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GENERAL. Expenditure of Department fob Yeab .. .. .. .. .. .. oxiv Factories and Shops Acts, Returns under, &c, — Return of Overtime worked in Factories .. .. .. .. .. .. cviii Return of Permits granted to Young Persons (14 to 16 Years) to work in Factories .. .. cix Return showing Number of Factories and Shops in various Towns in New Zealand .. .. cix Requisitions from Shopkeepers fixing Closing-hours .. .. .. .. .. lxxix Shearers' Accommodation Act : Return showing Number of Sheds visited and Accommodation provided .. cxiii Unemployed : Return showing Number of Persons assisted by the Department — (a.) By Occupations .. .. .. .. ... .. .. .. cxi (b.) By Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. cxii Domestics assisted by Women's Branches .. .. .. .. .. .. cxii STATISTICS. Shops (Table 3) : Total Number of Persons engaged, Weekly Wages, Ages, and Sex, — Auckland City and Suburbs .. .. .. .. ... .. .. lxxxiii Ohristchurch „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. lxxxiv Dunedin „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxv Wellington „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. lxxxiii Northern Industrial Distriot .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxv Taranaki „ .. .. ~ .. . .. .. lxxxvi Wellington „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. lxxxvi Marlborough „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxvii Nelson „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxvii Westland „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxviii Canterbury „ .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxviii Otago District ... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. lxxxix Southland Distriot .. .. '» .. .. .. .. .. .. xc (Table 4): Summary of all Shops (by Trades) .. .. .. .. .. .. xci Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, — Awards (Table 5) : Schedule of the Rates of Wages ;md Hours of Labour in the Four Chiff Industrial Districts .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. xcii Industrial Agreements. Awards, and Cases dealt with under the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitra- , tion Act .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. Ixxxi APPENDIX. Diagram showing - Accidents in Factories, 1903-1912 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. At end.

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