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Table IV—Provincial Analysis of Farm Labour (all Types) available and Vacancies held for Nine Months ended 31st March, 1941.

1940. 1941. July. August. September. October. November. December. January. j February. March. Province. 7 , j ; : r j ® i \ & \ i \ & £ ®* £ ® £ s £ ® £ s £ s .1 — "3 ! "o I J- 3 °o *o *3 *3 *5 *3 3 sj £ j =3 ! fi i — 03 S3 43 C ,£? S 05 C 1 ,5 ~ — = ~ oS 1 I ci S cS S eg "3 e3 •— e3 ~ °? •— e8 •— oS e3 o c6 CJ <8 o oS o c3 o si c eJ o C3 « cs > c8 > rt:> cS > si > «3 > ej > ss:> oJ > c# •< j > | -si j > j < > < > < > < > <! > | -< > < > Auckland .. .. .. 948 70 290 124 278 127 193 92 48 118 32 121 8 98 4 96 98 Waikato .. .. .. 235 93 370 212 17 170 3 145 7 116 7 134 10 82 6 95 3 70 Bay of Plenty .. .. 91 49 31 34 17 25 45 36 .. 53 .. 63 .. 34 .. 31 .. 29 Hawke'sBay .. .. 296 44 163 45 60 77 44 72 31 58 17 62 2 56 5 56 7 52 Taranaki .. .. ..78 94 26 48 11 50 4 58 2 38 3 35 21 13 14 Wellington.. .. .. 774 117 391 98 264 87 144 77 73 110 69 118 57 73 38 89 29 61 Nelson, Marlborough, and West 1,469 5 954 6 366 11 364 8 234 5 190 9 185 17 191 8 160 12 Coast Canterbury .. .. 2,055 30 1,177 35 948 60 854 59 710 65 646 77 280 52 351 62 368 37 Otago and Southland .. 1,052 91 928 100 352 124 374 112 351 101 360 73 294 51 396 72 421 67 Totals .. .. 6,998 593 4,330 702 2,313 731 2,025 659 1,456 664 1,324 692 836 484 991 522 988 440 i N.B. —The labour available at the end of each month as shown above is not limited to Placement Service enrolees, but includes workers on State undertakings deemed after interview to be suitable and available for farm-work. The disparity between labour available and vacancies is partly accounted for by the fact that the majority of men available have been married, while the majority required have been single.