H.—35.

Table II.—Registered Unemployed and other Males either wholly or partly a Charge on the Unemployment Fund at the End of Successive Four-weekly Periods.

Note.—Maoris employed on development schemes under the control of the Native Department are excluded from this table.

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Period ended 29th Oct., 26th Nov., 24th Dec., 21st Jan., 18th Feb., 18th Mar., 15th April, 13th May, 10th June, 8th July, 5th Aug., 2nd Sept., 30th Sept, 1932. 1932. 1932. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. 1933. , ■. 1 I I I ! (a) Applicants for Work on Registers of Government Employment Bureaux at End of Period. Men on registers unplaced or ineligible for unemployment relief 6,206 5,348 5,199 6,272 5,394 5,585 5,312 5,830 5,802 5,511 5,125 4,517 4,301 for various reasons Men on registers who received relief under Scheme No. 5 during 47,183 45,908 46,166 45,112 43,493 43,374 44,416 46,085 47,337 48,704 49,219 49,299 48,743 the period (excluding gold-prospectors) Total men on registers (excluding gold-prospectors) .. 53,389 51,256 51,365 51,384 48,887 48,959 49,728 51,915 53,139 54,215 54,344 53,816 53,044 (b) Workers engaged in Industrial Undertakings whose Earnings were, subsidized from the Unemployment Fund at End of Period. Farm workers — Scheme No. 4a .. .. .. .. .. 8,174 6,248 5,308 4,698 4,315 4,555 4,973 4,656 5,234 5,806 5,937 3,733 3,£82 Scheme No. 4b .. .. .. .. .. 2,094 2,615 2,622 2,386 2,549 2,514 2,326 2.910 3,107 3,281 3,939 4,608 4,703 Other farm schemes .. .. .. .. .. 983 1,194 1,279 1,258 1,319 1,381 1,749 1,676 1,636 1,624 1,690 1,526 1,525 Building tradesmen and builders'labourers under Scheme No. 10 2,133 2,681 3,243 2,500 2,187 1,808 1,045 753 477 614 2,411 4,595 6,360 Workers in Public Works Department, State Forest, and local body camps under Scheme No. 6 (principally single men) — Land-development .. .. .. .. .. 1,379 1,401 1,402 1,488 1,637 1,724 1,736 1,681 1,718 1,714 1,680 1,907 1,640 Highways and backblock roads .. .. .. .. 995 889 859 568 862 898 985 966 1,011 1,088 1,184 1,264 1,205 Afforestation .. .. .. .. .. .. 615 499 469 287 291 409 322 344 781 1,137 1,232 1,199 1,008 Workers employed by Public Works Department at standard rates of pay (principally married men) — Land development .. .. .. .. .. 284 287 287 299 465 451 677 730 769 757 675 830 716 Roads .. .. .. .. .. .. 335 603 792 1,196 1,115 1,366 1,642 1,533 1,356 1,093 1,153 1,187 1,347 Gold miners and prospectors — Subsidized men, supervisors, &c., under Scheme No. 5 .. 1,160 1,221 1,259 1,319 1,469 1,762 2.368 2,637 2,854 2,818 2,969 3,085 3,129 Subsidized men, in parties, under Scheme No. 8a .. .. 265 246 215 245 387 389 414 472 646 687 662 653 666 Employed by companies and syndicates under Scheme No. 8b 5 9 17 47 46 66 134 137 95 113 113 114 113 Miscellaneous .. .. .. .. .. .. 160 162 164 190 338 370 156 122 95 87 102 110 97 l Totals .. .. .. .. .. .. 18,582 18,055 17,916 16,481 16,980 17,693 18,527 18,617 19,779 20,819 23,747 24,811 I 26,391 ■ ; (c) Total Number of Males who were wholly or partly a Charge on 65,765 63,963 64,082 61,593 60,473 61,067 62,943 64,702 67,116 69,523 72,966 74,110 75,134 the Unemployment Fund