast Sheepowners Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) Waikato Builders and Contractors ... 12 14 88 10 1 1 103 40 53 44 30 45 53 35 21 11 14 15 37 23 • - 16 11 40 16 59 1 1 17 12 12 1 35 1 140 I 22 1,035

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Names of Unions. dumber of Members. Industrial Unions of Employers— continued. Wellington District — W. Dimock and Co. (Limited) Hastings Master Horse-shoers ... ... Hawke's Bay Builders and Contractors Hawke's Bay Master Bakers Hawke's Bay Master Tailors Hawke's Bay Sheepowners E. W. Mills and Co. (Limited) ... National Dairy Association of New Zealand (Limited) Palmerston North Master Butchers Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Company (Limited) Thomas Ballinger and Co. (Limited) Wairarapa Master Bakers ... ... ... Wanganui Builders and Contractors Wanganui Licensed and Allied Trades Wanganui Licensed Victuallers ... Wanganui Master Painters Wellington Builders and Contractors Wellington Licensed Victuallers'Association... Wellington Master Bakers Wellington Master Butchers Wellington Master Painters Wellington Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders Wellington Master Tailors ... Wellington Timber-merchants 1 17 87 16 20 186 1 1 11 1 1 5 43 38 15 10 99 46 38 33 17 23 26 11 Canterbury District — Builders and Contractors' Association of Canterbury ... Canterbury Butchers ... ... ... Canterbury Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights... Canterbury Dairymen ... Canterbury Employers of Drivers... Canterbury Grocers Canterbury Licensed Victuallers ... Canterbury Master Bakers Canterbury Master Printers Canterbury Saddlers ... Canterbury Sawmillers Canterbury Sheepowners Canterbury Tanners, Fellmongers, and Wool-scourers Christchurch Cab-owners Christchurch Furniture-makers ... Christchurch Master Tailors New Zealand Flour-millers' Co-operative Association South Canterbury Builders South Canterbury Master Bakers ... South Canterbury Threshing-mill Owners Timaru Butchers Timaru Grocers Timaru Painters and Plumbers ... Whiteombe and Tombs (Limited)... 746 51 67 15 30 22 38 118 44 24 15 10 615 12 33 12 21 1 67 15 37 14 23 25 1 | Jtago and Southland District — Dunedin and Suburban General Carriers and Coal-merchants Dunedin and Suburban Tip Carters Dunedin Builders and Contractors Dunedin Master Bakers Dunedin Master Tailors Dunedin Private Hotel and Restaurant Employers Invercargill Coal-merchants Invercargill and Suburban Master Butchers ... Oamaru Master Tailors Otago and Southland Gold-mining Otago and Southland Master Saddlers' Society Otago and Southland Sheepowners Otago Drapers and Clothiers Otago Grocers 1,310 64 12 66 33 16 31 13 19 9 27 38 112 18 188 % Carried forward

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Names of Unions. Number ol Members. Industrial Unions of Employers— continued. Brought forward Otago and Southland District —continued. Otago Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders... Otago Painters Southland Builders and Contractors Southland Coach-builders and Blacksmiths ... Southland Grocers Southland Master Tailors ... ... ... ... Southland Sawmillers Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited) ... Westport Coal Company (Limited) 646 ■ 77 32 38 42 45 10 41 1 1 Taranaki District — Taranaki Dairying and Farming ... Taranaki Licensed Victuallers Taranaki Master Builders ... ... ... Taranaki Master Tailors 933 40 18 12 34 Marlborough District — Marlborough Sheepowners Marlborough Traction-engine and Machine Owners 104 36 16 Nelson District — Nelson Builders and Contractors ... Nelson Master Tailors 52 15 8 Westland District — Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited) Westland Licensed Victuallers ... ... Westland Sawmilling ... 23 1 30 17 48 Total members, 118 Industrial Unions of Employers 4,251 Industrial Unions of Workers. Northern (Auckland) District — Auckland Beamsmen ... Auckland Bookbinders, Paper-rulers, and Cutters Auckland Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Auckland Branch of the Federated Cooks and Stewards ... Auckland Brewers', Wine and Spirit Merchants', and Aerated-water Employees Auckland Brick and Pottery and Clay Workers Auckland Bricklayers ... Auckland Butchers Auckland Cabmen Auckland Central Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Auckland Certificated Engine-drivers Auckland Coachworkers Auckland Coopers Auckland Curriers Auckland Cutters, Trimmers, Pressers, and other Clothing Employees Auckland Dairy Employees Auckland District Boilermakers, Iron-ship Workers, and Bridge-builders Auckland District of the Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers Auckland Drivers Auckland Electrical Workers Auckland Farriers and General Blacksmiths ... Auckland Fellmongers, Tanners, Soapworkers, and General Tannery Employees Auckland Fish-curers ... ... Auckland Grocers'Assistants Auckland Gum-diggers Auckland Gum-workers ... ... ... ... ... Auckland Hairdressers' Assistants ... ... ... ... Auckland Hotel and Restaurant Employees ... Auckland House-painters ... .. ... ... . ; Auckland Iron and Brass Moulders ... ... ... 19 33 128 43 149 213 155 .394 19 246 160 36 14 34 46 75 58 177 604 21 33 142 45 149 74 100 53 1378 458 111 Carried forward ... ... ... -1 nn

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Names of Unions. Number of Members. Industrial Unions of Workers— continued. Brought forward Northern (Auckland) District —continued. Auckland Letterpress Machinists ... Auckland Lithographic Society Auckland Merchant Service Guild Auckland Nursery and Landscape Gardeners... Auckland Operative Bakers and Pastrycooks... Auckland Operative Bootmakers ... Auckland Operative Plasterers Auckland Operative Stonemasons... Auckland Plumbers Auckland Rattan and Wicker Workers Auckland Saddlers, Harness-makers and Collar-makers, and Bridle-cutters Auckland Sail, Tent, and Cover Makers Auckland Section of the Australasian Federated Seamen, r. Auckland Shipmasters Auckland Ship, Yacht, and Boat Builders Auckland Slaughtermen Auckland Stage Employees Auckland Tailoresses. ... Auckland Tailors Auckland Tinsmiths and Sheet-metal Workers Auckland Typographical Auckland United Flour-mill Employees Auckland United Furniture Trades ... Auckland Waterside Workers Devonport Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carppnters and Joiners Gisborne and East Coast Shearers and Woolshed Employees Gisborne Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Gisborne Drivers Gisborne Painters and Decorators Gisborne Typographical Gisborne Waterside Workers Hamilton Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Hamilton Carters Hamilton Painters and Decorators North Auckland Industrial Union of Timber-workers Ohinemuri Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Onehunga Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Poverty Bay and East Coast Builders', Contractors', and General Labourers Poverty Bay Freezing-works Poverty Bay Slaughtermen Rotorua Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Thames Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Thames Miners United Clerks of Auckland Westfield Chemical-manure Workers 5167 52 12 33 22 214 350 67 58 217 24 75 20 274 42 83 61 36 370 273 73 170 45 84 796 37 345 108 52 34 20 170 18 11 16 918 4Q 40 184 390 68 10 33 1004 101 £i 12,301 Wellington District — '"Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of New Zealand Brooklyn Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Chief Stewards of New Zealand ... Federated Cooks and Stewards of New Zealand (Wellington) Hastings Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Hawke's Bay Drovers and Shepherds Hawke's Bay Fishermen Hawke's Bay Freezing-works Lower Hutt Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Manawatu Flax-mill Employees ... Manawatu Freezing-works Employees Masterton Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Napier Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Napier Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Napier Drivers ... j i 16084 55 77 414 111 41 42 129 58 \ 523 46 34 205 39 216 Carried forward 8074 * This union has forty-two branches throughout the Dominion, with headquarters in Wellini [ton.

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Names of Unions. I Number oi Members. Industrial Unions of Workers— continued. Brought forward 'ellington District —continued. Napier Gas Employees Napier Painters and Decorators ... Napier Wharf Labourers and Stevedores Napier Wool and Grain Store Employees New Zeala.nd Bookbinders and Paper-rulers' Trade Society (Wellington) North Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Palmerston North Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Palmerston North Painters and Decorators ... Petone Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Petone Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Petone (Wellington) Woollen Mills Employees South Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship Builders of Wanganui United Employees' Society of- Boilermakers and Iron-ship Builders of New Zealand (Wellington) Wanganui Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wanganui Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Wanganui Drivers Wanganui Gas Stokers, Trimmers, and Cokers Wanganui Operative Butchers ... ... .... Wanganui Society of Painters and Decorators Wanganui Tram ways .Employees Wanganui Waterside Workers Wellington Amalgamated Manual Employees, other than drivers in hardware, drugs, stationery, cycle and lighting appliance, boot, grindery, seed, wine and spirit, oil, glass, watch and clock dealers, jewellers, fancy goods, fruit and confectionery, and wholesale soft-goods and grocery establishments Wellington Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers ... ... Wellington Branch of the N ew Zealand Federated Tailoresses and Pressers ... Wellington Bricklayers Wellington Building Trades Labourers Wellington Butter, Creamery, and Cheese Factories Employees Wellington Carriers Wellington Coach workers Wellington District Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Workers Wellington District of the Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers Wellington Drivers Wellington Electrical Workers Wellington Farriers and General Blacksmiths Wellington Gas Stokers and Cokers Wellington General Labourers Wellington Grocers Wellington Iron and Brass Moulders Wellington Letterpress Printers' Machinists ... Wellington Match-factory Employees Wellington Merchant Service Guild Wellington Operative Bakers Wellington Operative Bootmakers'Society Wellington Operative Butchers Wellington Operative Sausage-casing Makers... Wellington Plasterers... Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitters "... Wellington Pullers Wellington Saddlers ... Wellington Shearers ... ... .... Wellington Shipwrights' Society ...' Wellington Slaughtermen Wellington Stage Employees Wellington Stationary, Traction, and Locomotive Engine Drivers Wellington Stonemasons ... ... ... ... Wellington Tailors Wellington Timber-yards and Sawmills Wellington Tinplate and Sheet-metal Operatives Wellington Tramways Employees Wellington Typographical Wellington United Furniture Trade Wellington Wool and Grain Store Employees Whakatu Sausage-easing Makers... 8074 34 111 313 86 68 169 43 28 60 65 123 179 9 45 51 16 124 16 47 69 22 159 310 297 250 83 374 78 270 55 38 54 762 460 534 47 25 35 1119 147 52 101 38 262 254 211 238 : 30 44 146 27 57 1238 47 302 53 139 27 354 105 28 367 330 260 44 28 19,631

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Names of Unions. Number of Members. Industrial Unions of Workers— continued. Canterbury District — Ashburton Painters ... ... ... ... ... ... 18 Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers ... ... ... 370 Canterbury Bricklayers ... ... ... ... ... 113 Canterbury Brick, Pottery, Pipe, Tile, and Clay Workers ... ... 118 Canterbury Builders' and General Labourers, Quarry-workers, and Wool and 1147 Grain Store Employees Canterbury Carpenters and Joiners ... ... ... ... j 310 Canterbury Coachbuilders ... ... ... ... ... j- 74 Canterbury Curriers ... ... ... ... ... ... | 14 Canterbury Cycle-workers ... ... ... ... ... 61 Canterbury Dairymen's Employees ... ... ... ... ; 29 Canterbury Freezing-works, Bacon, and Manure Employees ... ... 443 Canterbury Grocers'Assistants ... ... ... ... ... 51 Canterbury Hotel and Restaurant Employees ... ... ... 462 Canterbury Maltsters and Brewery Employees ... ... ... 82 Canterbury Metal-workers' Assistants ... ... ... ... 189 Canterbury Motor-car and Horse Drivers and Livery-stable Employees ... , 706 Canterbury Operative Bakers, Pastrycooks, and Confectioners' Employees ... j 99 Canterbury Printers' Machinists and Bookbinders ... ... ... i 66 Canterbury Rattan and Wicker Workers ... ... ... ... 18 Canterbury Shearers ... ... ... ... ... ... 1325 Canterbury Slaughtermen .,. ... ... ... ... 167 Canterbury Tanners, Fellmongers, and Skinners ... ... ... 672 Canterbury Timber-yards, Sawmills, and Coal-yard Employees ... ... 118 Canterbury Traction and Stationary Engine Drivers and Firemen ... ... 130 Canterbury Typographical Association ... ... ... ... 160 Canterbury Wool-classers ... - ... ... ... ... 44 Canterbury Woollen-mills Employees ... ... ... ... 120 Christchurch Aerated-water Workers and other Bottlers... ... ... 39 Christchurch Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ... 272 Christchurch Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers ... ... 198 Christchurch Gardeners ... ... ... ... ... 44 Christchurch Gas Stokers and Cokers ... ... ... ... 19 Christchurch Hairdressers and Tobacconists'Assistants ... ... ... 24 Christchurch Iron and Brass Moulders ... ... ... ... 110 Christchurch Operative Bootmakers'Society ... ... ... ... 453 Christchurch Operative Butchers ... ... ... ... ... 185 Christchurch Operative Stonemasons ... ... ... ... 33 Christchurch Painters ... ... ... ... ... 206 Christchurch Plasterers ... ... ... ... ... 75 Christchurch Plumbers and Gasfitters ... ... ... ... 76 Christchurch Range-workers ... ... ... ... ... 17 Christchurch Saddlers, Harness, and Collar Makers ... ... ... 43 Christchurch Tailoring Trade ... ... ... ... ... 395 Christchurch Tailoresses and Pressers ... ... ... ... 278 Christchurch Tinsmiths and Sheet-metal Workers ... ... 65 Christchurch Tramway Employees ... ... ... ... 231 Christchurch United Furniture Trades ... ... ... ... 173 Homebush Collieries ... ... ... ... ... ... 24 Lyttelton Casual Wharf Labourers ... ... ... ... 80 Lyttelton Merchant Service Guild ... ... .. ... 58 Rangiora Branch, No. 2, of the Canterbury Carpenters and Joiners' Association ... 24 South Canterbury Bakers and Pastrycooks ... ... ... ... 24 South Canterbury Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Sheet-metal Workers ... ... 20 South Canterbury Timber-yards and Sawmill and Coal-yard Employees ... 44 Theatrical Employees' Association of New Zealand ... ... ... 39 Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ... 17 Timaru Carpenters ... ... ... ... ... ... 55 Timaru Society of Painters and Decorators ... ... ... ... 41 United Boilermakers and Iron-ship Builders of Canterbury ... ... 54 United Millers, Engine-drivers, and Mill Employees' Society of Canterbury ... 60 Waimate Workers ... ... ... ... ... ... 119 10,701 Otago and Southland District — Bluff Waterside Workers ... ... ... ... .. 196 Dunedin and Mosgiel Woollen-mills Employees ... ... ... 149 Dunedin and Suburban Drivers ... ... ... ... ... 214 Carried forward ... ... ... ... 559

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Names of Unions. Number ol Members. Industrial Unions of Workers— continued. Brought forward ... ... Otago and Southland District —continued. Dunedin and Suburban Operative Butchers ... Dunedin Bakers and Pastrycooks ... Dunedin Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Dunedin Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers Dunedin Canister Workers Dunedin Operative Bootmakers ... Dunedin Operative Stonemasons ... Dunedin Painters Dunedin Performing Musicians Dunedin Range-workers Dunedin Section of the Australasian Federated Seamen ... Dunedin Stage Employees ... ... . . ... ... Dunedin Tailoresses and Shirtmakers Dunedin Tinsmiths ... ... ... ... ... Dunedin Trawlers Dunedin United Furniture Trades Dunedin United Plumbers and Gasfitters Invercargill Bootmakers Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and Electrical Workers Iron and Brass Moulders' Union of New Zealand Mataura Paper-mill Workers Otago Box-workers Otago Brass-finishers and Electro-platers Otago Bricklayers Otago Certificated Engine-drivers... Otago Coachworkers and Wheelwrights Otago Coal-miners ... ... ... ... ... Otago General Labourers Otago Grocers' Assistants ... ... ... ... Otago Hairdressers'Assistants Otago Hotel, Bestaurant, and Boardinghouse Employees Otago Letterpress Printers' Machinists Otago Lithographers ... Otago Metal-workers' Assistants ... Otago Operative Plasterers Otago Saddlers, Harness, and Collar Makers ... Otago Seine Fishermen ... ... ... Otago Shearers Otago Slaughtermen ... Otago Timber-yards and Sawmills Otago Tramways Otago Typographical ... Otago United Shipwrights Otago and Southland Chemical-manure Workers Otago and Southland Gold-miners Otago and Southland Operative Tailors and Shop Tailoresses Port Chalmers Marine Labourers ... Pressers and other Clothing-factories Operatives of Dunedin Southland Building Trade and General Labourers, Wool and Grain Store Employees, and Drivers Southland Freezing-works Southland Operative Butchers Southland Painters ... ... ... ... ... Southland Slaughtermen Southland Timber-yards and Sawmills Southland Typographical ... Southland United Furniture Trades United Boilermakers and Iron-ship Builders of Otago United Millers, Engine-drivers, and Mill Employees of Otago 559 70 120 469 186 14 212 11 183 30 27 744 28 500 26 21 107 69 15 61 28 161 25 23 25 53 41 58 446 1157 44 25 608 25 13 199 21 45 21 857 39 66 182 121 51 61 102 249 242 48 505 45 42 64 47 956 32 21 50 32 10,282 Taranaki District — New Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners ... New Plymouth Waterside Workers Taranaki Letterpress, Lithographers, and Machinists 32 74 22 Carried forward 128

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The following Unions have failed to send in annual returns, and will be cancelled pursuant to Section 21, unless cause to the contrary be shown:— Industrial Unions of Employers. Northern (Auckland) Industrial District. Christchurch Boot Repairers and Retailers. Auckland Provincial Farriers and Blacksmiths. Mitchelson Timber Company (Limited). Otago and Southland Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial District. Dunedin Master Slaughtermen. Blackball Coal Company (Limited). Otago Plasterers. Industrial Unions of Workers. Wellington Industrial District. Canterbury Industrial DistrictWellington Branch of the Federated Seamen's Timaru Operative Butchers. Industrial Union of New Zealand. Otago and Southland Industrial District. Marlborough Industrial District. Dunedin W 7 ool and Grain Storemen. Marlborough Labourers. Otago Rattan and Wicker Workers. J. Lomas, Registrar of Industrial Unions. Approximate Cost of Paper. —Preparation, not given; printing (1,500 copies), £S 10s.

By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9l2. Price 6d.]

Names of Unions. Number oJ Members. Industrial Unions of Workers— continued. Brought forward Taranaki District— continued. Taranaki Operative Bootmakers ... ... Taranaki Painters and Decorators Taranaki Tailoring Trade Waitara General Labourers 128 9 40 65 65 Marlborough District — Marlborough Building Trades Marlborough Drivers ... Marlborough Freezing-works Employees Marlborough Shearers 807 50 35 51 192 Nelson District — Nelson Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Nelson Labourers Nelson Painters Nelson Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Sheet-metal Workers ... Nelson Tailors and Tailoresses Nelson Typographical ... Taitapu Miners 328 25 20 17 10 44 10 24 150 Westland District — Greymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Greymouth Wharf Labourers Grey Valley Miners ... ... • Inangahua Miners ... : Westland Certificated Engine-drivers and Firemen Westland Operative Bakers Westland Tailoring Trade Westland Typographical Westport Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Westport General Labourers and Mechanics ... 24 252 52 1046 141 19 95 11 15 274 1,929 Total members, 307 Industrial Unions of Workers 55,629