DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1923 Session I-II, H-11

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Session 11. 1923. NE W ZEALA. N D.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOUR (REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Houses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

REPORT. The Skcretary, Department of Labour, to the Hon. the Minister of Labour. Sir, — Department of Labour, Wellington, 16th June, 1923. I have the honour to present herewith the thirty-second annual report of this Department, for the information of His Excellency the Governor-General, and to be laid before Parliament in compliance with the Labour Department Act, 1908, and the Factories Act, 1921-22. The report covers the financial year Ist April, 1922, to 31st March, 1923. I have, Ate, F. W. Rowley, •The Hon. the Minister of Labour. Secretary of Labour. Conditions of Trade and Employment. Following upon the improvement in the trade prospects of the Dominion the number of unemployed on the books of the Department during the year has considerably fallen, and is at present 840, which is less than half the number registered at this time last year; no doubt any necessitous cases existing during the winter will be provided for on various sections of the public works set apart by the Public Works Department for the purpose. It is noteworthy that, with the exoeption of engineering, only a few men have been idle in the skilled trades, the applicants for employment being mostly from the ranks of unskilled labourers, with a few seamen, stewards and waiters, drivers, storemen, cooks, farm hands, clerks, and shop-assistants. This fact Las some bearing on the apprentice question, upon which comment is made on page 12. Total engagements made at Department's Employment Bureaux :— 1922-23—3,987 (2,296 to public works, 1,691 to private employment). Dependants, 4,327. In addition, 398 men were assisted by the advancing of railway fares or otherwise. 1921-22—4,989 (2,156 to Government works, 2,833 to private employment). Dependants, 4,719.

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Year. Number of Factories registered. Movement. Number of Factory Workers. Movement. 1913-14 (before the war) 1914-15 1915-16 (since the war began). . 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 (after the war) 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 13,4-69 13,937 13.214 12.455 12,485 12,444 13,490 13,661 14,013 14,535 94 (increase) 468 723 (decrease) 759 _ „ 30 (increase) 41 (decrease) 1,046 (increase) 171 „ 352 522 87,517 88,812 83,011 78,188 79,653 82,783 85,591 96,603 96,980 92,608 919 (increase), 1,295 5,801. (decrease). 4,823 1,465 (increase). 3,130 2,808 11,012 377 4,372 (decrease).

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It will be noticed that there has been a large increase in the number of factories, combined with a considerable decrease in the number of workers employed therein. This is considered to be due to the effect of the recent depression : the larger factories have found it necessary to make reductions in their staffs, and a considerable number of the men thus thrown out of employment have started small factories on their own account. It may be doubted, whether many of these establishments will survive, and a return to normality will probably cause a reversion to the former position. The figures as to the number of factories and workers employed therein do not purport to coincide with those of the Government Statistician (Census of Industrial Manufactures), as his returns, which are drawn up purely for statistical purposes, do not cover various small establishments that are included as factories under tin* Factories Act.

Accidents in Factories.

The monthly totals of the accidents correspond fairly accurately with the industrial activities of the time of the year, and so mark the close relationship between accidents and the general state of trade. This year shows a decrease of 272 in the total number of accidents reported as compared with the previous year, a considerable proportion of the decrease relating to fatal and more serious accidents. It should be mentioned that about two-thirds of the accidents are of a minor nature, a large proportion representing accidents to workers in freezing-works, due to cuts with knives, in each case, however, the accident has necessitated the absence of the worker from, work for at least forty-eight hours. Of the nine fatal accidents recorded this year six were in connection with machinery, as follows :— (a.) A creamery-factory manager was engaged effecting some slight repairs to a belt whilst the machinery was running. He slipped and fell across the revolving shaft, resulting in his skull being fractured. The accident would, not have occurred had the deceased taken the precaution of stopping the machinery whilst repairing the belt. It has been recommended that in the interests of the careless it be made an offence for any person to do any such work on machinery while it is in motion. (b.) An engine-driver employed at a sawmill, whilst proceeding from the engine-room to the mill, walked along the runners of the travelling-bench and fell on the belt, being instantly killed. A safe track is provided on the outside of the travelling-bench, and guard-rails provided. As an additional precaution the belt has now been completely enclosed and employees forbidden to walk on the travelling-bench. (c.) A flour-miller was inspecting the machinery at the mill and, losing his balance, became entangled in the rope driving-gear, causing instantaneous death. The Inspector of Machinery considered that the machinery was protected in an adequate manner. (d.) An employee at a boot-factory adjusted an emery wheel; on putting the wheel into motion it broke into several pieces, one of the pieces striking another employee over the heart, killing him instantly. No cause could be given for the wheel breaking. (c.) A sawmill worker was wearing an overcoat while working which was caught on the saw, dragging him on to the bench ; both the Inspector of Machinery and the Inspector of Factories were satisfied that the saw was in proper order and fitted with a guard of the usual type, enclosing all parts of the saw except where the timber is admitted. (/'.) A sawmill worker's heart, was ruptured by his being struck upon the chest by a piece of timber thrown ba,ck from the saw. (g.) A. worker died of cellulitis supervening upon an injury to his foot through falling down a flight of steps. (h.) A worker engaged in wool-scouring contracted anthrax, from which he died. The case has been in the hands of experts of the Agricultural Department, who have made a thorough investigation. (i.) A. worker at a sugar-works was struck by a falling sack of sugar, and died as a result whilst on the way to the hospital. The prevention of accidents through machinery is controlled partly by the Inspectors of Machinery and partly by the Inspectors of Factories. With the increasing use of power machinery special study is required, particularly of the admittedly dangerous machinery in certain trades — for example, joinery, cabinetmaking, and engineering. Careful inquiry is made into each case in order to ascertain

year. Slight. Moderate. Serious. Fatal. Total. 1913-14 1914-15 1915-16 1916-17 1917-18 1918-19 1919-20 1920-21 1921-22 1922-23 879 747 837 .. | 938 .. ; 509 795 652 1,122 1,192 989 165 171 160 144 317 192 454 351 425 364 52 46 65 84 65 58 105 91 63 58 8 3 3 5 10 8 7 11 12 9 1,104 967 1,065 1,171 901 1,053 1,218 1,575 1,692 1,420 __

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whether any person may have been at fault, and also to see whether extra precautions against recurrences of the kind can be taken. In this connection the activities of Inspectors in other countries are being watched, including the "Safety first" movement, such as has been organized in the larger industries in Great Britain and America, and to some extent in Australia. Factory accidents are, however, not all caused by machinery ; on the contrary, approximately 75 per cent, of the. total are not due to machinery at all. Employers generally are always ready to adopt reasonable methods of guarding against accidents, and the Department is giving attention to the perfection, of safety appliances and the provision of efficient safeguards, so that the danger to life and limb may be reduced to a minimum. In addition to the necessity for preventing accidents as far as humanly possible, it is becoming increasingly necessary that more attention should be given to the conditions arising out of our modern factory systems that may adversely affect the health of the workers. This important subject is receiving earnest attention in other countries, such, as Great Britain and Australia. Unfortunately, in New Zealand, as in other countries, there are as yet no adequate records of the amount of absence from work by factory employees through sickness. Returns have, however, been obtained from two Government Departments that employ mechanical workers, and these show as follows : —

These averages may be considered lower than is usual—first, because the sickness experience in the two departments mentioned applies principally to male workers, while it is found that the average time lost by female workers through sickness is greater than in the case of males ; and, second, because the workers referred to are employed under good, factory conditions. It would be reasonable, therefore, to assume that an average of considerably over six days per annum is lost through sickness by each worker employed in the factories in New Zealand. In the Commonwealth of Australia the figures gathered, respectively for similar departments show about the same average of absence. On the whole the national loss in wages and production must be very great. The number of workers employed in factories in the Dominion during the past year was 92,608 ; thus through sickness which may be largely preventable there is incurred a loss of production equivalent to 555,648 days, or equivalent to a full year's absence from work by 2,020 workers every year. Following on the lines adopted in England, Australia, and the United States, where industrial hygiene is made a feature of factory inspection, it is proposed to institute a special inquiry into the causes of the absence of workers, showing the amount through sickness, accidents, and other causes in each industry, the effect of a high or low temperature and of humidity of the air on the health and o.utput of the workers ; and at the same time to show the conditions under which the best results can be obtained. Other useful information should be forthcoming, such as a comparison as to absences from work between female and male operatives, and any variations inherent in an industry due to seasonal, and other causes. Over one hundred, factory occupiers in the various towns throughout the Dominion, and representing the principal trades in factories, have agreed to keep charts over a period of twelve months. The information so gathered will be compared with that in other countries where similar statistics are being collected. The Health Department will assist in collating the data. Many of the Department's Inspectors also have expert knowledge of industrial hygiene, and are in a position to make use of facts regarding the hygienic and sanitary conditions of premises where men and women work. In connection, with this subject it may be mentioned that a conference of representatives of the Health and Labour Departments of the several States of the Commonwealth of Australia was convened by the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth in September last to consider certain important phases in the relationship between industrial conditions and health. The following were some of the resolutions passed by the Conference : — " (1.) In the opinion of the Conference factory medical Inspectors should be appointed. " (2.) It is very desirable in the opinion of the Conference that there should be a collection of morbidity as well as accident statistics. " (3.) The Conference considers that, in view of the importance, as a phase of public-health administration, of systematic medical supervision of the health of individual industrial employees, and of the valuable information and the results that have been obtained from the introduction by private employers of a medical service for their establishments, all employers should be encoura.ged to provide an efficient and regular medical service, which shall keep under review the health of the workers, and shall inquire as to any relation between variations in health and conditions of employment. Moreover, in order to secure the greatest amount of public benefit from, this measure, records of work done should be kept on a standardized method."

Number' of Employees. Total Number of Days' Absence through Sickness. Average Number of Average Absence Days lost by each I for VV orker absent Whole of Workers through Sickness. employed. Department No. 1 Department No. 2 386 316 1,822 1,472 5-04 4-72 7-36 4-66

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Certificates of Fitness issued to Boys and Girls under Sixteen Years of Age to Work in Factories.

The drop shown in 1921-22 was largely due to the employment of a larger proportion of boys than usual during the war and its aftermath. Prosecutions. Prosecutions numbered forty, an increase of nineteen ; four were dismissed. Requisitions for Improvements in Factories. During the year 1,403 requisitions were served to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as lime-washing, safeguards for workers employed on machinery, &c, sanitary conveniences, fireescapes, heating-appliances, ventilation, lighting, first-aid appliances, washing and drinking water, and dining-rooms in the case of establishments employing over six workers. Shops and Offices Act. Prosecutions numbered 186—twelve more than during the previous year ; five were dismissed. During the year 201 requisitions were served on occupiers of shops to comply with various requirements of the Act, such as cleansing, sanitary conveniences, heating-appliances, ventilation, drinking-water, and other safeguards for workers. The amendments of the previous year have, been carried out without friction, except in regard to those establishments in which are carried on the combined business of a marble-bar or restaurant and the sale of confectionery, cakes, and. other edibles demanded in the evenings. The reason for the difficulty is that the Act fixes 10.30 p.m. as the hour of ceasing employment for females and boys in restaurants —that is to say, where food is sold and consumed on the premises—and 9.30 in all. other cases —viz., whore food or any other goods are taken away. Where the combined business is carried, on, therefore, the assistants mentioned must under the provisions of the Act cease work at 9.30, which is too early for the theatre trade. Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. 1921-22. 1922-28. Industrial agreements filed. . .. .. .. .. 16 19 Recommendations of Councils of Conciliation . . .. 142 1.46 Awards of the Court of Arbitration .. . . . . .. 150 131 The awards and industrial agreements actually in force on the 31st March, 1923, totalled 569 (last year 548). The continued reduction in the number of awards, agreements, &c, made during the year is accounted for in the same way as last year —viz., by the fact that on the worker's side there was little to expect in the way of increased wages, and on the employer's side the Court's power to adjust wages from time to time to meet the changes in the cost of living by general order generally rendered it useless for employers to apply for a, reduction. From its inception in 1914 to date only twenty-two unions have had disputes (numbering forty-two) dealt with under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, while there are 569 awards and agreements in force under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act.

Work performed by Commissioners and Councils of Conciliation during the Year.

Year. 1913-14 .. 1914-15 .. 1915-16 .. 1916-17 .. 1917-18 .. I Boys. 932 952 1,100 1,158 1,199 Girls. Total. 1,241 2,173 | 1918-19 1,186 2,088 ■ 1919 20 1,263 2,363 ; 1920-21 1,251 2,409 1921-22 1,236 2,435 1922-23 ) ) I i Year. Hoys. .1,240 1,252 1,267 962 .. 995 Girls. | Total. J 1,333 2,573 1,685 2,937 1,368 2,635 1,286 2,248 1,530 2,525

Commissioners T. Harle Ciles and P. Hally. Commissioner Commissioner T , . W. Newton. W. H. Hagger. 10Ul1 ' Industrial agreements arrived at and filed as such under section 26 by parties through the Commissioner alone Disputes dealt with by Conciliation Councils — Where industrial agreements were filed under section 26 Where recommendations were ully accepted and forwarded to the Court to be made into awards Where recommendations were substantially ac oopted or agreements reached and referred to Court to make awards Where only minor recommendation or no recommendation was made 7 .. 7 3 1 .. 4 (i 22 40 24 27 73 19 5 33 12 22 9 Totals .. .. .. 46 57 _ 54: _ 157

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Out of the total, of 157 disputes dealt with by the Commissioners and Conciliation Councils, 124 (equal to 78-98 per cent.) were thus settled or substantially settled by them without recourse! to the Arbitration Court. The proportion so settled last year was 76-2. Prosecutions. Prosecutions for breaches of Act and awards and industrial agreements, 707 (76 dismissed). Employers were proceeded against in 188 cases, while of the 519 oases against workers 482 were for breaches of the anti-strike provisions of the Act. Registrations of Industrial Unions and Associations. None of these calls for comment. The usual statutory return (to the 31st December, 1922) of the unions registered under the Act, with their membership at that date, is published herewith as an appendix. Comparison with the previous year shows that there has been a decrease of five in the number of employers' unions, with a decrease in the membership of 203. The total, number of workers' unions has increased by five, and the total, membership has decreased by 1,110. Decisions of Interest during the Year. (I.) Strike.- —An employer in the freezing industry gave notice to his workers that on and after the 25th May, 1922, wages would be reduced in accordance with'the general order of the Court of Arbitration dated the 10th May, 1922 (made in pursuance of the amending Act of 1921-22). The workers failed to resume work on the 25th May. It was contended by the workers that the notice was equivalent to a, termination of their services, and that they were accordingly within their legal rights in refusing to accept the altered conditions of employment. In an opinion on a case stated the Court of Arbitration held that while this is so in the case of workers engaged at a definite rate, if the engagement was at " award rates " a variation in accordance with a general, order must be deemed to be a condition of the contract, and any such refusal of work would be " a discontinuance of employment" within the meaning of the Act. (2.) Slaughtering by " Team System." —As a result of a cessation of work at some of the freezingworks, application was made by the employers to the Court of Arbitration for a supplementary award to provide rates of remuneration and other conditions of employment for workers employed, to slaughter and dress animals on the "team system," under which the work-is done by a number of unskilled workers, each of whom undertakes one operation in respect of each animal. The original award provided for a system of slaughtering and dressing by skilled slaughtermen, each of whom, killed, and dressed the animals allotted to him and was responsible for the whole of the operations connected therewith. The Court held (1) that the "team system" could not be regarded as a new system in New Zealand ; (2) that a, supplementary award could not accordingly be made ; (3) that if the members of a union unlawfully cease work and go on strike, and it is impossible for the employers to carry on under the system provided, in the award, the workers are not entitled to the benefit of the award, and the, employers are justified in adopting a system that will enable them to carry on with the labour available, so long as they pay the minimum rates fixed by the award for unskilled labour. (3.) Strike. —The members of an industrial union that was bound by an industrial agreement were working for a. company not party to the agreement. It was held by the Court of Arbitration on appeal (reversing the decision of the Magistrate's Court) that, notwithstanding that all the members of the union are (vide section 28 of the Act) bound by any agreement to which, the union is a party, in the circumstances the workers could not be regarded as " bound by an award or industrial agreement " within the meaning of section 5 of the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Amendment Act, 1908, relating to strikes, and consequently could not be convicted under that Act of taking part in an unlawful strike. The)' would therefore be covered by the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, under which any proceedings should be taken. Industrial Disturbances. There were forty-nine industrial disturbances during the year, of which, forty-one may be classed as unimportant, or trivial. The following is a brief summary of the eight important disturbances :— (1.) Goal-miners, Blackball. —120 employees at the Blackball coal-mines refused to work on one or two days each week during a period of approximately five months, to compel the employers to pay a full eight-hours pay for a six-hours backshift on pay Fridays and back Saturdays. Action was, taken against the men for these stoppages, but the cases were subsequently withdrawn owing to the assistance rendered by the men during a fire in the mine. Meantime the dispute in question was settled. (2.) Goal-miners, Rewanui. —Owing to a dispute with the employers over the time to be allowed for travelling after ceasing work, 276 men employed at these mines discontinued their employment on two occasions—on the first for five days, and on the second for four days. The men returned to work on the employer's terms. (3.) Coal-miners, Ngakawau. —Owing to the dismissal of an engine-driver for disobedience of orders, 240 men employed in the Ngakawau mines discontinued their employment. The stoppage occupied forty-one days. Action was taken against the union, and a penalty was imposed. The engine-driver was subsequently reinstated on certain terms.

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(4.) Seamen. —As a protest against an award of the Court of Arbitration providing for a decrease in wages in consonance with the cost of living and for the removal of certain privileges, a strike took place amongst the seamen throughout the Dominion, extending in all over a period of approximately three months. The employers had little difficulty in arranging for free labour to fill the places of the men on strike, and on the whole the inconvenience caused to shipping as a result of the action of the men concerned was comparatively small. In. this industry the, altered wages and other conditions of employment as made in the, new award were deemed to be incorporated in the existing articles of the seamen, and where the articles were broken by the men's ceasing employment a breach of the Act was committed. Proceedings were instituted against 154 of the seamen, and a fine was imposed in each case. (5.) Goal-miners, liewanui. —As a mark of their sympathy with the seamen's strike ninety men employed at the State mines at Rewanui discontinued their employment for a period of four days. Action was taken against the men and penalties were imposed. (6.) Freezing-works Employees.- As a protest against a reduction in wages made in accordance with a general order of the Court of Arbitration, the feeezing-works employees in various parts of the Dominion discontinued their employment. The employers were not seriously inconvenienced as a result of this action on the part of the men, as sufficicent free labour was available for the remainder of the season. Proceedings were taken against the men in various localities, and tines were imposed. (This case is also mentioned in " Decisions of Interest.") (7.) Coal-miners, Millerton, and Oranity.—so2 employees at the Millerton and Granity mines discontinued, their employment for two days owing to the dismissal of a trucker who had used obscene language to the underground manager. The trucker subsequently apologized and was reinstated. Action was taken against the union, and a penalty of £20 was imposed. (8.) Shearers, Greta Paddock. —After having engaged to work at certain rates three shearers at the Greta Paddock Station demanded an increased rate for shearing certain sheep, and refused to commence shearing until their demand was complied with. The employer refused to pay the extra rate, and the men left the station. Action, was taken against the only shearer concerned who could be traced, and a penalty was imposed. Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1922. By an important amendment of the Act the following provisions among others were passed into law during the year:— (I.) An industrial association comprising unions of employers or workers is empowered to file an industrial dispute, covering more than one industrial district, for hearing in the first instance by a Conciliation Council, instead of its being necessary to proceed directly to the Court of Arbitration as hitherto provided (by the 1911 Act). (2.) It is laid down that every industrial union and industrial association and every society bound by an agreement under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, 1913, is to keep proper and accurate accounts, and the Registrar is given power to arrange for an audit by a public auditor. No such power has hitherto existed. (3.) it is made illegal for a union of workers to provide for payments by a member in the first month of membership exceeding ss. for entrance fee and Is. a week subscription. (4.) A levy on members of a union is declared to be invalid unless carried by ballot.

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Disputes dealt with under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act.

Industry affected. Whether Union had been registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act prior to j Dispute. Particulars. Ballot of Workers. Nature or Settlement. Chemicai-manure and Not registered', Acid Workers, Auckland Tramways, Dunedin ,, + Fire Brigades, Auck- Registered* land Shift Engineers, Auck- Not registered")" land Coal - miners, Hiku- Registered* rangi Glass-workers, Auck- Not registered land Tramway officers, ,, Auckland Tramways, Auckland Registered* Abattoir assistants, ,, * Auckland Abattoir Assistants, ,, * Auckland Tramways, Wellington „ f .. j Conference called by Conciliation Commissioner, and resulted in settlement .. .. I Conference called by Conciliation Commissioner proving abortive, labour-dispute committee constituted : settlement resulted .. i Ditto .. | Conference called by Conciliation Commissioner proved abortive, and in view of fact that employer's representatives refused to discuss a dispute under the Labour Disputes Investigation Act, ballot of workers was taken forthwith Not required I Agreement filed pursuant to section 8 (1] of Labour Disputes Investigation Act. Ditto. ,» Agreement not filed. Agreement filed pursuant to Section 8 (1] of Labour Disputes Investigation Act. Ditto. Ballot resulted in favour, of a strike Work continued as usual, and the employers later filed a dispute under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, and obtained an award. Agreement filed pursuant to section 8 (1] of Labour Disputes Investigation Act. Ditto. Gasworks, Auckland : Not/registered Chemical-manure and ,, f Acid Workers, Auckland Agreement reached without resource to conference called by Conciliation Commissioner or to Labour Disputes Committee .. \ Ditto. Not required * In each of these cases the union remained registered under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, but was not bound by an award or agreement thereunder, under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. f These four unions previously cancelled their registratioi

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To show bow far the Labour Disputes Investigation Act has been successful in settling disputes without the workers feeling the necessity of having recourse to strikes, it may be pointed out that of forty-two disputes dealt with since the inception of this Act in 1914—nine years ago —a settlement was reached under the procedure set out therein in every instance except one, and in this a settlement was subsequently reached by means of an award under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act. Only four ballots were found necessary, three resulting in favour of a strike and one against. Even in the eases where strikes were decided upon by ballot they did not eventuate. In two instances only was there interruption of work—viz., a ten-days strike and a " go-slow" policy. One of these occurred before the dispute was filed and investigated, and the other was during the investigation. In both these cases the dispute was settled. Workers' Compensation Act. Fifty-five cases were heard and determined by the Court of Arbitration, none of which calls for special mention. A consolidating and amending Workers' Compensation Act, was passed during the session of 1922, of which the following are the principal amendments : (1.) The percentage of the .average weekly earnings payable by way of compensation in cases of incapacity is increased, from 55 per cent. to 58 per cent. (2.) The amount of damages that may be obtained from an employer by a worker who has been injured through the negligence of a fellow-worker (in common employment) has been increased from £750 to £1,000. (3.) A domestic servant is brought within the Act if the period of employment is three days. The period was previously seven days. It is generally recognized that on the whole the New Zealand Act makes better provision for the workers than those of other countries. An investigation of the various Acts in force elsewhere is being made, however, in order to see how far such is the case, and. to ascertain whether any of the provisions examined could with advantage be recommended for adoption in Now Zealand. Sh bakers' Accommodation Act> 1919. The administration of this Act has now been taken over by the Department of Agriculture, whose Inspectors have greater facilities for carrying out country inspections. Agricultural Labourers' Accommodation (including Accommodation for Flax and Sawmill Workers). Visits of inspection under the Act for sawmill and flaxmill workers were made in conjunction with the inspection of the mills under the Factories Act. In several cases requisitions were served on proprietors for increased, or improved accommodation, resulting in better conditions being provided for the workers affected. Scaffolding Inspection Act. Number of notices of intention to erect scaffolding over 16 ft. in height, 1,649 ; increase over previous year, 703. This is easily the highest number of notices received during any one year. The following figures showing the number of notices of intention to erect scaffolding over I Oft. in height received from 1914 to date are interesting in that they show the decrease in building operations during the war years and the increases since that time: 1913-14, 1,488; 1914-15, 1,458; 1915-16, 937; 1916-17, 888 ; 1917-18, 706 ; 1918-19, 666 ; 1919-20, 897 ; 1920-21, 955 ; 1921-22, 946 ; 1922-23, 1,64-9. Number of inspections, 5,288, which is almost double that of the previous year. A great advance has been made during the last three or four years in methods of construction, particularly in respect of buildings of the larger type involving the use of mechanical power and improved scaffolding and hoisting gear of various kinds. This has placed greater responsibilities on the Inspectors, and necessitates closer supervision. During the past year in Wellington alone eighteen buildings in course of erection were 60 ft. or over in height. Accidents, 145 ; increase over last year, thirty-nine. Of these four were fatal (last year, three), and three others were of a serious nature. The fatal'accidents were as follows: (1.) A worker fell from a platform 14| ft. high whilst demolishing the scaffold. (2.) An elderly man who was making alterations to his own dwelling fell from a height of 8 ft. (3.) A worker scratched his hand on old roofing-iron, causing blood-poisoning. (4.) A worker selected a faulty piece of timber for use in raising the ridge of a roof. The timber broke, one piece striking him on the head, casuing fracture of the skull. None of the fatal accidents was due to faulty scaffolding or gear. Prosecutions under this Act, twenty-nine. In all cases fines imposed. These are in addition to cases taken by the Inspection of Machinery Department, wtiich is responsible for the supervision of power-driven machinery on buildings. During the year the Act was superseded by a new Scaffolding and Excavation Act, and new regulations were prepared, which came into force on the 17th May of this year. The principal. alterations in the new Act and regulations are : — (1.) The provisions of the Act are extended to cover all operations in connection with the erection, demolition, or alteration of buildings (instead of,merely where scaffoldings are used), also excavations for foundations of buildings or for sewerage, gas, water, or electric supply where such work is more than 5 ft. in depth. The Act does not, however, apply to excavations made directly by any local authority or public body, or to any tramway.

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(2.) The former requirement that notice of intention to erect any scaffolding over 16 ft. in height must be given to the Inspector was altered to provide that notice must be forwarded before any person begins to erect a scaffolding or do any building-work where there is a risk of any person falling 12 ft. or more, or begins to erect a crane, or makes an excavation more than 5 ft. in depth. (3.) No scaffolding exceeding 25 ft. in height, nor any crane, shall be erected or altered except under the supervision of a person whom an Inspector certifies to be competent to exercise such supervision, (4.) The Inspector is empowered, where any work is being carried on to which the Act applies, to order such safeguards as he considers necessary for the protection of the workmen or of the public. (5.) Specific power is also given to the Inspector to condemn and brand any gear that he considers would be unfit for use. (6.) Workers are made liable for breaches as well as employers. Before being finally adopted the proposed regulations were discussed at a conference of representative builders and workers in the building trades ; with slight exception the proposals were agreed to by the representatives of both sides.. The Senior Scaffolding Inspector has recently visited the principal towns in the Dominion for the purpose of explaining to builders and workers concerned the provisions of the new Act and regulations, and generally to co-ordinate administration. In consequence of the passing of the Scaffolding and Excavation Act the number of Inspectors of Scaffolding is being slightly increased chiefly by filling certain vacancies with officers qualified in this work, thus gaining the extra efficiency with little extra expense. Servants' Registry Offices Act. There are 101 offices registered in New Zealand : increase, seven. In no ease was it found necessary to institute a prosecution for a breach of this Act. Footwear, Regulation Act. Five hundred and nine visits of inspection were made, and stocks of footwear were carefully examined in order to ascertain whether the provisions of the Act were being complied with. Although in a few cases it was found necessary to have stocks of shoddy footwear branded to comply with the regulations, in no case was it necessary to take proceedings to enforce the law. Arrears of Wages. Amounts totalling £5,949 2s. 4d. were collected by the Department's officers on behalf of workers who had been underpaid the wages prescribed by awards and the various Acts. Rent Restriction. There were 567 applications received from tenants for inquiry ; the following shows the number in each town, with the number (in brackets) in which the increase in rent was deemed unjustified : Auckland, 176 (90); Wellington, 207 (73); Christchurch, 12 (2); Dunedin, 103 (82); Hamilton, 4 (0) ; New Plymouth, 5 (4) ; Napier, 11 (10) ; Gisborne, 0 (0) ; Palmerston North, 6 (4) ; Wanganui, 1 (1); Masterton, 14 (7); Nelson, 2 (1); Greymouth, 14 (3); Timaru, 4 (0); Oama.ru, 2 (0) ; Invercargill, 6 (2). It will bo noted that the Act is not utilized in many of the towns. Of 16 cases taken to Court, 12 increases in rent were held to be unjustified ; in 267 out of 346 settled by Inspectors without recourse to Court the owners agreed to reduce the rents demanded ; 29 cases were found to be outside the scope of the Act ; and no action was taken in 157 cases for miscellaneous reasons, such as tenants having left, owners having sold to new owners for-hitters' own occupation, &o. The remaining 19 cases were not completed at the close of the year. This year's totals reveal a substantial reduction of 255 in the cases dealt with—namely, from 822 to 567. The rent-restriction provisions were continued by the Finance Act, 1922, until the 31st July, 1923. A large amount of house-building is now going on, and with the proposed increase in the amounts that -may be advanced to workers to enable them to build for themselves the. total number of houses in the various towns will no doubt rapidly increase, and the need for the law restricting rents and evictions will diminish. In any event many people are still not aware (hat the Act does not apply in any respect to houses built'or first let since November, 1920, and further that even in respect of those to which it still applies the rent permissible is 7 per cent, net (viz., for interest 1 , and exclusive of depreciation, rates, insurance, and maintenance). ■ Weights and Measures. As mentioned in my last report, the inspection of weights and measures was transferred from the Department of Internal Affairs to this Department, it being considered that this Department's Inspectors could attend to that work while carrying out the inspection of factories, shops, &c. Two of the former Inspectors of Weights and Measures have been, permanently taken over, one as an Inspector of Factories as well as Weights and Measures, and one in the Head Office at Wellington, where a great deal of the distribution of weights and measures, &c, is done by the importing firms. T -0

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During the past year the Act was amended to provide additional facilities for inspection and administration, and new regulations were also gazetted. Before the regulations were decided on, a conference consisting of various scalemakers, shopkeepers, and other concerned was held ; furthermore, advertisements were inserted in the newspapers in the principal towns throughout the Dominion inviting any persons interested to offer any criticism or suggestions. The few objections raised were met so far as practicable. The more important new provisions are as follows '.- (1.) Provision for approving, testing, and stamping measuring-instru*ments, such as measuregraphs for measuring cloth and fabrics, and petrol-measuring machines. The Act did not previously apply to measuring-instruments, which are of recent use. (2.) Provision, for a new scale of fees for testing and verification of weights and measures, the fees charged formerly being found to be too low. The new scale is based on the English and Australian charges. (3.) Power to prohibit the use of . scales or instruments made of inferior materials, and to prevent fraudulent use by manipulation of the scales or instruments. (4.) Provision for the reverifieation of scales, spring balances, weighing-machines, and measuringinstruments at definite intervals. (5.) Regulations for the sale of coal, coke, and charcoal, and for the purpose of preventing the sale of these goods in any way other than by weight. The regulations make it compulsory that all sacks containing these goods shall be labelled showing the net weight, or that a delivery-note setting out the net weight shall be carried and delivered to the purchaser. This is following the lines adopted in England and the Australian States. The remaining provisions are merely to facilitate the administration of the Act and regulations. It should be noted that, except in the case of coal, coke, and charcoal, the Act does not apply to the weight or measure of the goods sold, but only to the scales and measuring-instruments used ; and while this is perhaps sufficient in cases where the goods are weighed or measured in the presence of the customers, it does not meet the case of goods previously made up in quantities ready for sale. So far as food, is concerned, however, this feature is met by the Sale of Food and Drugs Act, which is administered by the Department of Health ; but I would recommend that the Weights and Measures Act might be extended to cover other goods. Total number of weighing and measuring appliances examined during year, 53,298. About 80 per cent, were found to be correct. Inspectors visited 4,074 premises during the year. Sixtyeight owners of incorrect appliances were prosecuted, twenty-one for using unjust weights, measures, and weighing-machines, and forty-seven for using unstamped appliances. Penalties, £14-1 10s. Fees collected for testing and stamping weights, weighing -machines, and measuring - instruments, £574 4s. 2d. These were under the lower scale, which has now been increased in the new regulations. I a:n pleased to report that so far the new regulations have been put into force without any friction whatever. This is no doubt largely due to the precaution mentioned above, that the parties concerned were invited to confer with the Department in the framing of the regulations. Scalemakers and their agents have already fallen into line with the new requirements, and there is a general desire on their part to provide reliable and accurate appliances. It only remains therefore with the shopkeepers and other users to see that their weights and measures are kept correct by being submitted periodically for reverifieation. In regard to the administration of the Weights and Measures Act generally, we are approaching the Departments concerned in Great Britain, Australia, the United States of America, and other countries, suggesting that the several countries should keep one another informed as to the requirements laid down in their territory from time to time. Such an arrangement should ensure that New Zealand is not made a dumping-ground for scales, measures, &c, that are rejected elsewhere ; it will also enable us to keep in touch with new devices in weighing-machines and with the latest developments in weights and measures inspection. Labour, Matters tn other Countribs. Fourth International Labour Conference. The reports of the International Labour Office state that since its establishment in 1919 it has dealt with, [a) industry generally, at the Washington Conference in 1919, (b) maritime labour, at the Genoa Conference in 1920, (c) agriculture, at Geneva in .1921 ; and that 1922 was devoted to a discussion on the inequalities found in the structure of the organization, and to the consideration of emigration. From the Washington Conference in 1919 to that in Geneva in. 1921 no fewer than thirtyfour draft conventions and recommendations had been adopted by the various conferences, most of them proposing alterations in the legislation of the countries concerned of a more or less drastic nature. Fight-hours Day. The endeavour to bring about a universal eight-hours day which took a definite shape at Washington in 1919 has made little progress during the three years. The governing body of the International Labour Organization adopted during its twelfth session in April, 1922, a resolution asking the Director of the International Labour Office to prepare a report on the situation with, regard to the ratification of the Washington Draft Convention in which it was proposed that the hours of work be limited in industrial undertakings to eight in the day and forty-eight in the week. In his report to the 1922 Conference at Geneva the Director stated that only five countries had ratified this convention namely, Roumania, India, Czecho-Slovakia, Greece, and Bulgaria—and none of these is among the eight States of chief industrial importance. Great Britain urged the need for a revision

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of the Hours Convention, but the conference decided to leave it untouched and to work for its general adoption. None of the remaining fifty members has made any marked legislative effort to adopt the convention. In New Zealand the eight-hours day has been generally in force for several years. Family Wages. The question of making adequate provision for workers with families has been receiving a considerable amount of attention in Europe. In France and Holland, and no doubt elsewhere, private schemes have been started by a number of employers with the object of securing a larger wage for a married man with a family than for an unmarried man. Plans have been worked out in France to create depositories or compensation bureaux representing the employers generally, or those in a particular industry, in order to distribute equally the cost of the " super-wage." Each employer contributes on the basis of the number' of workmen he employs, not on the number of heads of families, and this is done to obviate the likelihood of preference of employment being given to unmarried men. The compensation bureau acts as a kind of clearing-house. Each employer pays the " super-wage " to his heads of families, then pays or receives from the bureau the difference between that payment and his proportionate share of the total expense of the association, determined by the bureaux from reports submitted by the individual members. The movement is said to be growing, and employers are taking up the scheme in spite of the fact that it is wholly optional. In July, 1921, there were seventy-one bureaux in France distributing annually over £2,500,000 to a million heads of families. It is not stated whether in the aggregate the employers pay the same wages as if the scheme were not in existence, and this is an important fact. Further information is being awaited. Wage Changes. It is noteworthy from a study of the changes that took place between 1914 and 1921 in wages throughout the world that in most countries the real wages of manual workers who were fully employed at the end of 1921 (after allowing for the altered value of the pound or other standard of value) were, on the whole, a little higher than in the years immediately prior to the war. During the period mentioned there was a considerable change in the ratio of wages of skilled and of unskilled workers, those of the latter being generally equal to the former. In a study of the subject issued last year by the International Labour Office the opinion is expressed that, with, a stable price-level, skilled workers are likely to recover some of the ground they have lost ; although the extent of it will, it is thought, depend rather on productive efficiency or output than on the difference in skill. Women appear to have received proportionately larger increases than men, due to the fact that standardization of production and specialized processes have enabled women to engage in occupations formerly regarded as ones calling for highly skilled labour. The breaking-down of skilled occupations and the attainment of maximum output by the use of unskilled or semi-skilled labour is, as already pointed out in several previous reports of the Department, one calling for serious thought in Now Zealand as well as abroad. Further remarks on the subject are made on page 5. Unemployment. The wide extent which the unemployment problem assumed throughout the various countries in 1921 and 1922 was felt in New Zealand far less severely than in the older countries of Europe and America. The height of the crisis was reached overseas between January and March of 1922, after which there has been a steady decline in the number of unemployed. All the appearances point to a great increase in production and a consequent demand for more labour in the near future. Lead Poisoning in the Painting Industry. The investigations into this subject mentioned in my last annual report have been continued during the past year. Tests have been made by arrangement with the Railway Department of a zinc compound as a substitute for white-lead. The result of the tests is so far in favour of the zinc compound, but a further period is necessary before a conclusion can be reached. It is desired if possible to sho.w that the substitute will be as lasting, of as good, appearance, and as reasonable in cost as paint containing white-lead. As also stated last year, in view of the absence of definite evidence of the existence of chronic lead poisoning'in New Zealand, it was arranged with the Health Department that this disease be made notifiable under the Health Act; but no case has been notified during the year, and only oik; case occurred during the previous year : this seems to indicate that the danger of contracting the disease is not yet serious in New Zealand. The Department is, however, now in possession of valuable information as to the results of investigations into this subject made in almost every European country and America. A Commission appointed recently by the International Labour Office to examine the white-lead question failed to come to a unanimous conclusion that an efficient substitute for white-lead exists, especially regarding resistance to atmospheric variations and impurities. The result of the investigations is that—(l) There is no evidence statistical, medical, chemical, or technical, to warrant the extreme measure of prohibiting the use of white-lead for painting ; (2) the prohibition of white-load in painting would be enormously costly to the. community ; (3) the risk of poisoning in painting can be effectively dealt with by simple, regulations to ensure cleanliness. There is therefore an evident risk of the disease being contracted by men when engaged in the dry rubbing down with sandpaper of (1) old paint, or (2) fresh paint for the purpose of producing a

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smooth surface for the covering coat, when these operations are performed in the interior of buildings. There is an additional risk that the inmates of a house, particularly children, may inhale or otherwise introduce lead-dust into their systems when the work is done in private houses. In preparing white-lead in the form used by painters, powdered white-lead is mixed with linseedoil by grinding them together in a mill. There are six factories in New Zealand carrying on this process, and, as there is a tendency for this industry to increase, the conditions of employment are being carefully watched. Powers are already given in the Factories Act to make special rules to be observed in factories where such a process is carried on, and these powers will be availed of when found necessary; and, in regard to the work done elsewhere, particularly in private houses, it might be desirable to make certain regulations to protect the occupants, and to give powers of inspection to Inspectors to see that they an; complied with. Apprenticeship and Vocational Training. This matter has been the subject of remarks in the annual reports of this Department for the past four years, in which it has been pointed out that probably the two chief causes of the lack of apprentices in many trades were the gradual breaking-down of skill in many industries, and the fact that the wages paid to unskilled and semi-skilled labour (which do not require apprenticeships) are nearly as much as those paid for skilled work. The question has received increased attention of late, and interest in this important problem has become almost world-wide. The Department has been in communication with other countries, and is in possession of up-to-date information regarding what has been done there. The most recent legislation on the subject is that passed by the Union of South Africa, which provides for the regulation of apprenticeship and. the training and examination of apprentices in certain trades under the guidance of committees representing employers and workers and the Government. In Australia, too, considerable attention has for several years been given to this question, and Queensland, has recently adopted provisions for the examination of boys desiring to enter apprenticeship, arid for the proper training and supervision of apprentices. Among European countries perhaps the most interesting scheme is that adopted by Sweden. In this country the scheme is divided into three parts, viz. : (1.) Training in workshop schools before apprenticeship begins. This training is considered inestimable for boys of fourteen years who are unable to find employment except of the messenger and newsboy type. (2.) Apprenticeship schools for those who have entered employment! Powers are given to each municipality to make attendance at the above schools compulsory up to the age of eighteen years. (3.) After the apprenticeship is completed further training may be obtained in what are termed " trade schools." The apprenticeship school supplements the practical training obtained in the course of employment, whilst the trade sohool provides instruction in special subjects applying to each trade, and is intended for those who wish to qualify as foremen or to enter into business on their own account. The scheme is managed by a Board elected, by the Municipal Council together with representatives of the various trades and the Government. A. small committee is appointed, one for each trade, to supervise the instruction'in the different schools. Expenditure op the Labour Department during the Year. Salaries, cost-of-living bonus, temporary clerical assistance, fees payable to acting member of Court of Arbitration, grant in lieu of six months' leave to T. H. Giles, refund to Department of Industries and Commerce of salary of P. Hally, allowance to officers performing £ higher duties, and allowance to police, and other officers acting as departmental agents.. 28,676 Advertising and publications .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 259 Fares, board and lodging, &c, advanced to persons proceeding to employment (see refunds below) .. . .. .. .. .. .. .'. .. .. 365 Pees paid to assessors of Industrial Councils . . .. .. .. ' .. .. 926 Legal and witnesses' expenses (see refunds below) .. .. .. .. .. 182 Postage, telegrams, telephones, and rent of letter-boxes .. .. .. .. 1,778 Printing and stationery .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,969 Office requisites, fuel and lighting .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 331 Travelling allowances and expenses of Inspectors, members of Court of Arbitration, Conciliation Councils, &c, bicycles and motor-cycles, and maintenance thereof .. .. 4,698 Upkeep of departmental residence .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 12 Miscellaneous expenditure — £ Arbitration Court and Conciliation Councils .. .. .. .. 84 , General .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 236 — 320 40,516 Less refunds — Fares .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 430 Legal and witnesses' expenses .. .. .. .. .. 60 From Housing Account .. .. .. .. .. 1,353 Miscellaneous.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 577 2,420 £38,096 The above figures do not include a number of items for which provision for payment is made elsewhere than in the Department's vote —viz., Salaries of Judge and members of Court of Arbitration (£3,430), rents, messenger services, cleaning, &c.

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RETURN, PURSUANT TO SECTION 17 OF THE INDUSTRIAL CONCILIATION AND ARBITRATION ACT, 1908, SHOWING THE NUMBER OF AFFILIATED UNIONS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION AND THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS IN EACH INDUSTRIAL UNION REGISTERED UNDER THE ACT TO 31st DECEMBER, 1922.

Reg. No. Name. *H OrO . ltcgistered OHiee. -a .2 o lis INDUSTRIAL ASS< 1CIATIONS OF EMPLOYERS. 1041 526 1043 .SOU 1036 1003 724 832 New Zealand Coach and Motor Body Builders New Zealand Federated Builders and Contractors New Zealand Federated Newspaper Proprietors New Zealand Federation of Master Plum bers New Zealand Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearlbarley Millers New Zealand Furniture Trades New Zealand Master Printers New Zealand Wholesale Clothing Manufacturers George Dash (Limited), Waimate (Secretary, Vivian 7 Grant, Box 978, Christehurch) 102 Custhomhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. 9 Viekers House, Woodward Street, Wellington .. 4 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin .. . . .. 5 190 Cashel Street, Christehuroh . . . . .. 2 12 Row's Chambers, Queen Stroot, Auckland .. .. 0 39 Endean's Buildings, Auckland .. .. .. 13 108 Dixon Street, Wellington .. .. .. 4 Totals Number of associations, 8 50 INDUSTRIAL AS; 30CIATI0NS OF WORKERS. 1225 1040 487 855 925 501 53 790 1047 124 473 824 077 1002 772 275 507 1225 1040 487 855 025 501 53 790 1047 124 473 824 077 1002 772 275 507 780 836 1218 750 809 579 543 912 1132 1226 860 1195 1117 559 Federated Cooks ami Stewards of New Zealand Federated Seamen's Union of Now Zoaland Merchant Service Guild of New Zealand . . New Zoaland Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners New Zealand Council of the Amalgamated Engineering Union Now Zealand Federated Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship Builders New Zealand Federated Boot Trade New Zealand Federated Bricklayers New Zealand Federated Butchers New Zealand Federated Clothing Trade Km ployees New Zealand Federated Coachworkers and Wheelwrights New Zealand Federation of Drivors' Unions New Zealand Federated Engine-drivers, Rivor Engineers, Greasers, arrd Firemen New Zealand Federated Flour-mill Employees New Zealand Federated Furniture Trade .. New Zealand Federated Moulder's Now Zealand Federated Painters and Decorators New Zealand Federated Plumbers and Gaslitters Now Zealand Federated Sawmills and Timber-yards and Coal-yards Employees New Zoaland Federated Shop-assistants .. New Zealand Federated Stonemasons New Zealand Federated Theatrical or Stage I' Employees New Zealand Federated Tramway Employees New Zealand Federated Typographical New Zealand Federated Woollen - mills Employees New Zealand Freezing-works and Related Trades New Zealand Gardeners ami Related Trados Now Zealand Journalists New Zealand Performing Musicians New Zealand Related Printing Trades New Zealand Waterside Workers' Federation 25 Panama Street, Wellington .. .. .. 2 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. .. 3 153-155 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. 2 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. . . 28 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 15 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 4 Trades Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. (i Kauri Street,.Eastbourne, Wellington .. .. 4 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. . . 5 20 Dowling Street, Dunedin .. .. .. 11 Trados Hall, Auckland .. .. .. .. 4 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. .. 10 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 8 2 'Tabernacle Buildings, Auckland .. .. .. 5 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 4 90 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland.. .. 4 Trades Hall, Wellington '.. .. .. .. 10 3 2 28 15 4 0 4 5 11 4 10 8 5 4 4 io 2 780 Trados Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 4 4 830 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . 7 7 1218 750 809 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 5 Edendale Road, Mount Albert, Auckland .. .. 4 120 Vivian Street, Wellington .. .. .. 4 5 4 579 257 Riddiford Street, Wellington .. .. . . 8 8 543 912 4 Fairfax Street, Roslyn, Dunedin • ■ .. .. 4 Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 4 4 1 1132 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. . . 8 1226 800 1195 1117 559 Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 4 12 Somerfiekl Street, Sproydorr, Christehurch .. .. 4 Parish Street, Wellington .. .. .. .. 4 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. (i 80 Manners Street, Wellington .. .. .. 22 4 4 4 (i 22 Totals .. Number of associations, 31 213 213

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Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. I| II 348 164 162 741 1221 911 181 472 736 330 1074 571 539 122 504 464 1070 536 783 1011 1124 Northern (Aura I Auckland and Suburban General Carrier's arrd Coal-merchants Auckland Builders and Contractors Auckland Clothing-manufacturers Auckland Farmers' Freezing Company (Limited) Auckland Fibrous-piaster Manufacturers .. Auckland Furniture and Furnishing Auckland Grocers Auckland Guild of Master Painters Auckland Licensed Victuallers' Association Auckland Master Bakers Auckland Master Farriers Auckland Master Plumbers Auckland Master Printers Auckland Master Tailors Auckland Provincial Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights Auckland Provincial Master Butchers Auckland Provincial Newspaper-proprietors Auckland Provincial Tanners, Fellmongers, and Soap-manufacturers Auckland Restaurateurs Auckland Retail Drapers, Milliners, Mercers, and Clothiers Auckland Saddle, Bridle, Harness, Collar, and Bag Manufacturers Auckland Sawmillors and Woodware-manu-facturers Auckland Wholesale Grocery and Tobacco Merchants Devonport Steam Ferry Company (Limited) Gisborne Builders and Contractors Gisborne Master Plumbers Gisborne Master' Printers and Bookbinders Gisborne Master Tailors | J. T. Julian and Son (Limited) North Auckland District Coachbuilders, Blacksmiths, and Farriers ■ Northern Steamship Company (Limited) .. Poverty Bay and East Coast Shoepowners Poverty Bay Master Butchers Poverty Bay Master Farriers and Blacksmiths South Auckland District Coachbuildors, Blacksmiths, and Farrieis South Auckland District Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders Taupiri Coal-mines (Limited) jkland) Industrial District. Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. I 32 114-115 Victoria Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland .. lit Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. 19 Endean's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland . . .. 1 Empire Buildings, Swarrson Street, Auckland .. .. 7 12 Row's Chambers, Auckland .. .. .. 59 22 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Aueklarrd .. 112 806 N.Z. Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Aueklarrd.. 52 Brunswick Buildings, 174 Queen Street, Auckland .. 104 22 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. 95 9 Belgium Street, Auckland .. .. .. 24 22 Empire Buildings, Swarrson Street, Aueklarrd .. 40 39 Endean's Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland .. 30 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland . . .. 35 Empire Buildings, Swarrson Street, Auckland .. .. 17 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. 56 New Zealand Herald Office, Auckland .. .. 12 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. 5 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. 30 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auokland .. .. 07 Empire Buildings, Swanson Street, Auckland .. .. 21 Farrshawe Stroot, Auckland .. .. .. 49 302 Victoria Arcade, Auckland .. .. .. 15 Quay Street East, Auckland .. .. .. I McKee's Buildings, 113 Gladstono Road, Gisborne .. 13 Sheridan and Adair's Buildings, Peel Street, Gisborne .. 4 McKee's Buildings, 113 Gladstone Road, Crsbornc .. 3 Care of James Johnstone, Tailor, Gladstone Road, Gis- 4 borne Cook Street, Auokland .. .. .. .. 1 Victoria Street, Dargaville .. .. .. .. 8 Quay Street, Auckland .. .. .. .. 1 McKeo's Buildings, 113 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. 114 McKee's Buildiongs, 113 Gladstono Road, Gisborne .. 10 Waerengaahika .. .. .. .. .. 15 I Collingwood Stroot, Hamilton .. .. .. 44 Mandino Jackson's Buildings, Victoria Street, Hamilton 20 Ferry Buildings, Quay Street, Auckland .. .. 1 7 59 112 52 104 95 24 40 30 35 17 50 12 5 30 07 21 148 49 1135 15 342 370 865 979 1025 I 13 4 3 4 1020 11.14 1 8 326 750 838 864 1 114 10 15 1027 44 984 20 163 1 Totals Number of unions, 37 1,301 1,301 Wellington I: Industrial District. 680 420 743 901 998 Hastings Master Horse-shoers Hawke's Bay Builders and Contractors .. Hawke's Bay Sheepowners Manawatu Mastor Bakers Manawatu Master Builders, Building Contractors, and Sash and Door Factory Proprietors E. W. Mills and Co. (Limited) Napier Master Printers, Lithographers, and BooKbinders New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Bacon and Meat Packing Company (Limited) .las. J. Niven and Co. (Limited) Palmerston North Master Butchers Palmerston North Timber-merchants Stewart Timber, Glass, and Hardware Company (Limited) Thomas Ballinger and Co. (Limited) . Wanganui Builders and Contractors Wanganui Furniture Manufacturers and Dealers Wanganui Licensed and Allied Trade Association Wanganui Licensed Victuallers' Association Wanganui Master Bakers Wanganui Master Painters Wellington Builders and Contractors Wellington Clothing-manufacturers Wellington Coach and Motor-vehicle Trades Wellington Engineers, Metal-workers, and Iron and Brass Founders Wellington Furniture and Furnishing Trade King Street, Hastings .. .. .. .. 8 Hersehell Street, Napier .. .. .. .. 39 Herschell Street, Napier .. .. .. .. 170 49 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North .. .. 18 22a Cuba Street, Palmerston North .. .. .. 24 Jervois Quay, Wellington .. .. .. .. 1 5 Tennyson Street, Napier .. .. .. .. 10 154-6 Featherston Street, Wellington .. .. 1 252 Wakefield Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1 22a Cuba Street, Palmerston North .. .. .. 12 22a Cuba Street, Palmerston North .. .. .. 7 Courtenay Place, Wellington .. .. .. 1 58 Victoria Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1 Lennard's Buildings, Ridgway Street, Wanganui .. 58 93 Duncan Street, Wanganui East . . .. .. 6 16 Wicksteed Place, Wanganui ~.. .. .. 21 Ridgway Street, Wanganui .. .. .. 12 16 Wicksteed Place, Wanganui .. .. .. 21 59-60 Taupo Quay, Wanganui .. .. .. 26 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 103 58 Jervois Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 14 128 Taranaki Street, Wellington .. .. .. 20 111 Customhouse Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 20 102 Willis Street, Wellington .. .. .. 5 8 39 170 18 24 520 890 1 10 522 1 1019 766 1007 517 1 12 7 1 142 418 1014 1 58 6 565 21 488 1162 484 101 815 1054 1105 12 21 26 103 14 20 20 1022 5

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Keg. No. Name. Registered Office. fl Wellington Ini wstrial District — continued. 99 1118 1123 106 131 886 644 Wellington General Carriers and Customhouse and Forwarding Agents Wellington Grocers Wellington Master Bakers Wellington Master Painters Wellington Master Plumbers Wellington Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders Wellington Master Tailors Wellington Newspaper Proprietor's Wellington Soft-goods Manufacturers 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 12 Panama Street, Wellington 173 Cuba Street, Wellington 338 Tinakori Road, Wellington 132 Willis Street, Wellington 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington 50 40 88 35 21 118 948 1197 102 Customhouse Quay, Wellington Dominion, Office, Wellington 33 Old Customhouse Street, Wellington 8 11 15 Totals Number of unions, 33 966 Canterbur :y Industrial District. Builders and Contractors' Association of Canterbury Canterbury Blacksmiths, Farriers, and Coachbuilders Canterbury Butchers Canterbury Coachbuilders and Wheelwrights Canterbury Employers of Drivers Canterbury Flour', Oatmeal, and Pearlbarley Miller's Canterbury Grocers Canterbury Licensed Victuallers Canterbury Master Bakers Canterbury Master Printers Canterbury Newspaper-proprietors 93 Gloucester Street, Christehurch 110 113 986 149 Stafford Street, Timaru 55 430 298 324 1015 196 Cashel Stroot, Christehurch 154 Manchester Street, Christehurch 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch 42 14 24 15 339 459 297 694 914 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch Royal Exchange Buildings, Christehurch 41 Disraeli Street, Christehurch Art Gallery, Armagh Street, Christehurch Care of Christehurch Press Company (Limited), Christchurch 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch 90 Hereford Street, Christehurch 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch 16 128 48 33 305 395 452 Canterbury Sawmillors Canterbury Shoepowners Canterbury Tanners, Fell mongers, and Woolseourers Christehurch Clothing-manufacturers Christehurch Furniture-makers Christehurch Hairdressers and Tobacconists Christehurch Master Plumbers Christehurch Master Tailors South Canterbury Master Bakers South Canterbury Threshing-mill Owners Timaru Master Printers and Bookbinders.. Timaru Painters Whitoombe and Tombs (Limited) 12 890 10 831 141 1069 894 125 362 379 1072 757 519 190 Cashel Street, Christehurch 190 Cashel Street, Christehurch 213 Manchester' Street, Christehurch 196 Cashel Stroot, Christehurch 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch Stafford Street, Timaru 177 Stafford Street, Timaru Talbot Chamber's, Beswick Street, Timaru 1.14 Stafford Street, Timaru 111 Cashel Street, Christehurch 17 32 50 32 36 31 29 12 1 Totals Number of unions, 24 1,651 Otago and Som niLAND Industrial District. 300 891 337 822 1087 1016 1004 189 313 867 875 560 6 Dunedin and Suburban General Carriers and Coal-merchants Dunedin and Suburban Master Butchers .. Dunedin Builders and Contractor's Dunedin Clothing-manufacturers Dunedin Engineers, Metal-workers, and Iron and Brass Founders Dunedin Flour, Oatmeal, and Pearl-barley Millers Dunedirr Furniture and Furnishing Trade Dunedin Master' Bakers Dunedin Master Tailors Dunedirr Plumbers Invercargill Plumber's Invorcargill and Suburban Master Butchers New Zealand Boot-manufaoturcrs' Association . Oamaru Master Tailors 116 Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin 2! Crawford Street, Dunedin 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin 20 Dowling Street, Dunedirr Zealandia Chambers, Dowling Street, Dunedin (Secretary, T. M. Gillies, P.O. Box 123) 196 Cashel Street, Christehurch 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin 20 Crawford Street, Dunedirr 99 High Street (P.O. Box 214), Dunedin 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin Tay Street, Invercargill The Cresent, Invercargill 301 Princes Stroot, Dunedin 36 26 66 31 29 12 10 49 22 27 12 13 38 307 Care of J. II. Milligan, Waterloo House, Thames Street, Oamaru 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin Otago Daily Times Office, Dunedirr 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin I Dowling Street, Dunedin 5 318 936 446 1116 1033 311 302 325 Otago and Southland Gold-mining Otago and Southland Newspaper-proprietors Otago and Southland Sheepowncrs Otago and So nth land Tanners Otago Coachbuildors, Blacksmiths, and Farriers Otago Draper's and Clothiers Otago Grocers Otago Master Printers, Lithographers, and Bookbinders Otago Painters Southland Builders and Contractors Southland Coachbuilders and Blacksmiths Southland Grocer's Southland Master Tailors Southland Sawmillers Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (Limited) Westport Coal Company (Limited) 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin Imperial Buildings, 1 Dowling Street, Dunedin 15 7 179 5 36 01 56 37 10 48 29 48 9 22 1 343 406 778 664 332 479 137 20 Crawford Street, Dunedin Tay Street, Invercargill Dee Street, Invercargill The Crcsoent, Invercargill ... 75a Doc Street, Invercargill Arcade Buildings, Esk Street, Invorcargill Water Street, Dunedin 88 31 Water Street, Dunedin 1 Totals Number of unions, 30 940 •

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Nv5" Name. Registered Office. || _ _*j Taranaki Industrial District. 605 516 204 861 \ 605 Taranaki Dairy and Farming .. .. T. H. Penn's office, Broadway, Stratford .. .. 56 516 Taranaki Licensed Victuallers .. .. Devon Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. II 204 Taranaki Master Builders .. .. Gover Street, New Plymouth .. .. .. 18 801 Taranaki Master Printers, Lithographers, 93 Brougham Street, New Plymouth.. .. .. 12 and Bookbinders 447 Taranaki Master Tailors .. .. 251 Devon Street, New Plymouth . . .. .. 5 1229 Taranaki Provincial Retail Grocers .. Orr's Buildings, Broadway, Stratford .. .. 29 447 1229 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 0 131 Marlborough Industrial District. 443 Marlborough Sheepowners .. .. Queen Street, Blenheim .. .. .. .. 57 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of rrnions, 1 57 Nelson Industrial District. 1182 Nelson Grocers .. .. .. 112 Trafalgar Street, Nelson .. .. .. 11 856 Nelson Master Printers, Lithographers, and Trafalgar Street, Nelson .. .. .. .. 9 Bookbinders 774 Nelson Master Tailors .. .. .. Dees and Son's Buildings, Trafalgar Street, Nolson .. 12 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Nunber of unions, 3 32 Westland Industrial District. 177 Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited) Bridge Street, Reefton .. .. .. .. 1 721 Westland Licensed Victuallers .. .. Mackay Street, Greymouth .. .. .. 55 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 2 56 Grand totals .. .. .. Industrial unionB of employer's, 136 5,133

Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. o t/' 1076 1029 825 190 923 1046 1078 Northern (Auckland) Industrial District. Auckland Abattoir Assistants and Freezing Trades Hall, Auckland works Employees Aueklarrd Aerated-water, Corrdirrrerrt, Pre- Trades Hall, Auckland serve, Biscuit, Confeotionery, and Drug Factories Employees Auckland and Suburban Looal Bodies' 19 Tabernacle Buildings, Auckland .. Labourers and Related Trades Auckland Boanrsmen's .. .. Trades Hall, Auckland Auckland Biograph Operators .. 15 Wynyard Street, Devonport, Auokland Auokland Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Auokland Socioty of Carpenters and Joiner's Auckland Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Auckland Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics, Brassfinishors, Tinsmiths, and Sheet-metal Workers) Aueklarrd Brewers, Wine and Spirit Mcr- Trades Hall, Auckland ohants' Employees Auckland Brick and Pottery and Clay Trades Hall, Auckland Workers Auckland Bricklayers .. .. .. 118 Newton Road, Auckland Auckland Builders', General, and other Trades Hall, Aueklarrd Labourers Auokland Butohers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Auckland Auokland Certificated Engine-drivers .. Trades Hall, Auokland Auokland City Cleaners, Caretakers, arrd I Trades Hall, Auokland Liftmen 237 103 1125 16 36 .. 1,293 973 130 258 133 1150 357 200 118 612 340 576 871 152 284 1125

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Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. U llos Auoki ll'.n Nl (ETHERS (AUCKI,ANI darrd Ci Iralniw. ) Industrial District— continued. Trades Hall, Auckland Kn 502 Auck. 144 Auck 1073 Auck: Bn ±su 155 Auck: 720 Auck: oth otn 753 Auck: 596 Auok] 1161 314 422 501 1156 088 149 853 840 978 708 240 474 59 635 108 806 054 1096 062 620 393 508 921 381 129 Auokland City Female Bookbinders, Rulers, Envelope-makers, and Printer's' Feeders Auckland Coach and Car Builders Auokland Coopers Auckland Creameries and Cheese and Butter Factories Employees Auckland Curriers Auckland Cutters, Trimmers, Pressors, arrd other Clothing Employees Auokland Dairy Employees Auckland District Boilermakers, Iron-ship Workers and Bridge-builders Auckland Electrical Trades Auokland Farriers and Genera] Blacksmiths Aueklarrd Federated Cooks and Stewards. . Auckland Felirrrongors, Tanners, Soapworkers, arrd General Tannery Employees, Auckland. Fire Brigades Employees Aueklarrd Fish-trade Employees (other than Fishermen) Aueklarrd Front of House Employees in Theatres, Picture-shows, and Houses of Entertainment Auokland Gas Company's Clerical and Showrooms Employees Auckland Grocers' Assistants Auokland Gum-workers Aueklarrd Hairdressers' Assistants Aueklarrd Hardware Assistants Auokland Hotel and Restaurant Employees Aueklarrd Iron and Brass Moulders Aueklarrd Journalists Auckland Local Federated Seamen Auokland Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers arrd Kindred 'trades Auckland Merchant Service Guild Auckland Motor-oar and Horse Drivers . . Auckland Operative Bakers arrd Pastrycooks Aueklarrd Operative Bootmakers Auokland Operative Plasterers Aueklarrd Painters Auckland Performing Musicians.. Auckland Plumber's and Oasiittors Auokland Related Printing Trades (other than Typographers) Auokland Retail Chemists' Employees Aueklarrd Retail Shop-assistants in the i Boot, Hardware, Crockery, Stationery, Fancy Goods, .Furniture, and Soft-goods Trades Auckland Saddlers, Harness-makers, Collarmakers, Bag-makers, and Bridle-cutters Auckland Sail, Tent, and Cover Makers Auckland Ship, Yacht, and Boat Builders Aueklarrd Stage Employees Auokland Stonemasons and Monumental Workers Auokland' Tailoresses and other Female Clothing Trade Employees Auokland Tailors Auckland Tallymen's Auckland Timber-workers Auoklan'd Tramways Auokland. Typographical Auckland United Flour-mill Employees .. Auckland United. Furniture Trades Auokland United Storemen (other than Employees in Bottling-stores) Aueklarrd Watersido Foremen and Timekeepers Auckland Waterside Workers Birkenhead Sugar-works Employees Coromandel Miners Devonport Ferry and Takapuna Tramways and Ferry Companies' Employees Gisborne and East Coast Shearers and Woolshed Employees Gisborne Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Gisborne Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics) r vol ope - dand C< eland Cl darrd i liter I'll lifer I'll dand Cr iland Cl her (:lo( her Ul'Ot darrd D darrd D Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland Tabernacle Buildings, Karangahape Road, Aueklarrd .. Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Aueklarrd Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland 10 Waitcmata Chambers, Customs Street, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland 2 Tabernacle Buildings, Newton, Aueklarrd 38 Kiwi Road, Devonport, Auckland 9 First Avorruc, Kingslarrd, Aueklarrd Trades Hall, Aueklarrd 22 Swarrson Street, Aueklarrd Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Aueklarrd Trades Hall, Auckland 187 Queen Street, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland 25 Swarrson Street, Auoklaud (Box 1549) Tyrone Buildings, Customs Street East, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland 30 Union Buildings, Customs Street East, Auokland Trades Hall, Aueklarrd .. .. .. Tabernacle Buildings, Auckland Trades Hall, Auokland Trades Hall, Auckland Trades Hall, Auckland 18 Maidstone Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland Trades Hall, Auokland 1 Arthur' Street, Ellerslic, Arrcklarrd 105 61 21 352 20 92 110 150 90 31 216 176 30 71 129 101 790 87 83 154 2,090 132 61 1,123 33 89 561 220 391 141 507 240 278 190 1082 1100 22 Swarrson Street, Auckland 22 Swarrson Street, Arrcklarrd 90 530 Trades Hall, Auokland 150 53 384 494 715 580 Trades Hall, Aueklarrd Trades Hall, Aueklarrd 15 Alison Avenue, Devonport, Aueklarrd Edendale Road, Mount Albert, Auckland 14 87 51 102 73 15 Tabernacle Buildings, Newton, Aueklarrd 1,315 07 830 248 1088 132 183 910 1101 Trades Hall, Auckland Quay Stroot, Auokland Trades Hall, Auckland Tabernacle Buildings, Karangahape Road, Auokland .. 34 Great South Road, Rcmuera, Auckland 2 Tabemaole Buildings, Aueklarrd Trados Hall, Auokland Trades Hall, Hobson Street, Auckland 185 117 603 790 271 60 625 207 1144 Polioe and Customs Buildings, Queen's Wharf, Auckland 31 933 1168 1207 1130 2 Quay Street East, Auckland Trados Hall, Auokland Kaparrga Road, Coromandel Trados Hall, Auokland 1,352 234 27 02 759 Labour' Council's Chambers, Gisborne 20 373 Trades Hall, Gisborne 76 1031 Labour Rooms, Gladstone Road, Gisborne 58

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Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. 5-S ll g-3 Northern (Auckland) Industrial District — continued. 699 643 661 602 1227 798 1084 1109 877 1024 779 863 799 940 1155 1017 Gisborne Drivors .. .. .. Labour Council Rooms, Gisborne .. .. .. 00 Gisborne Painters and Decorators .. Labour Council Rooms, Gisborne .. .. .. I 39 Gisborne Printing and Related Trades .. Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 28 Gisborne Waterside Workers .. .. Road's Quay, Gisborne .. .. .. .. 244 Glen Afton Coal-minors • • . • Glen Aftorr, Pukemiro .. .. .. .. 56 Hamilton Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Toorak Chambers, Hamilton .. .. 84 Socioty of Carpenters arrd Joiners Hikurangi Coal-miners .. .. Hikurangi Hall, Hikurangi .. .. .. .. 211 Huntly Coal-mine Underground Officials .. Mirrors' Hall, Huntly .. .. .. .. 38 Huntly Engine-drivers (in eoal-nrinos) .. flakaroa Street, Huntly .. .. .. .. j 24 Kaipara Waterside Workers .. .. Public Library, To Kopuru .. .. .. 50 Ohinemuri Branch of the Amalgamtcd Miners' Union Hall, Sodden Street, Waihi .. ... 80 Engineering Union (including Electricians and Motor Mechanics) Ohinemuri Mines and Batteries Employees Seddon Street, Waihi .. .. .. .. 512 (other than Engineers, Engine-drivers, and Firemen) Onehunga Branch of the Amalgamated Friendly Societies' Hall, Grey Street, Onehunga .. 107 Sooiety of Carpenters and Joiners Onehunga Waterside Workers .. .. Waterside Worker's'Shed, Onohurrga Wharf .. .. 78 Onehunga Woollen-mill Employees .. Wallace Buildings, Queen Street, Onehunga .. .. 102 Otahuhu Branch of the Amalgamated So- Luke Street, Otahuhu .. .. .. .. 44 ciety of Carpenters and Joiners Poverty Bay and East Coast Builders', Con- Labour Council's Chambers, Gisborne .. .. 50 tractors', and General Labourer's Poverty Bay District Drovers .. .. 227 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. .. 43 Poverty Bay Freezing-works aird Related 227 Gladstone Road, Gisborne .. .. .. 898 Trades Employees , Pukomiro Coal-mine Workers .. .. Pukemiro .. .. .. .. .. 200 Russell Waterside Workers .. .. Russell .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 South Auokland Engine-drivers, Winders, St. John's Schoolroom, Waihi .. .. .. 73 Motornren, and Firemen Taupiri Coal-mine and Waikato Extended Main Street, Hurrtly .. .. .. .. 280 Coal-mine Workers Te Akatoa Coal-mine Workers .. .. Glen Massey, Ngaruawahia .. .. .. 96 Te Puke Gold-minors .. .. .. Muir's Reef, Te Puke .. . . . . .. 70 Thames Branch of the Amalgamated Eugi- Protestarrt Alliance Hall, Mary Street, Thames .. 77 neering Union (including Brassfinishers) Thames Miners .. .. .. Queerr Street, Thames .. . . .. .. 197 Waihi Borough Labourers .. .. j Waihi Sample-rooms, Mueller Street, Waihi .. ,. 14 Whakatano Waterside Workers .. .. County Council Chambers, Whakatane .. .. 17 Whangarei Branch of the Amalgamated Harris's Rooms, James Street, Whangarei .. .. | 38 Socioty of Carpenters and Joiners Whangarei Waterside Workers .. .. Walton Street, Whangarei .. .. .. .. 18 777 1211 431 1053a 1190 837 951 1009 1219 771 16 1050 1202 1049 1188 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 103 26,545 Wellington Industrial District. 710 703 1217 212 1154 I 107 1224 050 540 Amalgamated. Society of Railway Sorvarrts I Aitken Street, Wellington .. .. .. .. 9,573 of New Zealand Chief Stewards' Guild of Now Zealand . . I 168 Lambtou Quay, Wellington .. .. .. 42 Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners'Asso-I 23 Bowen Street, Wellington .. .. .. 1875 oiation Fedorated Cooks arrd Stewards of Now Zea- 25 Panama Street, Wellington .. .. .. 577 land Hastings Fruit Cool Store, Orchard, Nursery, Lyrrdhurst Road, Hastings .. .. .. .. ;j| and Garden Employees Hawke's Bay Branch of the Amalgamated ' 3 Bryant's Buildings, Tennysorr Street, Napier .. 280 • Societ_y of Carpenters and Joiners Hawke's Bay Builders and General Labour Party's Rooms, Karamu Road, Hastings .. 71 Labourers Hawke's Bay Fishermen's and Fish-shed | 48 Ossian Street, Port Ahuriri .. .. .. 22 Employees Manawatu Flax-mills Employees .. Booth McDonald's Buildings, 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmer- 379 stou North Masterton Amalgamated Sooiety of Painters Trades Hall, Queerr Street, Masterton .. .. 15 and Decorators Masterton Branch of the Amalgamated So- Trades Hall, Queen Street, Masterton .. .. 17 ciety of Carpenters arrd Joiners *Napier Branch of the Amalgamated Society 16 Enfield Road, Napier .. .. .. .. 79 of Engineers (moulding Electricians and Motor Mechanics) Napier Gas Employees .. .. 48 Ossian Street, Port Ahuriri .. .. .. 18 Napier Motor-vehicle arrd Horse Drivors .. Roskilda, Taradale .. .. .. .. 152 Napier Painters and Decorators .. 35 Wellesley Road, Napier .. .. .. .. 59 Napier Taxi-drivers .. .. .. Bridge Street, Port Ahuriri .. .. .. 21 Napier Tramway Employees .. .. Tramway Depot, Faraday Street, Napier .. .. 27 Napier Waterside Workers .. .. ; Union's Office, Hardinge Road, PortAhuriri .. .. 313 Napier Wool and Grain Store Employees I 112 Waghorrre Street, Port Ahuriri, Napier .. .. 123 and Wholesale Merchants' Storemen 992 804 752 775 375 237 1220 973 389 764 * Cancelled A/i/Vi.

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R*g. No. Name. Registered Office. II Wellington Ini ustrtal District — continued. 594 918 Palmerston North Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Palmerston North Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (including Motor Mechanics arrd Cycle-workers) Palmerston North Painters and Decorators Potone Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Coppersmiths and Motor Mechanics) Potone (Wellington) Woollen - mills Employees South Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wanganui Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wairgarrui Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (including Motor Mechanics) Wanganui Bricklayers .. Wanganui Motor and Horse Drivers Wanganui Municipal Labourers Wanganui Gasworks Employees.. Wanganui Operative Butcher's Wanganui Society of Painters and Decorators Wanganui Theatre Employees Wanganui Tramway Employees Wanganui Waterside Workers Wellington Amalgamated Society of Painters and Decorators Wellington Amalgamated Socioty of Shopassistants in the Boot, Hardware, Stationery, Fancy Goods, Furniture, and Soft-goods Trades Wellington Biograph Operators Wellington Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Wellington Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Brass-finishers, Coppersmiths, Motor Mechanics, and Tinplate and Sheetmetal Workers) Wellington Brewers, Bottlers, Bottlewashers, and Aerated-water Employees (other than Storemen and Drivers) • Wellington Brick, Clay, and Pottery Workers Wellington Bricklayers Wellington Builders' and General Labourers Wellington City Gasworks Employees Wellington City Ships Tally Clerks Wellington City Tramways and Powerhouses Employees Wellington Coachworkers Wellington Dairy Employees Wellington District Hotel, Club, and Restaurant Workers Wellington District of the Australasian Institution of Marine Engineers Wellington Electrical Workers Wellington Federated Furniture Trade .. Wellington Female Printers' Assistants . . Wellington Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees Wellington Gardeners' Employees Wellington Hairdressers', Hairworkers', and Wrgmakers' Assistants Wellington Iron and Brass Moulders Wellington Journalists Wellington Local Federated Seamerr Wellington Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers, and Kindred Trades Wellington Match-factory Wellington Merchant Service Guild Wellington Metal-workers' Assistants Wellington Motor-ear and Horse Drivers, and Stable-attendants Wellington Operative Bakers and Pastrycooks and Bakers aird Pastrycooks' Labourers Wellington Operative Bootmakers' Society Wellington Operative Butchers Wellington Performing Musicians Booth McDonald's Building, 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North 320 Church Street, Palmerston North 90 — 42 210 739 41 Rangitikei Street, Palmerston North Orange Hall, Buiek Street, Petone .. 10 — I 89 I 709 Trades Hall, Wellington I ! 223 041 St. Thomas's Schoolroom, Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington 46 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui 122 ~~ 072 107708 Y.M.C.A. Buildings, Victoria Avenue, Wanganui 74 1.057 730 1173 682 439 258 1215 748 685 129 53 Nelsorr Street, Wanganui 40 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui 14 Quiok Avenue, Upper Aramoho Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui 37 Harrison Street, Wanganui 40 Victoria Avenue, Wanganui 4 Keith Street, Wanganrri 22 Harper Street, Gonville, Wanganui Wharf Waiting-room, Wanganui Trades Hall, Wellington 30 - 29 44 30 38 45 — Hi 40 134 360813 Trades Hall, Wellington 419 Trades Hall, Wellington .. :. Trados Hall, Wellington 19 630 — 1071 52 1000 Trades Hall, Wellington 285 Trades Hall, Wellington 52 991 1192 Trades Hall, Wellington 77 528 1077 1102 1134 1204 Kauri Street, Eastbourne, Wellington Trades Hall, Wellington 80 Mamiers Street, Wellington 106 Adelaide Road, Wellington 257 Riddiford Street, Newtown, Wellington .. 39 — 509153 94 569 173 966 218 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. ... Trades Hall, Wellington 80 Manners Street, Wellington 40 41 2,404 72 Aitkerr Street, Wellington 582 611 70 1174 1079 Trades Hall, Wellington Trades Hall, Wellington Trades Hall, Wellington .. . . .. Trades Hall, Wellington 114 — 443 00 2,845 1149 915 Beehive Chambers, Courtenay Place, Wellington Trades Hall, Wellington 30 54 97 1023 960 931 Trades Hall, Wellington 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. Trades Hall, Wellington 73 54 1,419 10 1170 482 930 219 Trades Hall, Wellington 153-55 Featherston Street, Wellington Trades Hail, Wellington 130 Featherston Street, Wellington .. (iO 307 122 487 I Beehive Chambers, Courtenay Place, Wellington 309 14 134 808 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. •. ... Trades Hall, Wellington 68 Willis Street, Wellington 280 275 193

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Reg. No. Name. o wi Registered Office. jg a 200 69 1212 Wellington Ini rrsTiuAi. District — continued. Wellington Plasterers Wellington Plumbers and Gasfitters Wellington Related Printing Trades (other than Female Assistants, Journalists, and Typographers) Wellington Retail Grocers' Assistants Wellington Saddlers Wellington Shearers Wellington Theatrical Stage Employees . . Wellington Stage Supernumeraries Wellington Stationary, Traction, and Locomotive Engine Drivers, arrd their Assistants Wellington Stonemasons Wellington Tailoresses, Cutters, Pressers, arrd other Clothing-trade Employees (except Tailors) Wellington Tailors Wellington Timber-yards and Sawmills Wellington Tramways Officials Wellington Typographical Wellington United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship and Bridge Builders Wellington Wholesale Merchants' Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) Wellington Waterside Workers Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 63Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 20631 Dunoan Terrace, Wellington .. .. 280 234 167 027 705 1018 242 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 350 Trades Hall, Wellington . . .. .. .. 54 Queen's Chambers, Jervois Quay, Wellington .. 422 Trades Hall, Wellington . . .. .. .. 115 3 Oxford Street, Wellington .. .. .. 25 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 104 038 405 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 15 — 147 Cuba Street, Wellington .. .. .. 451 o 220 1148 15 19 Trades Hail, Wellington .. .. .. .. 227 Trados Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 193 Car-shed, Newtown, Wellington .. .. .. 55 31 Duncan Terrace, Wellington .. .. .. 430 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 93 773 Trades Hall, Wellington .. .. .. .. 458 932 Queen's Chambers, Jervois Quay, Wellington .. 1,778 Totals Number of unions, 88 33,678 CANTKUBIJIli ' Industrial District. 1172 Ashburton Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Labourers Canterbury Bakers, Pastrycooks, Biscuit, and Confcotionery Employees Canterbury Bricklayers Canterbury Brick, Pottery, Pipe, Tile, and Clay Workers Canterbury Builder's' and General Labourers, Quarry-workers, and Wool and Grain Store Employees Canterbury Carpenters and Joiners Canterbury Coachbuilders Canterbury Curriers Canterbury Dairymen's Employees Canterbury Freezing-works and Related Trades Employees Canterbury Grocers' Assistants Canterbury Hotel and. Restaurant Employees Canterbury Motor-car, Horse Drivers, and Livery-stable Employees Canterbury Shearers Canterbury Timber-yards, Sawmills, and Coal-yards Employees Canterbury Traction and Stationary Engine Drivers and Firemen Canterbury Woollen-mills Employees Christehurch Aerated-water Workers and other Bottlers Christehurch Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Joiners' Machinists, and Shipwrights Christehurch Branch of tiro Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Brassfinishers, Range-workers, Metal-workers' Assistants, Electrical Workers, Tinsmiths, Sheet-metal Workers, and Cycle-workers) Christehurch Brewers, Maltsters, and Related Trades Christehurch Brush and Broom Trade Christehurch Clerks, Cashiers, and Office Employees Christehurch Dress and Mantlo Makers Christehurch Federated Furniture Trades Christehurch Gardeners Christehurch Gasworks Employees Christehurch Hair-dressers and Tobacconists' Assistants Christehurch Iron and Brass Moulders 18 Raploy Street, Hampstead, Ashburton .. .. 23 463 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 247 787 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 361 566 726 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 92 Trades H al I, Christehurch .. . . .. .. 73 176 Trades Hall, Christehurch . . .. .. . . 939 48 263 194 555 747 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 134 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 120 Druids'Hall, Wooiston .. .. .. .. 21 3 Trades H all, Christehurch .. .. .. 30 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 2,271 274 652 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 171 Trades Hail, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 1,275 281 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 520 288 268 Trades Hall, Christehurch . . . . .. . . 474 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 120 140 3 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. 118 266 549 Odd Fellows' Lodge-room, Hilton Street, Kaiapoi . . 192 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 48 20 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 006 1001 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 914 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 200 550 1064 1139 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. 5] Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 262 1150 1083 300 573 236 Trados Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 400 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. . . 245 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 27 3 Trados Hall, Christehurch . . .. .. <)2 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. .. .. 50 107 Trades Hall, Christehurch .. .. ,, .. 89

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Keg. No. Name. Registered Office. is Canterbury Ini J u strial D istrict — continued. 857 1000 35 193 385 81 809 1126 123 38 1147 1051 916 1201 223 5 II 105 547 1169 1095 Christehurch Journalists Christehurch Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch and Clock Makers, and Kindred Trades Christehurch Operative Bootmakers' Society Christehurch Operative Butchers Christehurch Operative Stonemasons Christehurch Painters Christehurch Performing Musicians Christehurch Picture-theatres Employees and Front-of-house Employees in other Theatres Christehurch Plasterer's Christehurch Plumbers and Gaslittors Christehurch Printing Trades Christehurch Retail Chemists' Assistants .. Christehurch Retail Shop-assistants (other than Grocers, Chemists, Tobacconists, and Hairdressers' Assistants) Christehurch Rope, Twine, and Flock Makers Christehurch Saddlers, Harness arrd Collar Makers Christehurch Stago Employees .. Christehurch Tailoresses, Cutters, Pressors, and other Clothing-trade Employees Christehurch Tailoring Trade Christehurch Tramway Employees Christehurch Tramway Officials Christehurch Wholesale Merchants' Employees (other than Drivers and Clerks) Lyttelton Branoh of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners, Joiners' Machinists, and Shipwrights Lyttelton Ships Tally Clerks Lyttelton Waterside. Workers Mount Torlesso Coal-miners Rangiora Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners South Canterbury Bakers and Pastrycooks South Canterbury Timber-yards, Sawmills, and Coal-yards Employees Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Timaru Branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics) Timaru Carpenters Timaru Society of Painters and Decorators Timaru United Millers and Flour-mill Employees Timaru Wharf Labourers United Boilermakers, Iron and Steel Ship Builders of Canterbury United Millers, Engine-drivers, and Mill Employees' Society of Canterbury Waimate Workers Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trados Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christohuroh Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch Theatre Royal, Christehurch Trades Hall, Christehurch 'Trades Hall, Christehurch .. Trades Hall, Christohuroh .. Ttades Hall, Christehurch .. Trades Hall, Christehurch 07 17 335 170 260200 88 82 — 130 — 411 34 423 47 50 49 754 412 452 16 102 1127 60 Hastings Street, Sydenham 36 — 1152 938 1194 1099 Base of No. 3 Wharf, Lyttelton Coronation Hall, Lyttelton Union Office, Mount Torlcsse, Avoca Templar Hall. Rangiora 41 788 25 16 - 387 692 Hutchinson's Tea-rooms, Stafford Street, Timaru Y.M.C.A., Timaru 14 21 737 Y.M.C.A., King George Place, Timaru 68 ■ 1035 W.E.A. Rooms, Sophia Street, Timaru 55 386 481 1180 Y.M.C.A. Rooms, Timaru Y.M.C.A. Buildings, George Street, Timaru Workers' Educational Association Rooms, Timaru 48 ' 21 26 902 372 Strathallan Hall, Timaru Trades Hall, Christehurch 163 77 174 Trades Hall, Christehurch 27 327 Waimate 41 Totals Number of unions, 67 15,701 Otago and Sout iiland Industrial District. 251 711 758 770 1028 1112 892 221 903 Bluff Waterside Dunedin and Mosgiel Woollen-mills Employees Dunedin and Port Chalmers United Shipwrights Dunedin and Suburban Boot-repairers Dunedin and Suburban General Electrical Workers Drtnedin and Suburban Operative Butchers Dunedin and Suburban Operative Licensed Drainers Dunedin Amalgamated Society of Shopassistants (other than Grocers, Butchers, Chemists, Tobacconists, and Hairdressers' assistants) Dunedin Amalgamated Warehousemen .. Dunedin Bakers and Pastrycooks Dunedin Biscuit and Confectionery Manufacturing Employees Shelter-shod, Bluff.. Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin 28 15 110 120 17 895 Trades Hall, Dunedin 420 1153 89 1142 Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunodin ... .. .. .. Lower Rattray Stroot, Dunedin ' .. .. ... 70 125 175

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lteg. No. Name. Registered Office. O rt) «H B fa 1081 Otago and Southland Industrial District — continued. 873 1186 1080 703 1094 1157 84 1012 1131 1060 854 995 1196 974 45 71 93 1158 770 36 047 1098 1038 711 58 942 735 99 !)3r. 1165 1179 996 1140 9 792 Dunedin Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Dunedin Engineering Union (including Brassfinishors, Coppersmiths, and Rangeworkers, Cycle and Motor Mechanics. Tinplate and Sheet-metal Workers) Dunedin Brewers, Bottlers, Bottle-washers, Trados Hall, Dunedin .. and Aerated Waters Dunedin Briokmakers, Potterymakors, Tile- Trades Hall, Dunedin makers, and Sanitary-pipe Makers Dunedin Brush and Broom Trade .. Trados Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Canister-workers .. . . Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin City Corporation Tramway Officials Electric-car Depot, Market Street, Dunedin Dunedin Clerks, Cashiers, and Office Assist- Trades Hall, Dunedin ants Dunedin Federated Furniture Trades .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Felt-hatters .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Fire Brigades Employees .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Gardeners .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin .. .. Dunedin Journalists .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedirr Dunedin Local Federated Seamen .. 1 Crawford Street, Dunedin Dunedin Manufacturing Chemists' Em- Trades Hall, Dunedin ployees Dunedin Manufacturing Jewellers, Watch Trades Hall, Dunedin and Clock Makers, arrd Kindred Trades Dunedin Operative Bootmakers .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Operative Stonemasons .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Painters .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Paper-mills Employees .. Trados Hall, Dunedirr Dunedin Performing Musicians .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Pressors, Cutters, and. other Trades Hall, Dunedin Clothing-factory Operatives Dunedin Printers' Machinists, Bookbinders, Trades Hall, Dunedin (Secretary, Robert Ferguson, Lithographers, and Related Trades 754 George Street) Dunedin Retail Chemists'Assistants .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Rope and Twine Spinners .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Stage Employees .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Tailoresses and other Female 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin Clothing-trade Employees Dunedin Theatrical and Shows Employees Trades Hall, Dunedin I other than Stage Hands) Dunedin Trawlers .. .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin United Plumbers and Gasfitters. . Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Waterside Workers .. .. Rattray Street Wharf, Dunedin ... Dunedirr Wax-vesta Employees . . Trades Hall, Dunedin Dunedin Wholesale Storemen's .. .. Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin Green Island Coal-miners .. .. Fairfield, Dunedin. . Green Island Iron-rolling Mills Employees Trades Hall, Dunedin Invorcargill Bootmakers .. .. Labour Rooms, Esk Street, Invercargill Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill Society of Carpenters and. Joiners Invercargill Branch of the Amalgamated Trades Hall, Esk Street, Invercargill Engineering Union (including Motor Mechanics, Electricians, and other Electrical Workers) Irrvercargill Hotel, Restaurant, and Board- Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill inghouse Employees Irrvercargill Retail Grocers'Assistants .. Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invorcargill Invercargill Retail Soft-goods Employees 62 Esk Street, Invercargill Invercargill Tramways.. .. .. 165 Conon Street, Invercargill Iron and Brass Moulders' Union of New Trades Hall, Dunedin Zealand Kaikorai Cable Tramway Employees .. Conductors' Room, Dunedin and Kaikorai Tram Company's Power-house, Kaikorai Valloy, Dunedin Kaitangata Coal-miners .. .. Water' Street, Kaitangata Mataura Coal-miners .. .. .. Union Office, Mataura Nightcaps District Coal-minors .. .. Johnston Road, Nightcaps Oamaru Flour-mills Employees . . .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Oamaru Grocers' Assistants .. 93 Eden Street, Oamaru Oamaru Painters .. .. .. Porridge Street, Oamaru .. .. % Oamaru Waterside Workers .. .. Waiting-shed, Waterfront, Oamaru Oamaru Woollen-mill Employees .. Factory Lane, Oamaru Ohai Coal-miners .. .. .. Union Office, Ohai Otago and Southland Farriers .. .. Trades Hall, Dunedin Otago arrd Southland Freezing-works and Trades Hall, Dunedin Related Trades Employees Otago and Southland Harvest Hands, Trades Hall, Dunedin Threshing - mill, and Chaffcutter Employees Otago and Southland Lime, Cement, Phos- Trades Hall. Dunedin phatc, and Marl Employees Otago and Southland Operative Tailors Trades Hall, Dunedin and Shop Tailoresses 44 39 32 21 23 14 105 22 25 48 44 537 40 17 IDS 18 148 103 72 63 200 19 24 33 1023 37 12 75 283 23 482 37 40 16 357 43i 731 115 1203 200 1167 1159 848 80 120 95 45 173 1181 37 ■ 829 1187 971 1059 1160 1037 945 1085 1216 876 599 250 18 100 34 18 18 103 110 32 17 1,017 11 33 350 1176 150 503 165

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Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. ii ■a Otago and Southlan Otago and Southland Saddle-makers, Har-ness-makers, Collar-makers, Bag-makers, Cover-makers, and Bridle-cutters Otago and Southland Shearers Otago and Southland Shepherds, Musterers, and Drovers Otago Box-workers Otago Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners Otago Bricklayers Otago Coachworkers and Wheelwrights . . Otago Engine - drivers, Firemen, and Greasers Otago Flour-mill Employees Otago General Labourers, Builders' Labourers, Quarrymen, and Coal-yard Employees Otago Grocers' Assistants Otago Hairdressers' Assistarrts Otago Hotel, Restaurant, and Boardinghouse Employees Otago Metal-workers' Assistants Otago Motor-vehicle and Horse Drivers, and Stable-attendants Otago Operative Plasterers Otago Timber-yards and Sawmills Otago Typographical id Industrial District— continued. 182 Trades Hall, Dunedin 32 398 1138 Trados Hall, .Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedirr 384 64 267 78 Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedirr 35 366 — 246 205 506 106 Glen Road, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin 4129 92 166 507 Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin 17 260217 578 675 Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Jamieson's Buildirrgs, Stuart Street, Dunedirr 40 24 621 197 1119 Trades Hall, Dunedin Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin 202 494 216 252 77 Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedin Trades Hall, Dunedirr (Secretary, R. Ferguson, 754 George Street) Cross Wharf, Port Chalmers Union Office, Shag Point Labour Hall, 62 Esk Street, Invorcargill 28 - 90 114 956 1177 989 Port Chalmers Waterside Workers Shag Point Coal-miners Southland and Otago Cheese and Butter Factories Employees (other than Managers) Simthland. and Otago Cheese-factory Man264 30 250 833 Labour Hall, 62 Esk Street, Invercargill 75 411 1039 225 784 834 agers Southland Federated Furniture Trados .. Southland Milk-condensing Factories Employees Southland Operative Butchers Southland Painters Southland Plumbers, Oasfitters, Tinsmiths, and Sheet-metal Workers Southland Timber-yards and Sawmills Southland Typographical United Boilermakers and Iron-ship Builders of Otago Waronui Coal-miners Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill P.O. Box 314, Invercargill Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invercargill Allen's Hall, Kelvin Street, Invorcargill 62 62 48 65245 315 102 62 Esk Street, Invercargill .. Labour Office, Esk Street, Invercargill Trades Hall, Dunedin 850 30 67 927 Milton, Otago 21 Totals Number of unions, 99 14,631 Taranaki : Industrial District. 817 Hawera Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners New Plymouth Branch, of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (including Electricians and Motor Mechanics) New Plymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiner's New Plymouth Freezing-works Employees New Plymouth General Labourers New Plymouth Grocers' Assistants Now Plymouth Hotel and Restaurant Employees New Plymouth Motor-car and Horse Drivers New Plymouth Retail Butchers New Plymouth Timber-yards and Sawmills Employees New Plymouth Tramways Employees New Plymouth United Storemen and Packers (other than Employees in Grocery Establishments) New Plymouth Waterside Workers Stratford Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carponters and Joiners Taranaki Dairy Factories Taranaki Operative Bakers arrd Pastrycooks Taranaki Operativo Bootmakers Taranaki Tailoring Trade Waitara Freezing-works Employees Foresters' Hall, Hawera i 27 — 1213 Workers' Hall, New Plymouth 59 805 Workers' Hall, New Plymouth 72 - 1089 811 1122 1214 Town Hall, Now Plymouth Workers' Hall, New Plyrrrouth Workers' Hall, Now Plymouth Workers' Social Hall, New Plymouth 125 200 - 70 150 1151 1185 982 Town Hall, New Plymouth Workers' Hall, New Plymouth Town Hall, New Plymouth 20 28 1068 1200 Darnell Stroot, Fitzroy, New Plymouth Workers' Hall, New Plymouth 24 20 934 818 Workers' Hall, New Plymouth Opunake Road, Stratford 165 18 - 1183 908 208 794 1113 Workers' Hall, New Plymouth Town Hall, New Plymouth Workers' Hall, Courtney Street, New Plymouth Workers' Hall, New Plymouth West Quay, Waitara 104 25 14 33 196 Totals Number of unions, 19 1,350

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Reg. No. Name. Registered Office. ll Marlborough Industrial District. 1223 1163 401 1143 1223 1163 401 1143 707 615 975 Blenheim Motor-vehicle, Horse Drivers, and 10 Carvell Street, Blenheim .; .. .. 26 Stable-attendants Blenheim United. Storemen (other than cm- 10 Carvell Street, Blenheim. . .. .. .. 41 ployces in Retail Grocery and Soft-goods Establishments) Marlborough Building Trades .. .. Bank Street, Springlands, Blenheim .. .. .. 41 Marlborough Farm and Station Employees Zealandia Cafe, Blenheim .. .. .. .. 42 (other than Shearers and Shod Hands) Marlborough Freezing-works Employees .. Foresters' Hall, Picton .. .. .. .. 95 Marlborough Shearers .. .. .. Zealandia Cafe, Blenheim .. . . .. .. 58 Picton Waterside Workers .. .. Dublin Street, Picton .. .. .. .. 75 707 615 975 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 7 378 Nelson Industrial District. 1145 1178 572 1166 1199 448 1146 445 564 762 570 949 1106 Golden Bay Cement Company's Employees Motupipi .. .. .. .. .. i 80 Nelson Amalgamated Society of Shop- Opie's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson.. .. .. 38 assistants Nelson Branch of the Amalgamated Society Macaulay's Rooms, Hardy Street, Nelson .. .. 115 of Carpenters and Joinors Nelson Branch of the Amalgamated Society Orange Hall, Collingwood Street, Nelson .. .. 72 of Engineers (including Motor Mechanics) Nelson Brewers, Maltsters, Bottlers, Bottle- Opie's Rooms, Bridge Stroot, Nelson.. .. .. 20 washers, and Aerated-water Nelson Labourers .. .. .. Orange Hall, Collingwood Street, Nelsorr .. .. 32 Nelson Motor-car and Horse Drivors .. Opie's Hall, Bridge Street, Nelson . . .. . . 55 Nelson Painters .. .. .. Stallard's Rooms, Hardy Street, Nelson. .. .. 26 Nelson Plumbers, Gasfitters, arrd Sheet- Stallard's Rooms, Hardy Street, Nelson .. .. 20 metal Workers Nelson Tailors and Tailoresses .. .. Opie's Rooms, Bridge Street, Nelson.. .. .. 18 Nelson Typographical .. .. . . Old Dresden Rooms, Nelson .. .. .. 6 Nelson Waterside Workers .. .. Universal Hall, Havon Road, Nelson . . .. 88 North Cape Coal-miners .. .. Puponga .. .. .. .. .. .. 32 Totals .. .. .. .. .. Number of unions, 13 602 Westland Industrial District. 958 963 981 1030 858 1228 952 82 962 1042 994 1198 958 963 981 1030 858 1228 952 82 962 1042 994 1198 964 1034 968 1164 754 Ull 690 959 Blackball Coal-mine Workers (other than Main Street, Blackball .. .. .. .. 85 Engineers, Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Winchmen) Denniston Coal-miners .. .. Denniston .. .. .. .. .. 339 Denniston Engine-drivers, Firemen, Brakes- Denniston .. .. .. .. .. 02 men, Carpenters, and Joiners Blacksmiths, and Fitters Grey and Bullor Coal-mines Deputies and Blackball .. .. .. .. .. 68 Undcrviewers Greymouth Branch of the Amalgamated Foresters' Hall, Greymouth .. .. .. 11 Society of Engineers Greymouth Hotel and Restaurant Employees Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 72 Greymouth Waterside Workers .. .. Richmond Quay, Greymouth .. .. . . 208 Inangahua Gold and Coal Miners .. Bridge Street, Reefton .. .. .. . . 372 Millerton and Granity Coal-minors .. Millerton .. .. .. .. .. 453 Millerton and Granity Engine-drivers, Fire- Torea Street, Granity .. .. .. .. 40 men, Brakesmen, Bricklayers, Blacksmiths, Carpenters, and Fitters Ngakawau Coal-miners .. .. Ngakawau .. .. .. .. .. 223 Otira Coach-drivers, Motor-car Drivers, Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 8 Stable - attendants, and Livery - stable Employees Point Elizabeth and Liverpool State Col- Mills Street, Runanga .. .. .. .. 315 lieries Employees (other than Engineers, Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Winchmen) Roa' Coal - mine Employees (other than Roa, Westland .. .. .. .. .. 68 Engineers, Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Winchmen) Westland Engine-drivers, Firemen, Motor- Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 56 men, Brakesmen, Blacksmiths, Electricians, and Pumpmen's Westland Retail Shop-assistants in the Soft- Lyceum Hall, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 131 goods, Fancy-goods, Furniture, Stationery, Hardware, Chemists, Tobacconists, Grocers, Boot, and Butchers' Trades Westland Tailoring Trade .. 10 Puketahi Street, Greymouth .. .. .. 19 Westland Timber-yards and Sawmills .. Union Office, Guinness Street, Greymouth .. .. 1,097 Westport General Labourers and Mechanics 29 .Russell Street, Westport .. .. .. 71 Westport Waterside Workers .. .. Domett Street, Westport .. .. .. .. 105 964 1034 968 H64 754 Ull 690 959 Totals .. .. '.. .. .. Number of unions, 20 3,803 Grand totals .. .. .. Industrial unions of workers, 415 96,609

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The undermentioned unions have failed to send in their annual returns, or have sent in invalid returns, and inquiry is being made as to their position. There is reason to believe that most of them are now defunct:— Northern Industrial District. Industrial Association of Employers. The New Zealand United Master Bakers' Industrial Association of Employers, registered number 351, situated at Auckland. Industrial Association of Workers. The New Zealand Federated Hotel and Restaurant Employees' Industrial Association of Workers, registered number 729, situated at Auokland. Industrial Union of Employers. The Auckland Provincial Shipowners, Ship, Yacht, arid Boat Builders' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 533, situated at Auckland. Industrial Union of Workers. The Hokianga Waterside Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1189, situated at Hokianga. Wellington Industrial District. Industrial Union of Employers. The Wellington Electrical Engineers and Traders' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 1048, situated at Wellington. Industrial Unions of Workers. The Feilding Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1110, situated at Feilding. The Wellington Industrial District Butter and Cheese Factory Workers' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1208, situated at Wellington. The Wellington Industrial District Farm and Station Hands' (other than Shearers) Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1209, situated at Wellington. The Wellington Shipwrights' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 957, situated at Wellington. Canterbury Industrial District. Industrial Union of Employers. The Waimate County Coach and Motor Builders, Engineers, and. Blacksmiths' Industrial Union of Employers, registered number 1067, situated at Waimate. Taranaki Industrial District. Industrial Union of Workers. The Taranaki Shearers and Shed Hands' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1171, situated at Waitara. Nelson Industrial District. Industrial Unions of Workers. The Nelson Freezing-works Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1191, situated at Nelson. The Stoke Fruit-packers, Fruit-graders, and Orchard Employees' Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 1206, situated at Nelson. Westland Industrial District. Industrial Union of Workers. The Grey Valley Industrial Union of Workers, registered number 79, situated at Brunnerton.

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