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Table II.—Return Showing in Age-groups Numbers of Men employed under Various Schemes as at 5th April, 1941.

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Age-groups. Totals. Schemes. 20-24 Tears. 25-29 Years. 30-34 Years. 35-39 Years. 40-44 Years. 45-49 Years. 50-54 Years. 55-59 Years. 60 and S. M. S. M. S. M. S. M. 8. M. S. M. 8. M. S. II. S. M. S. M. ! Total. J Scheme No. 13— Class 1 : Pit for heavy work anywhere .. 8 14 5 68 3 157 4 149 3 136 3 146 1 63 5 37 1 6 33 776 809 Class 2: Fit for heavy work locally .. .. 8 13 14 53 7 134 5 178 3 203 3 232 4 418 11 554 5 231 60 2,016 2,076 Class 3 : Fit for light manual work .. .. 9 8 6 32 6 77 6 102 9 163 10 188 17 364 22 582 7 371 92 1,887 1,979 Class 4: Unfit for manual work .. .. 2 2 1 2 4 2 4 1 8 1 13 2 27 21 10 80 90 Totals, Seheme No. 13 .. .. 27 35 27 154 16 370 15 433 17 506 17 574 23 858 40 1,200 13 629 195 4,759 4,954 Scheme No. 13c (rabbit-extermination) .. 10 4 5 9 1 13 4 16 8 7 6 13 9 9 4 10 3 2 50 83 133 Scheme No. 4b (farm-development work) .. 115 54 67 132 39 144 38 138 45 124 77 103 70 115 100 94 24 21 575 925 1,500 Scheme No. 4e (inexperienced farm labour) .. 87 11 42 46 29 26 33 13 14 16 19 10 16 10 6 3 2 1 248 136 384 Scheme No. 16 (building trade apprentices) .. 154 .. 43 .. 1 .. .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 199 .. 199 Scheme No. 16a (boot trade apprentices) .. 2 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 11 .. 11 Grand totals.. .. .. .. 395 104 188 341 89 553 92 600 85 653 119 700 118 992 150 1,307 42 653 1,278 5,903 7,181* * The total number of men on employment-promotion schemes at 5th April, 1941, was 7,520. The difference of 339 represents men employed under Scheme No. 13 and in respect of whom there is no information available regarding age and conjugal classification.