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Reports have also been received from Inspectors of Factories at Akaroa, Amberley, Arrowtown, Ashhurst, Awanui (Port), Alexandra South, Balclutha, Bluff, Brunnerton, Bull's, Cambridge, Carterton, Clive, Cromwell, Culverden, Collingwood, Dannevirke, Dargaville, Denniston, Eltham, Fairlie, Featherston, Feilding, Foxton, Gore, Greytown, Geraldine, Hamilton, Hampden, Havelock, Hastings, Hawera, Hawkesbury, Herbertville, Hokianga, Hunterville, Huntly, Hikurangi, Inglewood, Kaikoura, Kumara, Kurow, Kihikihi, Kimbolton, Lawrence, Lincoln, Leeston, Little River, Lyell, Levin, Lumsden, Mangaweka, Malvern, Mataura, Manaia, Methven, Mongonui, Marton, Mercer, Middlemarch, Milton, Mosgiel, Moawhanga, Naseby, Ngapara, Ngaruawahia, Onehunga, Opunake, Ormond, Ormondville, Ophir, Otaki, Orepuki,"Outram, Oxford, Otahuhu, Ohingaiti, Otorohanga, Papakura, Patea, Pembroke, Picton, Paeroa, Pleasant Point, Palmerston South, Queenstown, Raglan, Rakaia, Rangiora, Reefton, Rotorua, Riverton, Ross, Roxburgh, Russell, St. Bathan's, Stratford, Southbridge, Tapanui, Tauranga, Te Aroha, Te Awamutu, Thames, Tenui, Tologa Bay, Takaka, Te Puke, Upper Hutt, Waipawa, Waitara, Woodville, Waitahuna, Whangarei, Whangaroa, Winton, Wyndham, Waihi, Waipukurau, Waverley, and Waimate. These reports are almost unanimous in stating that trade is flourishing, labour well employed, and the factories and other labour laws generally observed.