No. 4.] APRIL, 1937. EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, COST OF ...

THE MINISTRYLABOUR GAZETTE

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EMPLOYMENT, WAGES, COST OFLIVING, AND

TRADE DISPUTES IN MARCH.Employment and Unemployment.

Employment in March, in spite of adverse -weather conditions, continued to improve in most of the principal industries.

Insured Persons in worh,—It is estimated that at 15th March, 1937, the number of insured persons, aged 16-64, in employment in Great Britain, exclusive of workers insured under the agricultural scheme, was approximately 11,242,000. This was 55,000 more than at 22nd February, 1937, and 553,000 more than at 23rd March, 1936.

Numbers Unemployed (excluding Persons normally in Casml Employment),—At 15th March, 1937, there were 1,359,556 persons on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain who were out of a situation, including about 20,000 previously unemployed, but registered in March for the first time as a result of the arrangements for the second appointed day for unemployment assistance on 1st April. The total thus recorded was, however, 32,376 less than at 22nd February, 1937, and 201,018 less than at 23rd March,1936, The total on 15th March, 1937, was made up of 1,076,103 men, 38,514 boys, 203,152 women, and 41,787 girls.

Numbers Temporarily stopped.~At 15th March,1937, there were registered as unemployed in Great Britain 118,641 men, 2,404 boys, 43,751 women, and 2,881 girls who were on short time or otherwise temporarily suspended from work. The total of 167,677 was 5,843 more than at 22nd February, 1937, but 67,603 less than at 23rd March, 1936.

Numbers unemployed Tiornially in Casual Employment.At I5th March, 1937, there were on the registers in

men, 154 boys, 1,830 women, and 21 girls who normally seek a livelihood by means of jobs of short duration. The total of 73,968 was 111less than at 22nd February, 1937, and 11,709 less than at 23rd March, 1936.

Applicants for Benefit or Allowances.—The total of 1,601,201 persons on the registers at 15th March, 1937, included 1,350,656 insured persons who were applicants for insurance benefit or unemployment allowances, 136,012 other insured persons (including maured juveniles under 16 years of age), and 114 633 ■ ^ sured persons. Of the 1,360,556 applicants ’ for benefit or allowances, 731,778 had claims admitted for iMiuance benefit and 552,567 had applications autho-

oofl I the balance of 66,211 included00,926 persons whose position under the conditions relating to contributions paid and benefit received had not been determined, 8,426 persons who had been disqualified for short periods from receiving benefit, and 20,859 persons whose need had been held not to justily payment of unemployment allowances.

Percentages Unemployed.—Among insured workpeople, aged 16-64 (excluding workers insured under tne a^cultural scheme), the percentage imemployed, ape udmg those temporarUy stopped, in Great Britainand Northern Ireland was 11-8 at 15th Mareh, 1937 as

compared with 12-2 at 22nd February, 1937, and 14*2 at 23rd March, 1936. For males alone the percentage at 15th March, 1937,- was 13*3, and for females 7*7. At 22nd February, 1937, the corresponding percentages were 13*6 and 8*3, and at 23rd March, 1936, they were 15*9 and 9*4.

Industries in which the Principal Variations occurred.— The improvement in employment between 22nd February and 15th March was most marked in coal mining, the woollen and worsted industry, the clothing trades, furniture making, the distributive trades, and hotel and boarding house service. There was a decrease in employment in stone quarrying, largely owing to the bad weather.

Wages.In the industries for which statistics are regularly

compiled by the Department, the changes in rates of wages reported to have come into operation in March resulted in an increase of nearly £30,000 in the weekly full-time wages of about 244,000 workpeople, and in a decrease of £50 in those of about 4,000 workpeople.

The principal groups of workpeople affected, by the increases were coal miners in Cannock Chase, North Staffordshire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, the Radstock district of Somerset, and Scotland, and the employees of certain firms engaged in the chemical industry. The decrease affected coal miners in Leicestershire.

The changes so far reported in the first three months of 1937 are estimated to have resulted in a net increase of about £192,000 per week in the full-time rates of wages of 2,160,000 workpeople, and in a net decrease of £10,300 in those of 87,000 workpeople.

Cost of Living.At 1st April the average level of retail prices of

the commocUties taken into accoimt in the statistics compiled by the Ministry of Labour (including food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, and miscellaneous items) was approximately 51 per cent, above the level of July, 1914; for food only the average percentage increase was 35. These percentages were the same as at 1st March. For 1st April, 1936, the corresponding figures were 44 per cent, for all items and 26 per cent, for food only.

These statistics are designed to indicate the average increase in the cost of maintaining unchanged the prewar standard of living of working-class families. Accordingly, the changes in the prices of the various articles included are combined proportionately to the relative importance of those items in pre-war working- class family expenditure, no allowance being made for any changes in the standard of living.

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Trade Disputes.The number of trade disputes involving stoppages of

work reported to the Department as beginning inMarch was 53. In addition, 20 disputes which beganbefore March were still in progress at the beginning ofthe month. The number of workpeople involved in theabove disputes, includinp workpeople thrown out ofwork at the establishment i where the disputes occurred,was about 33,000, and the aggregate duration in March ofthe disputes was estimated at nearly 220,000 working davs.

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C b a D g e a i n r a t e s o f w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f l a b o u r c o m e , t o t h e n o t i c e o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t f r o m a v a r i e t y o f s o u r c e s , i n c l u d i n g ( a ) a r b i t r a t i o n o r c o n c i l i a t i o n p r o c e e d i n g s u n d e r t b e I n d u s t r i a l C o u r t s A c t , 1 9 1 9 , o r t h e C o n c i l i a t i o n A c t , 1 8 9 6 ; ( 6 ) O r d e r s i s s u e d u n d e r t h e T r a d e B o a r d s A c t s ; (c ) r e t u r n s a n d r e p o r t a r e g u l a r l y s u p p b e d b y m a n y e m p l o y e r s , e m p lo y e r s * a s s o c i a t i o n s , a n d t r a d e u n i o n s ; ( a ) r e p o r t s f r o m t b e l o c a l o f f ic e r s o f t h e M i n i s t r y a n d lo c a l c o i r e s p o n d e n t a in t h e p r i n c i p a l i n d u s t r i a l c e n t r e s ; (e ) r e p o r t s in t h e p r e s s . O n t h e r e c e i p t o f a n o t i f i c a t i o n a s t o a c h a n g e , e n q u i r y f o r m s a r e s e n t b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t t o t h e e m p l o y e r s o r t h e i r a s s o c i a t i o n s , a n d t o t h e t r a d e u n i o n s c o n c e r n e d , a s k i n g f o r p a r t i c u l a r s ; a n d a t t h e e n d o f e a c h m o n t h a s u m m a r y o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n o b t a i n e d i s c i r c u l ^ M t o e m p l o y e r s ’ a s s o c i a t i o n s a n d t r a d e u n i o n s f o r v e r i f i c a t u m . I h e p a r t i c u l a r s t h u s c o l l e c t e d a r e p u b l i s h e d e a c h m o n t h i n t h i s G a z e t t e ( s e e , f o r e x a m p l e , p a g e s 1 5 7 t o 1 5 9 o f t h e p r e s e n t i s s u e ) , w i t h a s u m m a r y s h o w in g t h e a p p r o x i m a t e n u m b e r s o f w o r k p e o p le a n e c t e d a n d t h e t o t a l a m o u n t o f i n c r e a s e o r d e c r e a s e i n t h e i r w e e k ly w a g e so r h o u r s o f l a b o u r .

F o r t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e s e s t a t i s t i c s a c h a n g e i n a r a t e o f w a g e s i s d e f in e d a s a c h a n g e i n t h e r a t e o f r e m u n e r a t i o n o f a p a r t i c u l w c l a s s o f w o r k p e o p l e , a p a r t f r o m a n y c h a n g e i n t h e n a t u r e o f t h e w o r k p e r f o r m e d . T h i s d e f i n i t i o n e x c l u d e s ( a ) c h a n g e s m t h e a v e r a g e e a r n i n g s o f a c l a s s d u e t o c h a u g e s i n t h e p i o p o i t i o n s o f h i g h e r a n d lo w e r p a i d w o r k p e o p l e ; ( 6 ) c h a n g e s i n t h e r a t e s o f p a y o f m d iv id u a i f l d u e t o p r o m c t i o n e o r t o p r o g i e s s i v e i n c i e m e n t e w i t h i n t h e U m ite o f f ix e d s c a l e s o f w 'a g e s ; (c ) c h a n g e s i n t h e t e i m s o f e m p l o y m e n t p ro * v i d i n g m e r e l y f o r c o m p e n s a t i o n f o r e x t r a w o r k ; ( d ) c h a n g e s m e a r n i n g s a r i s i n g o u t o f v a r i a t i o n s i n t h e a m o u n t o f w o r k d o n e o r i n t h e a m o u n t o f e m p l o y m e n t a v a i l a b l e ; a n d (e ) c h a n g e s i n e a r n i n g s a r i s i n g f r o m a l t e r a t i o n s i n t h e s y s t e m o f p a y m e n t ( t i m e - w o r k , p i e c e - w o r k , e t c . ) .

I t s h o u l d b e n o t e d t h a t a s t h e D e p a r t m e n t h a s n o c o m p u l s o r y p o w e r s i n r e g a r d t o t h e c o l l e c t i o n o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n , i t i s d e p e n d e n t o n t h e v o l u n t a r y c o - o p e r a t i o n o f t h e e m p l o y e r s , e m p l o y e r s a s s o c i a t i o n s , a n d t r a d e u n i o n s c o n c e r n e d f o r t h e s u p p l y o f t b e p a r t i c m a r e r e q u i r e d . W h i l e t h i s v o l u n t a r y c o - o p e r a t i o n i s v e r y f r e e l y a c c o r d e d , a n d t h e s t a t i s t i c s , t h e r e f o r e , c o v e r a v e r y w id e f i e ld , s o m e R a n g e s i n w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f l a b o u r , e s p e c i a l l y a m o n g t h o s e a n e p t m g u n o r g a n i s e d g r o u p s o f w o r k p e o p l e a n d t h o s e a r r a n g e d b y i n d i v i d u a l f i r m s , d o n o t c o m e t o t h e n o t i c e o f t h e D e p a r t m e n t , a n d a r e n o t i n c l u d e d i n t h e f ig u r e s . M o r e o v e r , t h e s t a t i s t i c s e x c l u d e c h a n g e s i n t h e w a g e s a n d h o u r s o f a g r i c u l t u r a l l a b o u r e r s , G o v e r n m e n t e m p lo y e e s , d o m e s t i c s e r v a n t s , s h o p a s s i s t a n t s a n d c l e r k s .

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H o u r s o f L a b o u r .— T h e T a b l e o n p a g e s 1 3 4 - 5 s u m m a r i s e s t h e i n f e r m a t i o n r e c e i v e d r e l a t i n g t o w e e k l y w o r k i n g h o u r s . T h e T a b l e s h o w s : ( a ) t h e p r o p o r t i o n s o f w o r k p e o p l e , e m p l o y e d b y f i r m s m a k i n g r e t u r n s , w h o s e n o r m a l w e e k l y h o u r s ( t .e . , h o u r s c o n s t i t u t i n g a f u l l o r d i n a r y w e e k ) e x c l u s i v e o f r e c o g n i s ^ i n t e r v a l s f o r m e a l s , e t c .* f e l l w i t h i n v a r i o u s l i m i t s ; ( 6 ) t h e a v e r a g e n o r m a l h o u r s o f t h o s e w o r k p e o p l e ;(c ) t h e p r o p o r t i o n o f w o r k p e o p l e w h o , i n t h e w e e k e n d e d 1 2 t h O c t o b e r , 1 9 3 5 , w e r e w o r k i n g le s s t h a n t h e n o r m a l w e e k , a n d t h e a v e r a g e h o u r s l o s t b y t h o s e w o r k p e o p l e i n t h a t w e e k ; a n d( d ) t h e p r o p o r t i o n W 'ho, i n t h a t w e e k , w o r k e d m o r e t h a n t h e n o r m a l w e e k ly h o u r s a n d t h e a v e r a g e t i m e w o r k e d i n e x c e s s o f t h e n o r m a l h o u r s b y t h o s e w o r k p e o p l e d u r i n g t h a t w e e k . T h e f i g u r e s i n t h e l a s t c o l u m n o f t h e T a b l e s h o w t h e a v e r a g e h o u r s w o r k e d p e r h e a d , c o m p u t e d f r o m t h e d a t a g i v e n i n t h e p r e c e d i n g c o l u m n s r e l a t i n g t o n o r m a l w e e k ly h o u r s , s h o r t t i m e , a n d h o u r s w o r k e d i n e x c e s s o f t h e n o r m a l w e e k , r e s p e c t i v e l y . F o r t h e e n g i n e e r i n g a n d c e r t a i n a l l i e d i n d u s t r i e s t h e i M o r r a a t i o n w a s f o r t h e m o s t p a r t s u p p l i e d t o t h e D e p a r t m e n t b y t h e E n g i n e e r i n g a n d A l l i e d E m p l o j - e r s ’ N a t i o n a l F e d e r a t i o n , b a s e d o n p a r t i c u l a r s o b t a i n e d b y t h a t F e d e r a t i o n f r o m i t s m e m b e r s . T h e s e p a r t i c u l a r s w 'e re i n a s l i g h t l y d i f f e r e n t f t» rm f r o m t h o s e c o l l e c t e d d i r e c t b y t h e D e p a r t m e n t , a n d i t i s p r o b a b l e t h a t t h e f ig u r e s g i v e n i n t h e T a b l e f o r t h e e n g i n e e r i n g a n d c e r t a i n o t h e r i n d u s t r i e s t e n d t o o v e r s t a t e s l i g h t l y t h e p r o p o r t i o n s o f w o r k e r s w h o w o r k e d le a s o r m o r e t h a n f u l l t i m e a n d t o u n d e r s t a t e t h e a v e r a g e t i m e l o s t o r w o r k e d i n e x c e s s o f t h e n o r m a l w e e k .

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I t s h o u l d b e o b s e r v e d t h a t i n t h e g r e a t m a j o r i t y o f t h e r e t u r n s t h e p a r t i c u l a r s r e l a t i n g t o o p e r a t i v e s w o r k i n g le s s t h a n t h e f u l l w e e k i n c l u d e d o n l y t h o s e w o r k e r s w h o w o r e o n s h o r t t i m e a s a r e s u l t o f a r r a n g e m e n t s m a d e b y t h e i r e m p l o y e r s , a n d e x c l u d e d a n y los.s o f t i m e b y i n d i v i d u a l w o r k e r s d u e t o v o l u n t a r y a b s e n c e f r o m w o r k , s i c k n e s s , b a d t i m e - k e e p i n g , e t c . I n t h e c a s e o f t h e e n g i n e e r i n g i n d u s t r i e s , h o w e v e r , t h e i n f o r m a t i o n s u p p l i e d b y t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e f i r m s i n c l u d e d t l i e e f f e c t o f v o l u n t a r y a b s e n c e f r o m w o r k , " i f f u l l a c c o u n t h a d b e e n t a k e n o f a b s e n c e s f r o m w o r k f o r a l l t h o s e c a u s e s , t h e f i g u r e s r e l a t i n g t o h o u r s a c t u a l l y w o r k e d w o u l d u s u a l l y h a v e b e e n s o m e w 'h a t l o w e r , o n a v e r a g e , t h a n t h o s e s h o u m i n t h e T a b l e , e x c e p t i n t h e e n g i n e e r i n g i n d u s t r i e s .

S h i f t - w o r k .— I n c e r t a i n o f t h e i n d u s t r i e s f o r w’l i i c h p a r t i c u l a r s a r e g i v e n , c o n s i d e r a b l e p r o p o r t i o n s o f t h e w o r k p e o p l e w e r e e m p l o y e d o n s h i f t - w o r k . T h e f o l l o w i n g T a b l e s h o w s t h e n u m b e r o f s h i f t - w o r k e r s e m p l o y e d b y t h e f i r m s w h o s u p p l i e d i n f o r m a t i o n , w i t h a n a n a l y s i s a c c o r d i n g t o t h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f s h i f t s w o r k e d p e r w e e k :—

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ro llin g , e t c . t 52 ,224 15,717 15,298 12,329 2 ,634 6 ,246N o n -fe r ro u s m e ta ls (ex -

t r a c t iu g a n d re fin in g ) 2 ,920 91 96 719 1,204 810N o n -fe r ro u s m e ta ls

( ro llin g a n d tu b e a n d p ip e m a k in g ) ................... 2 ,983 2 ,278 105 177 300 123

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I r o n a n d s te e l tu b e m a k in g .................. 3 ,075 2 ,274 72 729

W ire , w ire n e t t in g a n d w ire ro p e m a k in g . . . 1 ,520 850 60 51 142 417

I n e a c h o f t h e s e i n d u s t r i e s t h e n o r m a l l e n g t h o f t h e s h i f t w a s , w i t h f e w e x c e p t i o n s , 8 h o u r s ; b u t i n s o m e c a s e s a s h o r t e r s h i f t w a s w o r k e d o n S a t u r d a y . F o r 3 6 ,8 5 0 w o r k e r s i n i r o n a n d s t e e l s m e l t i n g , e t c . , 9 9 i n n o n - f e r r o u s m e t a l s e x t r a c t i n g , e t c . , 7 9 8 i n n o n - f e r r o u s m e t a l s r o l l i n g , e t c . , 1 1 ,3 8 2 i n t i n p l a t e , e t c . m a n u f a c t u r e , 2 ,4 5 0 i n i r o n a n d s t e e l t u b e m a k i n g a n d 5 6 4 i n w i r e , e t c . m a k i n g , t h e S a t u r d a y m o r n i n g s h i f t w a s 6 o r 7 h o u r s . F o r t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e a b o v e T a b l e , w o r k p e r f o r m e d o n S a t u r d a y b y t h e s e w o r k e r s h a s b e e n r e c k o n e d a s a f u l l s h i f t . I n t h e c a s e o f 5 ,1 3 8 w o r k e r s i n p i g i r o n m a n u f a c t u r e , 3 6 ,5 0 7 i n i r o n a n d s t e e l s m e l t i n g , e t c . , 2 ,0 1 5 i n n o n - f e r r o u s m e t a l s e x t r a c t i n g , e t c . , 2 ,8 7 8 i n n o n - f e r r o u s m e t a l s r o l l i n g , e t c . , 5 ,8 9 5 i n t i n p l a t e , e t c . m a n u f a c t u r e , 2 ,8 3 4 i n i r o n a n d s t e e l t u b e m a k i n g , a n d 8 2 1 i n w i r e , e t c . m a k i n g , t h e r e w a s a r e c o g n i s e d m e a l i n t e r v a l , u s u a l l y o f 2 0 t o 3 0 m i n u t e s , i n c l u d e d i n t h e s h i f t .

I n c r e a s e s i n R a t e s o f W a g e s s i n c e O c t o b e r , 1 9 3 5 .— I n a n u m b e r o f i n d u s t r i e s f o r w h i c h p a r t i c u l a r s a r e g i v e n b e l o w , r a t e s o f w a g e s h a v e b e e n i n c r e a s e d s i n c e t h e d a t e ( O c t o b e r , 1 9 3 5 ) t o w h i c h t h e e n q u i r y r e l a t e d . I n t h e m a n u f a c t u r e o f p i g i r o n a n d i n t h e s m e l t i n g a n d r o l l i n g o f i r o n a n d s t e e l , r a t e s o f w a g e s h a v e b e e n i n c r e a s e d b y v a r y i n g a m o u n t s i n d i f f e r e n t d i s t r i c t s . I n t h e e n g i n e e r i n g i n d u s t r y , m e n h a v e r e c e i v e d a n i n c r e a s e o f 3 s . a w e e k , w o m e n , 1 8 y e a r s a n d o v e r , 2 a . , a n d g i r l s u n d e r 1 8 , I s . a w e e k . I n s h i p b u i l d i n g t h e r e h a s b e e n a g e n e r a l i n c r e a s e o f 4 s . a w e e k f o r t i m e - w o r k e r s a n d o f 8 p e r c e n t , f o r p i e c e - w o r k e r s . T h e r e h a v e a l s o b e e n i n c r e a s e s i n o t h e r m e t a l i n d u s t r i e s , i n c l u d i n g e l e c t r i c c a b l e m a k i n g , b r a s s w o r k i n g , t u b e m a k i n g , l o c k , l a t c h a n d k e y m a k i n g , a n d c h a i n m a k i n g . J

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IN D U S T E Y .

M tta l In d u i tr ie i :—P ig iro n m a n u fa c tu re .................................I r o n a n d s te e l sm e ltin g , ro llin g , c tc .JS lag a n d s la g w o o l ................................................N o n -fe rro u s m e t a l s :—

E x tr a c t in g a n d r e f i n i n g ..................................F o im d in g a n d f i n i s h i n g .................................B o ilin g , a n d tu b e a n d p ip e m a k in g

G en era l iro n a n d s te e l fo u n d in g ...................C h a in a n d a n c h o r fo rg in g a n d m a k in g O th e r f o r g in g :—

F in n s e m p lo y in g 10 o r m o re w o rk e rs . . . F i m s e m p lo y in g le ss t h a n 10 w o rk e rs . . .

T in p la te a n d g a lv a n ise d s h e e t m a n u fa c tu re“ On a n d s te e l tu b e m a k in g ...................W ire , w ire n e t t in g a n d w ire ro p e m a k in g E n g in e e r in g :—

A g ric u ltu ra l e n ^ n e e r in g . . .A i r c r a f t m a n u fa c tu re B o ile r a n d t a n k m a k in g . . .C o n s tra c tio n a l e n g in ee rin g ..................

en g in ee rin g .................................E le c tr ic a l a n d sc ien tific I n s t r u m e n t m a k in gL if t m a n u f a c t u r e ..................L o co m o tiv e e n g in ee rin g . . .

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58 7 11,004 64 9 1,453 26 5 376 27 10 110 16 448 11 16,079 64 8 6,267 21 9 2 ,943 28 3 1 ,294 19 256 10 6 ,799 64 10 1,284 30 8 601 28 7 66 14 1063 3 38,280 63 3 10,184 22 10 1,378 25 5 797 14 750 7 3 ,263 58 10 262 29 7 629 33 0 346 19 10

56 0 3,886 69 6 1,155 24 2 91 28 2 20 18 048 9 502 54 10 104 17 159 10 19,490 69 8 3 ,409 21 9 1,343 28 5 465 18 856 11 13,068 64 7 2 ,349 26 1 271 27 0 135 15 551 11 8 ,944 65 11 2,207 22 2 1,316 27 4 862 15 3

46 5 6 ,175 55 11 1,746 17 4 148 25 11 72 13 460 5 18,298 74 10 4,891 22 6 1,053 32 9 317 21 659 10 8,437 68 1 1,678 21 1 58 30 0 12 21 856 4 18,400 65 0 4,327 20 2 70 27 246 0 47,721 66 11 1 20,484 21 11 - 17,487 30 9 6 ,470 16 645 11 17,130 70 7 8 ,674 21 11 9 ,320 32 1 4 ,182 16 760 9 3,110 70 9 631 23 l l V 69 33 11 25 25 751 0 4,435 60 8 1,262 17 3 ' 10 30 0

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I .— ^Av e r a g e E a r n in g s in t h e W e e k e n d e d 12t h O c t o b e r , 1935 {e o r U in x te d ).

INDUSTRY.

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M«ta! Industries (ewtinued) :Engineering (con<in«c(I>:—

Marine engineering Motor engineering;—

Firms employing 10 or more worlcers Firms employing less than 10 workers

Textile machinery making ..............General engineering:—

Firms employing 10 or more workers Firms employing less than 10 workers

Total. E n g in eerin g ...........................Textile macninery accessories ..............Heating ami ventilating engineering ................Typewriters, calculating machines, etc.Electric cable making .........................................Electric lamp manufacture.........................................Telephone and telegraph apparatus ... Railway carriage and wagon and tram building ... Cycle and motor accessories

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Shipbuilding and repairing ... Cutlery ............................. • « I • « 4

Files, saws and other edged tools ... Fin malciniNeedio and flBh-hook making

lit

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Metal bedstead and wire mattress making Bolt, nut, rivet and screw making Brass and yellow metal goods making Dies, coins, seals and medals

^ • 4 « •

I • • » • •

Gas and water meter makingd

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Harness furniture, etc., making Iron and steel hollow-ware ... 4 % 4

Japanning and enamelling ...■ ling

4 ^ 9

4 ^ 4

4 9 4

4 9 4 ^ 4 4

^ 4 4

9 9 4

Lock, latch and key makingNail m a k in g ................Safe m a k in g ................Scale, weighing machine, etc., making Sheet metal working :—

Finns employing 10 or more workers ... Firms employing less than 10 workers ...

Tin box, canister, etc., makingSmall arms manufactiwe ................Stove, grate and other light castingsTypefounding ............................Jewellery m aking:—

Firms employing 10 or more workers Firms emplojing less than 10 workers ...

Watch and clock making .............................Gold, silver, electro-plate, etc.........................Other m eta l:—

Firms employing 10 or more workers ... Firms employing less than 10 workers ...

9 4 4

4 9 4

9 4 4

4 4 9

9 9 4

Total,'Metal 4 4 ^ 4 4 4

Total number o f work

people covered

by returns received.

Average weekly

earnings of all workpeople

covered.

e. d.

26,139 55 4

159,744 65 92,983 43 1

28,931 46 10

295,496 53 62,845 50 3

760,287 64 79,328 41 48,833 59 113,786 46 8

21,314 45 411,014 40 517,872 45 715,350 56 313,560 40 078,054 54 1

7,720 38 115,706 42 6

1,204 31 72,050 34 02,787 37 11

16,372 38 39,697 39 1

593 43 97,119 57 10

565 36 68,243 41 32,558 42 24,184 35 51,141 38 81,266 49 53,229 58 4

39,512 46 31,001 44 11

12,057 33 5839 50 2

14,379 56 7329 47 6

5,086 44 6312 53 6

2,665 46 313,765 42 2

57,087 44 61,077 45 11

1,478,212 53 2

Workpeople covered by returns giving separate details by sex and age.Men

(21 years and over).Number

coveredbyreturns.

Averageweekly

earnings.

20,951 65 4

109,2201,891

19,847

78 5 55 9 54 10

187,9701,897

4Q5.4H24,6634,6051,9119,9832,1636,522

11,1653,514

45,4041,8335,697

179581850

3,1933,085

1754,940

2283,013

726779433841

2,438

66 0 61 7 6S 10 56 6 68 1 69 9 61 10 71 975 8

60 11 63 8 58 6 58 11 61 5

63 10 56 1 58 11 60 10 69 7

14,125557

1,513513

8,507242

1,508172944

4,312

21,789646

844,314 67 7

Youths and Boys (under 21 years).

Women(18 years and over).

Numbercoveredby

returns.

Average weekly

earnings t

Numbercovetedby

returns.Average weekly c

earnings.

a. d. a. d.

5,172 15 0 13 23 1

23,293 27 11 14,274 35 3885 17 11 36 27 3

5,290 17 10 319 27 7

54,106 21 0 14,053 32 9710 21 3 27 30 4

133,149 22 0 56fi37 32 71,205 18 8 1,902 29 31,322 24 5 447 29 111,115 21 10 '1 404 29 92,637 29 4 4,127 29 0

505 26 3 6,263 36 32,832 27 8 7,094 32 12,779 20 3 65 30 91,749 24 9 3,740 31 49,298 16 1 357 28 11

592 18 6 , 1,433 26 72,252 18 4 ! 1,215 26 0

124 19 10 252 25 7128 20 11 1,049 25 3358 23 3 744 31 7

1,404 20 3 2,782 26 111,759 21 6 2,349 29 2

45 20 11 84 28 41,110 23 1 859 32 1

32 13 9 125 18 9743 23 6 1 1,790 28 9203 29 1 380 29 7304 21 3 635 27 10116 19 6 273 24 8184 17 10 59 28 6622 22 9 142 26 9

6,172 23 1 6,733 30 0273 19 2 81 25 5294 22 5 3,934 29 9200 24 0 , 52 27 4

2,503 25 4 1 693 31 844 25 0 i 21 25 9

301 21 5 1,734 30 043 20 0 58 33 1

460 22 0 447 33 81,154 22 5 2,776 27 4

8,067 22 5 7,730 29 3220 17 10 j 86 28 10

224,008 1 22 3 1 129,410 31 1

Girls (under 18 yean).

Number

returns.Average weekly

earnings.

t . d.

2,317 21 8

134 IS 1

4,649 18 418,178 J7 9

771 16 3203 16 2309 IS 8

1,253 16 11,339 19 31,424 20 0

40 13 61,027 18 7

64 15 8939 15 6936 14 10203 14 2233 16 6495 17 9

1,089 16 9853 17 139 16 5

210 18 1027 10 4

951 16 7267 15 8529 14 0146 16 1026 13 1021 17 2

2,768 17 528 15 0

2,683 17 317 16 6

363 18 922 13 8

715 17 6

138 18 71,026 14 6

4,088 16 929 16 7

47.695 17 3

n . — ^Ho u b s o f L a b o u r * in t h e W e e k e n d e d 12t h Oc t o b e r , 1935.

INDUSTRY.

Numberof

workpeople

co v er s by returns

received.

Proportions o f workpeople whose normal weekly hours were;—

Lesstlmn

44

4 4 4 4 ^ 4

Day-workShift-workDay-workShill-work

9 9 4 4 4 4

Metal IndustriesPig iron manufacture

Iron and steel smelting, rolling, etc.tSlag and slag wool ...Non-ferrous m etals:—

Extracting and refiningFounding and f in ish in g ................ ^Rolling, and tube and pipe making ’{ s h S ^ o r k

General iron and steel founding ...Chain and anchor forging and making Other forging:—

Firms employing 10 or more workers

Shift-work• • • 4 4 4

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5,7376,728

44,04252,224

865

11,0722,920

29,4256,2682,983

59,9995,159

Percent.

Firms employing less than 10 workem Tinplate and galvanised sheet manu-

4 4 4

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9 9 4

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4 9

factureIron and steel tube making...Wire, wire netting and wire rope

m a k in g . . . . . . ..*Engineering:—

Agricultural engineering ..Aircraft manufacture Boiler and tank making ..Constructional cn^nceriugElectrical engineering ...............Electrical and scientific instrument making Lift manufacture ...Locomotive engineering Marine engineering Motor enjdncering:—

Firms employing 10 or more workers Firms employing less than 10 workers

6,970616

11,97617,42420,403

3,07514,2421,520

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THE SPECIAL AREAS (AMENDMENT)BILL.

T h e S p e c ia l A re a s (A m e n d m e n t) B il l* w a s r e a d a s e c o n d t im e in t h e H o u s e o f C o m m o n s o n 6 t h A p r i l , 1 9 3 7 . T h e B il l p ro p o s e s t o c o n t in u e in fo rc e , u n t i l 3 1 s t M a rc h , 1 9 3 9 , t h o Sx>ecial A r e a s (D e v e lo p m e n t a r id I m p r o v e m e n t) A c t 1 9 3 4 .f a n d t o e n a b le f u r t h e r a s s is ta n c e t o b e g iv e n t o t h e S p e c ia l A re a s , a n d a ls o t o c e r t a in o t h e r a r e a s , a s d e f in e d b e lo w .

C la u se 1 o f t h e B il l e x te n d s t h e o p e r a t io n o f t h e S p e c ia l A re a s A c t t o 3 1 s t M a rc h , 1 9 3 9 .

C la u se 2 e n a b le s t h e C o m m is s io n e rs f o r t h e S p e c ia l A re a s , f o r t h e p u rp o s e o f in d u c in g p e rs o n s t o e s ta b l i s h i n d u s t r i a l u n d e r t a k in g s in a n y o f t h e s c h e d u le d S p e c ia l A re a s , t o l e t a f a c to r y in a n y s u c h a r e a f o r s u c h a n u n d e r t a k in g n o tw i th s t a n d in g t h a t t h e u n d e r t a k i n g w ill b e c a r r ie d o n f o r g a in . U n d e r C la u se 3 i t i s p ro p o s e d t h a t t h e C o m m iss io n e rs m a y a g re e t o g iv e f in a n c ia l a s s is ta n c e t o i>ersonfl b e g in n in g a n e w in d u s t r i a l u n d e r ta k in g i n a p la c e a p p r o v e d b y t h e C o m m is s io n e rs w ith in a S p e c ia l A re a , b y w a y o f r e n t , in c o m e t a x , o r r a t e s , n o tw i th s ta n d in g t h a t t h e u n d e r ta k in g is c a r r ie d o n f o r g a in . S n c h a s ^ t a n c e , h o w e v e r , m u s t n o t b e c o n t in u e d f o r m o re t h a n f iv e y e a r s .

C la u se 4 p ro p o s e s t o a u th o r i s e t h e C o m m M sio n e rs t o c o n t r ib u t e to w a rd s th e e x p e n s e s in c u r r e d b y a lo c a l a u t h o r i t y i n t h e r e p a i r o r im p ro v e m e n t o f c e r t a in s t r e e t s i n a n y S p e c ia l A r e a ; a ls o t o c o n t r ib u t e to w a rd s t h e e x p e n s e s in c u r r e d b y o w n e rs o r o c c u p ie rs o f a g r ic u l tu r a l l a M in w o rk s o f f ie ld d r a in a g e i n a S p e c ia l A re a .

C la u se 5 p ro p o s e s t o a u th o r i s e t h e T r e a s u r y , a c t in g o n t h e a d v ic e ^ k ^ C o m m itte e , t o p r o v id e f in a n c ia l a s s is ta n c e , b y w a y o fs u b s c r ip t io n t o t h e s h a r e c a p i t a l o r b y w a y o f lo a n , t o “ s i t e c o m p a n ie s ” m c o rp o ra te d in c e r t a in a r e a s {otUside t h e S p e c ia l A re a s ) , f o r t h o p u r p o se o f p ro v id in g f a c to r ie s i n s u c h a r e a s w i th a v ie w t o in d u c in g Iiorsons^ t o e s ta b l is h i n d u s t r i a l u n d e r ta k in g s th e r e in . “ S ite -c o m - p a m ^ a r e b o d ie s c o r p o r a te e s ta b l i s h e d f o r th o p u r p o s e s j u s t m e n tio n e d , n o t t r a d in g f o r p ro f i t , o r w h o se c o n s t i t u t io n l im i ts t h e r a t e o t oiV K iend o r i n t e r e s t t o a r a t e p ro s c r ib e d b y th o T r e a s u r y . T h e

t ? 5 ^ ^ 26^ 2 d . n e t ( 2 id . , p o s t - f ^ ^ .o o a t . f r c - . I s ta t io n e r y O ffice ; p r ic e 3 d . n e t ( 3 id „J a n u a r y , ^ G a z e t t e f o r D e c e m b e r. 1934 (p a g e 438) L d

a r e a s t o w h ic h t h e c la u s e a p p l ie s a r e t h o s e w h ic h t h e M in is te r o f L a b o u r a p p r o v e s a s s a t i s f y in g t h e fo l lo w in g c o n d i t io n s :— (a ) t h a t t h e r e is , a n d h a s b e e n f o r a c o n s id e r a b le t im e , s e v e r e u n e m p lo y m e n t i n t h e a r e a ; (6) t h a t , u n le s s f in a n c ia l a s s i s t a n c e i s p r o v id e d u n d e r t h i s s e c t io n t o a s i t e - c o m p a n y w h ic h w il l o j i e r a te i n t h e a r e a , t h e r e w ill b e n o im m e d ia t e l ik e l ih o o d o f a s u b s t a n t i a l in c r e a s e in e m p lo y m e n t i n t h e a r e a ; a n d (c) t h a t e m p lo y m e n t i n t h q a r e a is m a in ly d e p e n d e n t o n o n e o r m o r e in d u s t r i e s w W c h a r e u n a b le t o p r o v id e su flB cien t e m p lo y m e n t b y r e a s o n o f g e n e r a l d e p r e s s io n i n t h o s e in d u s t r i e s . T h e M in is te r o f L a b o u r i s t o b e g u id e d b y a s e p a r a t e A d v is o r y C o m m it te e .

T h o f u n d s r e q u i r e d f o r a s s i s t a n c e t o s i te - c o m p a n ie s a r e t o b e f o u n d o u t o f m o n e y s p r o v id e d b y P a r l i a m e n t . N o l im i t is p r e s c r ib e d o f t h e a m o u n t t h a t m a y b e p r o v id e d f o r t h i s p u r p o s e .

C la u s e 6 e m p o w e rs t h e T r e a s u r y t o m a k e lo a n s t o tw o c la s s e s o f u n d e r t a k in g s e s ta b l i s h e d a f t e r t h e p a s s in g o f t h e A c t : f i r s t t o th o s e e s ta b l i s h e d i n a n y o f t h e S p e c ia l A re a s , a n d s e c o n d ly t o t h o s e e s t a b l i s h e d i n a n a r e a a p p r o v e d b y t h e M in is te r o f L a b o u r u n d e r t h e p r e c e d in g c la i is e a n d o c c u p y in g f a c to r ie s p r o v id e d b y t h e r e l e v a n t s i t e c o m p a n y .

I n a d m in i s te r in g t h i s c la u s e t h e T r e a s u r y w ill a c t o n t h e a d v ic e o f t h e T r e a s u r y A d v is o r y C o m m it te e , r e f e r r e d t o in c la u s e 5 (1 ) , w h ic h i s t o c o n s id e r c la im s f o r a s s i s ta n c e t o s i t e c o m p a n ie s . T h e a g g r e g a te a m o u n t o f t h e lo a n s t o b e p r o v id e d u n d e r t h i s c la u s e is e x p r e s s ly l im i te d t o £ 2 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 .

COMMITTEE ON HOLIDAYS WITHPAY.

T h e M in is te r o f L a b o u r a n n o u n c e d i n t h o H o u s e o f C o m m o n s o n 2 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , t h a t h e h a d a p p o in t e d a C o m m it te e “ t o in v e s t ig a te t h e e x t e n t t o w h ic h h o l id a y s w i th p a y a r e g iv e n t o e m p lo y e d w o r k p e o p le , a n d t h e p o s s ib i l i ty o f e x te n d in g th o p r o v is io n o f s u c h h o l id a y s b y s t a t u t o r y e n a c t m e n t o r o th e rw is e , a n d t o m a k e r e c o m m e n d a t io n s .”

T h o C h a i r m a n o f t h e C o m m it te e is L o r d A m u lre e , a n d t h e S e c r e ta r y M r. H . M . P h i l l ip s . T h e C o m ( \ t t c e i n v i t e e v id e n c e f r o m a l l p e r s o n s a n d b o d ie s i n t e r e s t e d in t h e s i l i^ j c t . E v id e n c e s h o u ld b e s u b m i t t e d , m w r i t in g , t o t h e S e c r e ta r y a t t h e M in is t r y o f L a b o u r , M o n ta g u H o u s e ! W h ite h a l l , L o n d o n , S .W . l .

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HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT OFYOUNG PERSONS.

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t o y o u n g p e rs o n s in c e r t a in ty p e s o f e m p lo y m e n t ( fa c to r ie s , s h o p s , e tc .) u n d e r e x is t in g le g is la t io n . T h e n u m b e r o f y o u n g p e rs o n s in th e u n r e g u la te d o c c u p a t io n s c o v e re d b y t h e C o m m itte e ’s t e r m s o f r e fe re n c e c a n n o t 1 ^ p re c is e ly e s t im a te d ; b u t i t i s s u g g e s te d (o n th e b a s is o f t h e 1 9 3 1 C e n su s f ig u re s ) t h a t a s m a n y a s 1 2 5 ,0 0 0 y o u n g p e rs o n s m a y b e c o n c e rn e d . V a n b o y s fo rm t h e la r g e s t c la ss , fo llo w e d b y e r r a n d b o y s a n d m e s s e n g e rs . P o r t e r s a n d w a re h o u s e b o y s a r e le ss n u m e ro u s , b u t a s u b s t a n t i a l n u m b e r o f y o u n g p e rs o n s a r e e m p lo y e d a s f ish p o r te r s o n q u a y s . A c o n s id e ra b le n u m b e r o f p a g e b o y s a n d l i f t b o y s a r e e m p lo y e d in la r g e h o te ls , m a in ly in L o n d o n . P a g e b o y s e m p lo y e d in p la c e s o f e n te r t a in m e n t a r e m a in ly t o b e f o u n d in t h e a t r e s a n d t h e l a r g e r c in e m a s . T h e g r e a t m a jo r i ty o f g ir ls c o v e re d b y t h e C o m m it te e ’s t e r m s o f r e fe re n c e a r e u s h e r s i n c in e m a s .

T h e f o l lo m n g T a b le s s u m m a r is e t h e in f o r m a t io n o b ta in e d f o r t h e C o m m it te e b y t h e M in is t r y o f L a b o u r , ( i) in r e p ly t o q u e s t io n n a ire s i s s u e d t o 5 9 s e le c te d J u v e n i l e A d v is o r y o r E m p lo y m e n t C o m m itte e s i n G r e a t B r i t a in ( e x c lu d in g L o n d o n ) , a n d (ii) in r e p ly t o q u e s t io n n a ire s i s s u e d b y t h e L o n d o n R e g io n a l A d v is o ry C o u n c il f o r J u v e n i l e E m p lo y m e n t t o lo c a l C o m m it te e s in L o n d o n :—

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T h e R e p o r t s u rv e y s t h e e v id e n c e r e la t in g t o t h e h o u r s a n d w o rk in g c o n d it io n s o f e a c h c la s s in t u r n o f t h e y o u n g p e ro n s c o m in g w ith in t h e C o m m itte e ’s t e r m s o f re fe re n c e . A s r e g a rd s v a n b o y s , t h e la rg e s t c la s s , i t is s t a t e d t h a t a s u b s ta n t i a l p r o p o r t io n o f th e s e b o y s a r e c a lle d u p o n t o w o rk u n d u ly lo n g h o u rs . O f th e 1 2 ,5 8 0 v a n b o y s w h o se c a s e s w e re in v e s t ig a te d b y t h e J u v e n i le A d v is o ry a n d E m p lo ju n e n t C o m m itte e s , 5 ,7 3 3 ( a p p r o x im a te ly 4 5 p e r c e n t .) w e re fo u n d t o w o rk o v e r 4 8 h o u r s a w e e k . O f th e s e , 4 ,1 7 0 w o rk e d u p t o 5 4 h o u rs , 1 ,2 9 5 u p t o 6 0 h o u rs , 2 0 5 u p t o 6 6 h o u rs , a n d 63 o v e r 6 6 h o u rs . T h e se h o u r s a r e in a l l c a se s e x c lu s iv e o f t h e a v e ra g e in te r v a ls f o r m e a ls , w h ic h a r c t a k e n a s a m o u n t in g t o s ix h o u r s a w eek . T h e e n q u i ^ m a d e b y th e F a c to r y I n s p e c to r s a s t o h o u r s o f v a n b o y s e m p lo y e d in c o n n e c t io n w i th f a c to r ie s s h o w e d v e ry g r e a t v a r ia t io n i n t h e le n g th o f t h e w o rk in g w e e k . L o n g h o u r s w e re m a in ly to b e foxm d in th e c a se o f v a n b o y s e m p lo y e d b y la u n d r ie s , b a k e r ie s , a n d a e r a te d w a te r f a c to r ie s . T h e r e p o r t s in d ic a te d t h a t i n m a n y c a se s s u b s ta n t i a l o v e r t im e w a s w o rk e d d u r in g p e r io d s o f s e a s o n a l p re s su re .

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A s re g a rd s e r r a n d b o y s , m e s s e n g e r s , p o r t e r s , a n d w a r e h o u s e b o y s , t h e R e p o r t s t a t e s t h a t u n d u ly lo n g h o u rs a re e x c e p tio n a l , a n d t h a t t h e m a jo r i ty o f t h e y o u n g p e rs o n s c o n c e rn e d a r e n o t e m p lo y e d fo r m o re t h a n a p p r o x im a te ly 4 8 h o u r s a w e e k (e x c lu s iv e o f in te rv a ls fo r m e a ls ) . I n t h e c a se o f p a g e b o y s , l i f t b o y s , a n d a t t e n d a n t s i n h o t e l s , o n t h e o th e r h a n d , t h e r e w a s e v id e n c e o f n u m e ro u s cases o f b o th lo n g a n d l a t e h o u rs . T h e re is a lso a te n d e n c y f o r w o rk in g h o u rs to b e s p r e a d o v e r a lo n g p e r io d o f t h e d a y . I n t h e ca se o f p a g e b o y s a n d a t t e n d a n t s i n p l a c e s o f p u b l i c e n t e r t a i n m e n t t h e e v id e n c e in d ic a te d t h a t a l th o u g h a p r o p o r t io n o f c a se s o f u n d u ly lo n g h o u r s e x is ts , t h e m o re s e r io u s f e a tu r e is t h e lo n g s p re a d -o v e r o f h o u rs o f te n fo u n d . T h is is p a r t i c u la r ly t h e c a se w i th c in e m a a t t e n d a n t s , w h o t e n d to c o m m e n c e w o rk in t h e m o rn in g a n d t o cease l a t e a t n ig h t , w ith s u b s ta n t i a l in te r v a l s b e tw e e n t h e i r sp e lls o f w o rk .

T h e g e n e ra l c o n c lu s io n o f t h e C o m m itte e is t h a t a d e f in ite n e e d e x is ts f o r t h e r e g u la t io n o f t h e h o u r s o f t h e y o u n g p e rs o n s fo rm in g th e s u b je c t o f t h e i r e n q u iry . R e g u la t io n , t h e C o m m itte e s a y , is n e c e s s a ry f ro m tw o p o in ts o f v iew , b o th t o p r e v e n t e m p lo y m e n t fo r u n d u ly lo n g h o u rs , a n d t o e n s u re t h a t h o u r s o f e m p lo y m e n t, w h e th e r o r n o t t h e y a r e e x c e ss iv e , a r e so a r r a n g e d a s n o t t o d e p r iv e t h e y o u n g p e rs o n s o f r e a s o n a b le fa c i l i t ie s f o r r e c re a t io n a n d f u r th e r e d u c a tio n . T h e s e c o n s id e ra t io n s n a tu r a l ly a p p ly w i th v a ry in g fo rc e t o th e d if f e re n t c la sse s o f y o u n g p e rs o n s fa ll in g w i th in th e C o m m itte e ’s t e r m s o f re fe re n c e . I n th e c a se o f v a n b o y s th e r e is e v id e n c e b o th o f a s u b s ta n t i a l p r o p o r t io n o f e x c e ss iv e h o u rs , a n d o f v a r ia t io n in t h e t im e o f c e a s in g w o rk w h ic h is b o u n d t o a f fe c t o p p o r tu n i t ie s fo r r e c re a t io n a n d e d u c a t io n . I n t h e c a se o f m e sse n g e rs , p o r te r s , e r r a n d b o y s a n d w a re h o u s e b o y s , t h e r e is le ss e v id e n c e o f ex c e ss iv e h o u rs , a n d t h e m a in p ro b le m t o b e fa c e d is t h a t o f n ig h t e m p lo y m e n t in c e r ta in occux>ations. A m o n g p a g e b o y s a n d a t t e n d a n t s a t th e a tr e s a n d c in e m a s a n d o th e r p la c e s o f e n te r ta in m e n t , w o rk in g h o u r s a re f r e q u e n t ly u n d u ly lo n g in th e m s e lv e s ; b u t t h e m o re n o tic e a b le fe a tu re s a r e t h e lo n g s p re a d -o v e r o f te n t o b e fo u n d , w h e re b y a y o u n g p e rso n m a y b e e m p lo y e d , w i th in te rv a ls , f ro m m o rn in g t i l l n ig h t , a n d th e p re v a le n c e , a r is in g f ro m t h e n a tu r e o f t h e in d u s t r y , o f e m p lo y m e n t u p t o a l a t e h o u r . A m o n g p a g e b o 3 rs a n d l i f t b o y s a t h o te ls , th e r e is a s u b s ta n t i a l p ro p o r t io n o f c a se s o f e x c e ss iv e h o u rs , a n d e m p lo y m e n t is l ia b le t o e x te n d o v e r t h e g r e a te r p a r t o f t h e d a y , a n d t o e n ta il w o rk u p t o a l a t e h o u r .

A f u r t h e r g ro u n d f o r s t a t u t o r y r e g u la t io n a r is e s f ro m th e f a c t t h a t t h e h o u r s o f y o u n g p e rs o n s a r e n o t r e g u la te d b y t r a d e a g re e m e n t, e x c e p t in a fe w c a se s , a n d t h e p r o p o r t io n o f y o u n g p e rs o n s c o v e re d b y s u c h a g re e m e n ts is e x c e e d in g ly s m a ll . I n a n y e v e n t , t h e C o m m itte e d o u b t w h e th e r r e g u la t io n b y a g re e m e n ts w h ic h p e r m i t a n u n re s tr ic te d a m o u n t o f o v e r t im e a f fo rd s su jfec ien t p ro te c t io n f o r y o u n g p e rso n s .

T h e p r in c ip a l r e c o m m e n d a t io n s o f t h e C o m m itte e a re su m m a ris e d a s f o l lo w s :—

T h e C o m m itte e re c o m m e n d t h a t r e g u la t io n s h o u ld b e b y m e a n s of u n ifo rm s t a t u t o r y l im i ta t io n ; t h a t t h e y o u n g p e rs o n s e m p lo y e d in c o n n e c t io n w i th fa c to r ie s , d o c k s a n d w a re h o u se s s h o u ld b e in c lu d e d in t h e n e w f a c to r y le g is la t io n ; a n d t h a t t h e r e m a in d e r m ig h t be b r o u g h t w i th in t h e s c o p e o f t h e S h o p s A c t , 1934 , s u b je c t to c e r ta in m o d if ic a tio n s .

P e n d in g c o m p re h e n s iv e le g is la tio n f o r aU y o u n g p e rs o n s , w h ich s h o u ld a im a t r e s t r ic t in g t h e i r w e e k ly w o rk in g h o u rs t o so m e th in g s u b s ta n t i a l ly le ss t h a n 4 8 , w i th s u i ta b le p ro v is io n fo r f u r th e r d a y - tim e e d u c a t io n , t h e C o m m itte e re c o m m e n d , a s a n im m e d ia te s te p , th e fo llo w in g r e s t r ic t io n s . T h e n o rm a l w o rk in g w e e k s h o u ld n o t ex ceed 4 8 h o u r s e x c lu s iv e o f in te rv a ls f o r m e a ls a n d r e s t ; a n d t h e d a ily p e r io d o f e m p lo y m e n t, in c lu d in g a ll in te rv a ls , s h o u ld n o t ex ceed t e n h o u rs . A s t r i c t l y l im ite d a m o u n t o f o v e r t im e s h o u ld b e p e rm it te d f o r y o u n g p e rs o n s o f 1 6 a n d o v e r , b u t o v e r t im e s h o u ld b e e n tire ly p r o h ib i te d f o r y o u n g p e rs o n s u n d e r 1 6 ; a n d n ig h t w o rk f o r a p e rio d o f e le v e n h o u rs , in c lu d in g th e h o u r s b e tw e e n 1 0 p .m . a n d 6 a .m . s h o u ld b e p ro h ib i te d . I n te r v a l s f o r m e a ls s h o u ld b e f ix e d b y s ta tu te . A h a lf h o l id a y f ro m 1 .3 0 p j u . a t l a t e s t s h o u ld b e a llo w e d o n o n e w eek d a y in e a c h w e e k ; a n d y o u n g p e rs o n s e m p lo y e d o n S u n d a y sh o u ld re c e iv e a c o m p e n s a to ry h o l id a y d u r in g t h e w eek , in a d d i t io n t o th e r e g u la r w e e k ly h a lf -h o lid a y .

T h e C o m m itte e re c o m m e n d t h a t t h e e n fo rc e m e n t o f t h e re g u la t io n o f h o u r s o f t h e y o u n g p e rs o n s e m p lo y e d in c o n n e c tio n w i th fa c to r ie s , d o c k s a n d w a re h o u se s s h o u ld b e e n tn is te fd to th e F a c to r y D e p a r tm e n t o f t h e H o m e OflSce, a n d t h a t in th e c a se o f t h e r e m a in d e r o f th e y o u n g p e rs o n s (w ith t h e p o ss ib le e x c e p tio n o f y o u n g p e rs o n s e m p lo y e d b y r a i lw a y c o m p a n ie s ) t h e r e g u la t io n s h o u ld b e e n fo rc e d b y th e loca l a u th o r i t i e s a t p r e s e n t re s p o n s ib le f o r t h e a d m in is t r a t io n o f t h e S h o p s A c ts . T h e C o m m itte e e m p h a s is e th e n e c e s s ity f o r im m e d ia tea c t io n .

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A T T E N D IN G S C H O O L .I t h a s b e e n b r o u g h t t o t h e n o tic e o f t h e M in is te r o f L a b o u r t h a t t h e r e is so m e m is u n d e r s ta n d in g b y e m p lo y e rs o f ju v e n i le la b o u r a s t o t h e i r l ia b i l i ty f o r t h e p a y m e n t o f c o n tr ib u t io n s u n d e r th e U n e m p lo y m e n t I n s u r a n c e A c ts in r e s p e c t o f b o y s a n d g ir ls w h o a r e s t i l l a t t e n d in g sc h o o l, b u t w h o a r e e m p lo y e d m m s u ra b le e m p lo y m e n t o u ts id e sc h o o l h o u rs . I n s u c h c a se s c o n tr ib u t io n s a re p a y a b le f ro m t h e d a te o n w h ic h th e r e ceases t o b e le g a l o b b g a r io n t o a t t e n d sc h o o l, a n d t h e f a c t t h a t t h e e m p lo y e e c o n tin u e s a t sc h o o l d o e s n o t a f fe c t l i a b i l i ty f o r t h e p a y m e n t o f c o n tr ib u t io n s .

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Is th e is su e o f t h i s Ga z e t t e f o r J a n u a r y , 1 9 5 7 (p a g e 7 ) , ® m e n t ^ ras p u b lis h e d g iv in g f o r t h e p e r io d f ro m J a n u a r y , 1 9 3 5 , t o D ecem b er, 1 9 3 6 , e s t im a te s o f t h e n u m b e r s o f in s u r e d p e r s o n s , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 e x c lu s iv e o f th o s e tv i th in t h e a g r ic u l tu r a l s c h e m e , in e m p lo y m e n t ’in G r e a t B r i t a in . I n t h e fo llo w in g T a b le t h e f ig u re s a r e g iv e n f o r e a c h m o n th f ro m J a n u a r y , 1 9 3 6 , t o M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 . T h e fig u re s in c o lu m n 6 h a v e b e e n o b ta in e d b y d e d u c t in g f ro m t h e t o t ^ e s t im a te d n u m b e r s in s u r e d t h e n u m b e r s r e c o rd e d a s u n e m p lo y e d a n d t h e n u m b e r s d i r e c t ly in v o lv e d in t r a d e d i s p u t ^ , to g e th e r w ith a n a llo w a n c e o f 3 ^ p e r c e n t , o f t h e n u m b e r s in s u r e d in r e s p e c t o f a b s e n c e s f ro m w o rk th r o u g h s ic k n e s s a n d o th e r fo rm s o f u n r e c o rd e d n o n -e m p lo y m e n t a p a r t f r o m “ re c o g n is e d ” h o lid a y s .

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C O N F E R E N C E I N O C T O B E R , 1 9 3 6 .T h e t e x t s o f t h e D r a f t C o n v e n t io n s a n d o f t h e R e c o m m e n d a t io n s a d o p te d b y t h e I n t e r n a t io n a l L a b o u r C o n fe re n c e a t i t s tw e n ty - f i r s t (M a r it im e ) s e s s io n , h e ld i n O c to b e r , 1 9 3 6 , h a v e b e e n p u b l is h e d a s a C Jom m and P a p e r .*

T h e D r a f t C o n v e n t io n s a r e a s fo llo w s :—No. 5 3 .— C o n c e rn in g th e i ^ i m u m r e q u i r e m e n t o f p ro fe s s io n a l c a p a c i ty f o r m a s t e r s a n d o fficers o n b o a r d m e r c h a n t s h ip s . No, 5 4 .— C o n c e rn in g a n n u a l h o l id a y s w i th p a y f o r s e a m e n . No. 5 5 .— C o n c e rn in g t h e l i a b i l i ty w th e s h ip o w n e r in c a s e o f s ic k n e s s , i n ju r y , o r d e a t h o f s e a m e n . No. 5 6 .— C o n c e rn in g s ic k n e s s in s u r a n c e f o r s e a m e n . No. 5 7 .— C o n c e rn in g h o u r s o f w o rk o n b o a r d s h ip , a n d m a n n in g .

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F e b r u a r y , t h e o r g a n is a t io n s o f e m p lo y e r s a n d w o rk e r s i n t h e F r e n c h c o a l m in in g i n d u s t r y a g i ^ d , in p r in c ip le , t h a t , in v ie w o f t h e s h o r ta g e i n t h e s u p p ly o f c o a l , i t w a s n e c e s s a r y t o e x t e n d t e m p o r a r i ly t h e n o r m a l t im e o f a t t e n d a n c e o f w o r k e r s in c o a l m in e s , w h ic h h a d b e e n f ix e d b y t h e P r e s id e n t i a l D e c re e o f 2 5 th S o p te m b o r , 1 9 3 6 , a t n o t m o re t h a n 3 8 h o u r s 4 0 m in u te s a w e e k a n d n o t m o r e t h a n 7 h o u r s 4 5 m in u te s a d a y {see t h i s G a z e t t e f o r O c to b e r , 1 9 3 6 , p a g e 3 6 0 ) . A M in is te r ia l O r d e r w a s , a c c o r d in g ly , s ig n e d o n 1 3 th F e b r u a r y , w h ic h a u th o r i s e d a n e x te n s io n , b e tw e e n 1 4 th F e b r u a r y a n d 1 5 th A p r i l , 1 9 3 7 , o f 3 1 h o u r s i n t h e t im e o f a t t e n d a n c e o f u n d e r g r o u n d w o rk e r s in c o a l m in e s , t h e e x te n s io n t o t a k e t h e f o r m o f f o u r a d d i t io n a l w o r k in g d a y s i n w h ic h t h e n o r m a l d a i l y t im e o f a t t e n d a n c e , 7 h o u r s 4 5 m in u te s , w a s t o b e o b s e r v e d . T h e p o s s ib i l i ty o f a c o r r e s p o n d in g in c r e a s e in t h e n u m b e r o f s h i f t s o f s u r f a c e w o r k e r s w a s a ls o p r o v id e d f o r . I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e P r e s id e n t i a l D e c re e s f ix in g n o r m a l w o rk in g t im e , t h e e x t r a w o r k in g d a y s a r e s u b j e c t t o r e m u n e r a t io n a t o v e r t im e r a t e s n o t le s s t h a n 2 5 p e r c e n t , a b o v e u s u a l w a g e r a te s .

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s ig n e d i n S e p te m b e r , 1 9 3 5 , in t h e b i tu m in o u s c o a l m in in g i n d u s t r y {see t h i s G a z e t t e f o r O c to b e r , 1 9 3 5 , p a g e 3 7 8 ) e x p i r e d a t t h e e n d o f M a rc h . A s to p p a g e o f w o r k e n s u e d , in v o lv in g a b o u t 4 0 0 ,0 0 0 w o r k e r s ; b u t i t w a s q u ic k ly b r o u g h t t o a n e n d b y t h e c o n c lu s io n , o n 2 n d A p r i l , o f a n e w c o lle c t iv e a g r e e m e n t t o o p e r a t e f o r tw o y e a r s . I n c r e a s e s i n w a g e s h a v e b e e n g r a n t e d o f 5 0 c e n t s a d a y f o r d a y w o rk e r s , 9 c e n t s a t o n f o r c o a l c u t t i n g a n d lo a d in g , a n d 7 0 c e n t s a d a y f o r lo a d in g - m a c h in e o p e r a to r s . O v e r t im e r a t e s a r e f ix e d a t t im e a n d - a - h a l f . T h e w o r k in g w e e k c o n t in u e s t o b e 3 5 h o u r s .

Forty-Hour Working Week in Steel Industry.— I m p o r t a n t a g r e e m e n ts w e re c o n c lu d e d o n 1 7 th M a rc h b e tw e e n t h e C a m e g ie -H U n o is S te e l C o r p o r a t io n a n d f o u r o t h e r s u b s id ia r ie s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s S te e l C o r p o r a t io n a n d t h e A m a lg a m a te d A s s o c ia t io n o f I r o n , S te e l a n d T in W o r k e r s o f N o r t h A m e r ic a . T h e s e a g r e e m e n ts , w h ic h a p p ly o n ly t o m e m b e r s o f t h e u n io n e m p lo y e d i n s t e e l m a n u f a c tu r e a n d o n b y - p r o d u c t c o k e p l a n t , p r o v id e f o r t h e i n t r o d u c t io n o f a n e ig h t - h o u r w o rk in g d a y , a n d a f o r t y - h o u r w o r k in g w e e k , w i th p a y m e n t a t t h e r a t e o f t im e - a n d - a - h a l f f o r a l l o v e r t im e i n e x c e s s o f th e se^ l im i t s , a n in c r e a s e o f 1 0 c e n ts a n h o u r o n a l l t im e r a t e s o f w a g e s , w i th e q u iv a l e n t in c re a s e s o n to n n a g e a n d p ie c e r a t e s , a n d a n a n n u a l p a i d h o l id a y o f o n e w e e k f o r m e m b e r s w h o h a v e b ^ n c o n t in u o u s ly i n t h e e m p lo y m e n t o f t h e c o m p a n ie s f o r a t l e a s t f iv e y e a r s . T h e u n io n is r e c o g n is e d a s t h e s o le b a r g a in in g a g e n c y f o r a l l i t s m e m b e r s w h o a r e i n t h e e m p lo y m e n t o f t h e c o m p a n ie s . T h e a g r e e m e n ts r e m a in i n e f fe c t u n tQ t h e e n d o f F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 8 , a n d a r e s u b j e c t t o r e n e w a l . A n u m b e r o f o t h e r s te e l u n d e r t a k in g s i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n n o u n c e d in M a rc h t h e i n t r o d u c t io n o f t h e f o r t y - h o u r w o r k in g w e e k a n d a d v a n c e s in w a g e s .

Disputes in the Automobile Industry.— T h e c a m p a ig n i n s t i t u t e a b y t h e C o m m it te e f o r I n d u s t r i a l O r g a n is a t io n , t o s e c u r e r e c o g n i t io n o f i t s a f f i l ia te d b o d y , t h e U n i t e d A u to m o b i le W o r k e r s o f A m e r ic a , a n d im p r o v e d w o r lo n g c o n d i t io n s in t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a u to m o b i le i n d u s t r y , w a s c o n t in u e d d u r in g M a rc h . T h e p r o v i s io n a l s e t t l e m e n t o f t h e “ s i t - d o w n s t r i k e ” in v o lv in g w o r k p e o p le in t h e e m p lo y m e n t o f G e n e r a l M o to r s C o r p o r a t io n , w h ic h w a s r e p o r t e d i n t h e F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , is s u e o f t h i s G a z e t t e (p a g e 5 2 ) , w a s fo l lo w e d , o n 1 4 th M a rc h , b y t h e s i g n a tu r e o f a n a g r e e m e n t w h ic h c o n f i rm e d t h e r i g h t o f t h e u n io n t o b e r e c o g n is e d a s t h e b a r g a in in g a g e n c y f o r i t s m e m b e r s in t h e e m p lo y m e n t o f t h e C o r p o r a t io n . D is p u te s a r i s in g o u t o f t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f t h e a g r e e m e n t s u b s e q u e n t ly le d t o s p o r a d ic s to p p a g e s o f w o r k i n a n u m b e r o f t h e C o r p o r a t io n ’s f a c to r ie s . I n t h e m e a n t im e , a c t i o n h a d b e e n t a k e n t o s e c u r e t h e r e c o g n i t io n o f t h e U n i t e d A u to • m o b ile W o r k e r s a s t h e s o le r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o r g a n i s a t io n o f a l l w o rk e r s e m p lo y e d b y t h e C h r y s le r C o r p o r a t io n , A “ s i t - d o w n s t r i k e ” o f a b o u t 6 ,0 0 0 w o rk e r s , w h ic h b e g a n o n 8 t h M a rc h , c a u s e d a c i s s a t io n o f w o r k , in v o lv in g a p p r o x im a te ly 6 0 ,0 0 0 w o r k e r s , in a n u m b e r o f t h e C h ry s le r C o r p o r a t io n ’s f a c to r ie s in D e t r o i t . T h e f a c to r ie s w e re e v a c u a t e d o n 2 5 th M a r c h ; b u t a s e t t l e m e n t o f t h e d i s p u te w a s n o t r e a c h e d u n t i l 6 t h A p r i l , w h e n a n a g r e e m e n t w a s s ig n e d r e c o g n is in g t h e r i g h t o f t h e u n io n t o n e g o t i i . t e w i th t h e C o r p o r a t io n o n b e h a l f o f i t s o w n m e m b e r s o n ly , w h ile t h e u n io n u n d e r to o k t o a u th o r i s e n o “ s i t - d o w n ” o r o th e r f o rm o f s t r i k e i n t h e C o r p o r a t io n ’s u n d e r t a k i n g s d u r in g t h e l i f e t im e o f t h e a g r e e m e n t (o n e y e a r ) .

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EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN OVERSEAS

COUNTRIES, 1929- 1936 .I n a re v ie w o f t h e s t a t i s t i c s o f e m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in t h e U n i te d K in g d o m a n d t h e p r in c ip a l c o u n tr ie s o v e rs e a , p u b lis h e d in t h e M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 , is su e o f t h i s Gazette , i t w a s sh o w n t h a t a h e a v y f a l l in e m p lo y m e n t d u r in g t h e y e a r s 1 9 3 0 t o 1 9 3 3 w a s fo llo w ed in m o s t c o u n tr ie s b y a s u b s ta n t i a l m e a s u re o f r e c o v e ry d u r in g th e y e a r s 1 9 3 4 a n d 1 9 3 5 . I n t h e fo llo w in g T a b le s c o r re s p o n d in g B gures a r e g iv e n , s o f a r a s a v a i la b le , f o r 1 9 3 6 , a n d c o m p a re d w i th th o s e fo r 1 9 2 9 , 1 9 3 2 - ^ , a n d 1 9 3 5 .

I t s h o u ld b e n o te d t h a t c o m p a r is o n s b a s e d o n th e s e f ig u re s a re s u b je c t t o q u a lif ic a t io n s * a r is in g f ro m t h e v a r ia t io n s in t h e sc o p e a n d m e th o d o f c o m p ila t io n o f t h e s t a t i s t i c s r e la t in g t o e m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in t h e d if f e re n t c o u n tr ie s . T h e fig u re s p ro v id e , h o w e v e r , a b r o a d in d ic a t io n o f t h e n a tu r e a n d d ir e c t io n o f t h e changes in t h e a m o u n t o f e m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t in e a c h c o u n t r y o v e r t h e p e r io d c o v e re d , s u b je c t t o t h e r e s e r v a t io n t h a t a n e q u a l p e r c e n ta g e in c re a s e o r d e c re a s e i n t h e f ig u re s f o r a n y tw o c o u n tr ie s d o e s n o t n e c e s s a r i ly d e n o te a n e q u a l p e r c e n ta g e c h a n g e in e m p lo y m e n t o r u n e m p lo y m e n t a s a w h o le .

U N E M P L O Y M E N T I N 1 9 2 9 -1 9 3 6 .I n t h e f i r s t T a b le b e lo w , f ig u re s a r e g iv e n sh o w in g , f o r so m e o f t h e

p r in c ip a l c o u n tr ie s , (a ) t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r s o f p e rs o n s r e g is te re d a t e m p lo y m e n t e x c h a n g e s a s u n e m p lo y e d {or, in s o m e c o u n tr ie s , a s a p p l ic a n ts f o r w o rk , in c lu d in g s m a ll p ro p o r t io n s w h o w e re s t i l l in e m p lo y m e n t) in t h e y e a r 1 9 2 9 a n d in e a c h o f t h e y e a r s 1 9 3 2 ,1 9 3 3 , 1 9 3 5 a n d 1 9 3 6 ; a n d (6) t h e a v e ra g e p r o p o r t io n s u n e m p lo y e d a m o n g th o s e g ro u p s o f w o rk e rs in r e s p e c t o f w h o m s u c h p a r t i c u la r s a re a v a i la b le . T h e a p p r o x im a te n u m b e r s o f w o rk p e o p le in c lu d e d w ith in th e s e l a t t e r g ro u p s , a t t h e m o s t r e c e n t d a te in 1 9 3 6 f o r w h ic h i n f o r m a t io n i s a v a i la b le , a r e s h o w n in i t a l i c t 3 q>e in t h e f i r s t c o lu m n o f t h e T a b le . F o r t h e U n i te d K in g d o m , t h e f ig u re s in t h e T a b le r e la te t o t h e p e rc e n ta g e s u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d ) a m o n g in s u r e d p e rs o n s , a g e d 1 6 t o 6 4 ; f o r B e lg iu m a n d D e n m a rk , t o u n e m p lo y e d m e m b e rs o f u n e m p lo y m e n t in s u r a n c e s o c ie t ie s ; f o r o th e r c o u n tr ie s , t o u n e m p lo y e d m e m b e rs o f t r a d e u n io n s f o r w h ic h p a r t i c u la r s a r e a v a i la b le .

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I n m o s t o f t h e c o u n tr ie s in c lu d e d in t h e .T a b le a b o v e , t h e f ig u re s f o r 1 9 3 6 s h o w e d a r e d u c t io n in u n e m p lo y m e n t a s c o m p a re d w i th th e p re v io u s y e a r . E x c e p t io n s f ro m t h i s w e re F r a n c e a n d t h e N e th e r la n d s , w h e re in c re a s e s i n p re v io u s y e a r s w e re fo llo w e d b y f u r th e r in c re a s e s i n t h e v o lu m e o f r e c o rd e d u n e m p lo y m e n t in 1 9 3 6 ; S w ritze rlan d , w h e re , a f t e r a d e c re a s e in 1 9 3 4 , a n in c re a s e in 1 9 3 5 w as su c c e e d e d b y a f u r t h e r in c re a s e in 1 9 3 6 ; a n d A u s t r ia a n d H u n g a ry , w h e re , o n a v e ra g e , l i t t l e c h a n g e , i f a n y , o c c u r re d b e tw e e n 1 9 3 5 a n d 1 9 3 6 . I n t h e c a se o f I t a l y , n o c o m p a r is o n is p o ss ib le , o w in g to th e s u s p e n s io n b y t h e I t a l i a n a u th o r i t i e s , s in c e S e p te m b e r , 1 9 3 5 , o f th e p u b l ic a t io n o f u n e m p lo y m e n t s ta t i s t i c s . I n a l l c o u n tr ie s , w i th o n e e x c e p t io n (v iz ., G e rm a n y ) , t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r s u n e m p lo y e d in 1936 r e m a in e d m o re o r le ss s u b s ta n t i a l ly h ig h e r t h a n in 1929 .

A s r e g a rd s J a p a n , w h ic h is n o t in c lu d e d in t h e a b o v e T a b le , c o m p a ra b le s t a t i s t i c s a r e n o t a v a i la b le f o r 1 9 2 9 a n d 1 9 3 6 ; b u t e s t i m a te s c o m p ile d b y t h e g o v e rn o r s o f p re fe c tu re s , c o v e r in g th e

• These (]uallflcatloDS were explaiued in some detail In the Issue of this Gazbtib for March, 1934, pp. 80^81.

t Excluding the Saarland.j The figure for 1929 includes a proportion of persons in employment

registered as applicants for other work, who are excluded from the figures for subsequent years. -

§ Average for the period January to September, since when the publication o f unemployment statistics has been suspended.

II The figure for 1929 relates to registrations at public Employment Exchanges only, while those for other years relate to registrations at both public and privateExchanges. , , .

H The figures for 1933 and subsequent years exclude persons for whom full-time Industrial cmploynxent had been provided with assistance from the Employment Promotion Fund (formerly the Unemployment Fund).

m a jo r i ty o f J a p a n e s e in d u s tr ie s , in d ic a te t h a t m a rk e d re d u c tio n s in t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r s u n e m p lo y e d o c c u rre d in e a c h o f t h e y e a rs 1 9 3 3 a n d 1934 , a n d w e re fo llo w e d b y le s se r re d u c t io n s in 1935 a n d i n t h e f i r s t t e n m o n th s o f 1936 . T h e e s t im a te d a v e ra g e s w ere 4 8 5 ,7 0 0 in 1 9 3 2 , 4 0 8 ,7 0 0 in 1 9 3 3 , 3 7 2 ,9 0 0 in 1 9 3 4 , a n d 3 5 6 ,0 0 0 in 1 9 3 5 . A t t h e b e g in n in g o f N o v e m b e r , 1936 , t h e l a t e s t d a te fo r w h ich s t a t i s t i c s a r e a v a i la b le , t h e e s t im a te d n u m b e r u n e m p lo y e d h a d fa l le n t o 3 2 2 ,9 0 0 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 3 4 6 ,2 0 0 in N o v e m b e r , 1935 .

I n a n u m b e r o f c o u n tr ie s d e a l t w i th in t h e a b o v e T a b le , e .g . , th e U n i te d K in g d o m , G e rm a n y , t h e N e th e r la n d s , I t a ly , S w itz e r la n d , C z e c h o s lo v a k ia , P o la n d , N e w Z e a la n d , a n d B e lg iu m , th e c o m p a ra b i l i ty o f t h e f ig u re s o f u n e m p lo y m e n t h a s b e e n a ffe c te d , a t v a ry in g s ta g e s in th e p e r io d u n d e r re v ie w , b y c h a n g e s in m e th o d s o f e n u m e ra t io n o r in t h e s c o p e o f t h e s ta t i s t i c s , b y th e r e s t r ic t io n o f t h e la b o u r m a r k e t th r o u g h t h e d iv e rs io n o f la b o u r t o m i l i t a r y a n d o th e r fo rm s o f n a t io n a l s e rv ic e , o r b y v a r ia t io n s in th e in c e n tiv e s t o re g is tra t io n . F o r e x a m p le , in t h e U n i te d K in g d o m , le g is la tiv e a n d a d m in is tr a t iv e c h a n g e s in t h e c o n d it io n s f o r t h e r e c e ip t o f u n e m p lo y m e n t b e n e f it le d t o in c re a s e s in 1 9 3 0 a n d r e d u c t io n s in 1 9 3 2 in th e n u m b e rs r e g is te re d a s u n e m p lo y e d . T h e e x te n s io n o f u n e m p lo y m e n t in - s u r a n c e t o a g r ic u l tu r a l w o rk e rs in 1 9 3 6 o c c a s io n e d so m e in c rease to w a rd s t h e e n d o f t h e y e a r in th e n u m b e rs r e g is te re d a s u n e m p lo y e d , w i th o u t , h o w e v e r , a p p r e c ia b ly a f fe c tin g t h e a v e ra g e f o r t h e y e a r , as g iv e n in th e fo re g o in g T a b le . T h e e ffec ts o f s u c h c h a n g e s a re la rg e ly e l im in a te d in t h e s t a t i s t i c s r e la t in g t o th e n u m b e rs in em- ploymcnt w h ic h a r e g iv e n b e lo w .

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r e s p e c t in g c h a n g e s in t h e n u m b e r s o f w o rk p e o p le in e m p lo y m e n t, in 1 9 3 6 a n d c e r ta in e a r l ie r y e a rs , in f o u r te e n o f t h e p r in c ip a l c o u n tr ie s fo r w h ic h e m p lo y m e n t s t a t i s t i c s a r e p u b lis h e d . T h e se s ta t i s t ic s a re b a s e d e i th e r o n d a t a fu rn is h e d in c o n n e c t io n w i th th e w o rk in g of in s u ra n c e s y s te m s o r o n r e tu r n s o b ta in e d f ro m e m p lo y e rs o r e m p lo y e rs ’ o rg a n is a t io n s . I t s h o u ld b e o b s e rv e d t h a t t h e f ig u re s b a s e d o n th e e m p lo y e rs ’ r e tu r n s t e n d , in so m e c a se s , t o o v e r s ta te t h e a m o u n ts of r e d u c t io n s , a n d t o u n d e r s t a t e t h e in c re a s e s , in e m p lo y m e n t o w in g to t h e f a c t t h a t fu l l a l lo w a n c e is n o t , a s a ru le , m a d e f o r t h e e m p lo y m e n t p ro v id e d b y n e w f irm s . O n t h e o th e r h a n d , t h e f ig u re s g iv e n in th e T a b le t a k e n o a c c o u n t o f c h a n g e s in th e n u m b e r o f h o u r s w o rk ed , w h ic h w e re in m o s t c a se s re d u c e d , in th e y e a r s im m e d ia te ly s u b s e q u e n t t o 1 9 2 9 , a s a r e s u l t o f e x te n d e d s h o r t - t im e w o rk in g , b u t , in m o re r e c e n t y e a r s , h a v e te n d e d t o in c re a s e w i th th e e x p a n s io n of e m p lo y m e n t.

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th e y h a v e b e e n c a lc u la te d f ro m in d e x f ig u r ra w h io h h a v e b e e n r e v i e d b y th e U n i te d S ta te s B u r e a u o f L a b o u r S ta t i s t i c s , md T d iu s te d to th e r e s u l ts o f t h e 1 9 3 3 C e n su s o f M a n u f a c t u r e . T h e e ffec t o f th is a d ju s tm e n t is t o in c re a s e s o m e w h a t t h e in d ic e s f o r i y o 5 a n d l a t e r y e a rs . T h e n u m b e r s o f w o rk p e o p le c o v e re d m t h e se v e ra l c o u n tr ie s b v t h e r e tu r n s f ro m w h ic h t h e m d e x n u m b e r s w ere c o m p ile d , a t t h e l a t e s t d a t e in 1 9 3 6 f o r w j* c h ^ r t i c u l a r e ^ a v a ila b le , w e re 2 .1 5 9 .0 0 0 in F i a n c e ; 1 >2 8 8 , 0 0 0 m in P o la n d ; 2 5 2 ,0 0 0 in S w e d e n ; 9 8 5 ,0 0 0 in C a n a d a ; 4 ^ . 0 0 0 in t h e U n ite d S t a t e s ; 5 9 9 ,0 0 0 in S o u th A f r ic a ; a n d 1 ,1 3 1 ,0 0 0 in J a p a n . E x a c t f ig u re s f o r S w i tz e r la n d a r e n o t a v a i la b le ; b u t t h e n u m b e r is o ffic ia lly s t a t e d t o b e r a t h e r le ss t h a n 2 0 5 ,0 0 0 .

E x c e p t a s r e g a rd s A u s t r i a a n d S w itz e r la n d , th e a v a i la b le f ig u re s s h o w t h a t th e r e w a s a n e x p a n s io n o f e m p lo y m e n t d u r in g 1 9 3 6 J i l l t h e c o u n tr ie s r e p r e s e n te d in t h e fo re g o in g T a b le . F o r G e rm a n y , t h e l ^ o f ig u re in c lu d e s t h e S a a r la n d , a n d is , th e re fo re , n o t s t r i c t l y c o m p a ra b le w ith th o s e f o r 1 9 3 5 a n d e a r l ie r y e a r s , w h ic h d o n o t in c lu d e t h e la n d . A t t h e e n d o f D e c e m b e r , 1 9 3 5 ( th e l a t e s t d a t e f o r w h ic h s e p a r a te s t a t i s t i c s a r e a v a i la b le ) , t h e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s in e m p lo y m e n t in th e S a a r la n d , a c c o r d in g t o s ic k n e s s in s u r a n c e s t a t i s t i c s , w a s 1 8 8 ,6 0 9 . I n t h e c a se o f F r a n c e , t h e e x p a n s io n w a s t h e f i r a t r e c o rd e d in a n y y e a r s in c e 1930» \ r h e n th e s c r ie s o f s t a t i s t i c s u s e d in t h e T a b le w a s f i r s t i n s t i t u t e d . I n A u s t r ia , t h e c o m p a r a b i l i ty o f t h e f ig u re s f o r 1 9 3 5 a n d 1 9 3 6 w i th th o s e f o r e a r l ie r y e a r s is a f f e c te d b y t h e e x c lu s io n f ro m t h e s ta t i s t i c s , a s f ro m M ay , 1 9 3 5 , o f p e r s o n s voluntarily in s u re d a g a in s t s ic k n e ss , t h e f ig u re s f o r e a r l ie r d a te s h a v in g c o v e re d a l l p e rs o n s i n s u r ^ , w’h e th e r v o lu n ta r i ly o r c o m p u ls o r i ly . I t w ill b e s e e n f ro m t h e T a b le t h a t in G r e a t B r i t a in , S o u th A f r ic a a n d J a p a n , t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r s in e m p lo y m e n t , w h ic h , in 1 9 3 5 w e re a l r e a d y h ig h e r t h a n in 1 9 2 9 , ro s e s t i l l h ig h e r in 1 9 3 6 . F o r J a p a n , t h e f ig u re s h o w n in t h e T a b le f o r 1 9 3 6 is t h e a v e r a g e o f t h e a v a i la b le s ta t i s t i c s c o v e r in g th e p e r io d u p t o O c to b e r , 1 9 3 6 ; t h e f ig u re f o r t h e c o rre s p o n d in g p e r io d i n 1 9 3 5 w a s 1 0 9 * 4 . D i r e c t c o m p a r is o n a s b e tw e e n 1 9 2 9 a n d 1 9 3 6 is n o t p o s s ib le i n t h e c a s e o f S w e d e n , b u t i t is p ro b a b le t h a t t h e le v e l o f e m p lo y m e n t in 1 9 3 6 w a s n o t le ss t h a n in 1 9 2 9 . I n a l l t h e o th e r c o u n t r ie s d e a l t w i th , e m p lo jo n e n t in 1 9 3 6 r e m a in e d b e lo w t h e le v e l o f 1 9 2 9 . I t s h o u ld b e n o te d , h o w e v e r , t h a t , in s o m e o f th e s e c o u n tr ie s , e m p lo y m e n t in 1929 ' w as a t a h ig h e r le v e l t h a n in G r e a t B r i t a in .

U N E M P L O Y M E N T I N 1 9 3 6 .T h e fo llo w in g T a b le , g iv in g a v e r a g e s o f t h e u n e m p lo y m e n t f ig u re s

f o r t h e f o u r th q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 a n d f o r e a c h o f t h e f o u r q u a r t e r s o f 1 9 3 6 , p e r m i ts o f a m o re d e ta i le d s t u d y o f t h e f lu c tu a t io n s in u n e m p lo y m e n t in t h e c o u n tr ie s in c lu d e d in t h e T a b le o n p a g e 1 3 8 , w i th t h e e x c e p t io n o f I t a l y , f o r w h ic h c o u n t r y , a s a l r e a d y s t a t e d , t h e n e c e s s a r y d a t a a r e n o t a v a i la b le .

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o f 1 9 3 6 t h a n in t h e c o r re s p o n d in g q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 . A m o n g th e s e c o u n tr ie s , t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r s o f p e r s o n s u n e m p lo y e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e y e a r w e re , h o w e v e r , g r e a te r in 1 9 3 6 t h a n in 1 9 3 5 i n F r a n c e a n d b w iU e r la n d . I n th e s e c o u n tr ie s , t h e r e la t iv e im p r o v e m e n t in t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f 1936 , a a c o m p a re d w i th t h e c o r r ^ p o n d i n g q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 , fo llo w e d u p o n th e d e v a lu a t io n o f t h e n a t io n a l c u r r e n c y in t h e l a t t e r p a r t o f S e p te m b e r , 1 9 3 6 . I n t h e N e th e r la n d s , w h e re t h e c u r r e n c y w a s a lso d e v a lu e d a t t h e s a m e t im e , u n e m p lo y m e n t , a l th o u g h a p p re c ia b ly g r e a te r , o n a n a v e ra g e f o r t h e y e a r , in 1 9 3 6 t h a n in 1935 , w a s a t t h e s a m e le v e l in t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f b o th y e a r s . I n b o th A u s t r ia a n d P o la n d , u n e m p lo y m e n t in t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 6 w as

p e a l o r t h a n i n t h e c o r r e s p o n d in g q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 . N e v e r th e le s s , in t h e c a s e o f P o la n d , t h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r o f p e r s o n s u n e m p lo y e d in 1 9 3 6 w a s a p p r e c i a b ly le s s t h a n in 1 9 3 5 .

E M P L O Y M E N T I N 1 9 3 6 .F o r t h e p r in c ip a l c o u n t r i e s in r e s p e c t o f w 'h ich s t a t i s t i c s o f c h a n g e s

in t h e v o lu m e o f e m p lo y m e n t a r e c o m p ile d , t h e a v e r a g e s o f t h e m o n t h l y f ig u re s f o r t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 a n d f o r e a c h o f t h e f o u r q u a r t e r s o f 1 9 3 6 a r e g iv e n in t h e T a b le b e lo w . T h e s c o p e o f t h e s t a t i s t i c s o f e m p lo y m e n t h a s a l r e a d y b e e n e x p la in e d a b o v e , in t h e l a s t p a r a g r a p h o n p a g e 1 3 8 . F o r G e r m a n y , t h e o ffic ia l s t a t i s t i c s o f e m p lo 5 r m e n t in * d u d e t h e S a a r l a n d a s f r o m N o v e m b e r , 1 9 3 5 . F o r N o v e m b e r a n d D e c e m b e r , 1 9 3 5 , s e p a r a t e f ig u re s f o r t h e S a a r l a n d w e re p u b l i s h e d , b u t s in c e t h e n o n ly c o m p r e h e n s iv e f ig u re s f o r t h e w h o le o f G e r m a n y a r e a v a i la b le . T h e f ig u re g iv e n i n t h e T a b le f o r t h e f o u r t h q u a r t e r o f 1 9 3 5 is n o t d i r e c t l y c o m p a r a b le w i th th o s e f o r t h e s e v e r a l q u a r t e r s o f 1 9 3 6 , s in c e i t in c lu d e s t h e S a a r l a n d f o r o n ly tw o o f t h e t h r e e m o n th s i n t h e q u a r t e r .

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F r o m t h e f ig u re s g iv e n i n t h e fo r e g o in g T a b le s , i t w o u ld a p p e a r t h a t t h e r e c o v e r y in e m p lo y m e n t (w h ic h b e g a n in G r e a t B r i t a in , G e r m a n y , D e n m a r k , t h e "U n ited S t a t e s o f A m e r ic a , A u s t r a l i a , S o u th A f r ic a a n d J a p a n in 1 9 3 3 , a n d , b y 1 9 3 5 , h a d e x te n d e d t o a l l c o u n t r ie s , w i th t h e e x c e p t io n o f F r a n c e , S w i tz e r la n d , A u s t r i a a n d t h e N e t h e r la n d s ) c o n t in u e d in 1 9 3 6 i n m o s t o f t h e c o u n t r ie s c o n c e rn e d . A s in1 9 3 5 , h o w e v e r , t h e o n ly c o u n t r ie s c o v e r e d b y t h e s t a t i s t i c s i n w h ic h t h e le v e l o f e m p lo y m e n t h a d r i s e n a b o v e th e . le v e l o f 1 9 2 9 w e re G r e a t B r i t a in , S o u th A f r ic a , J a p a n , a n d p o s s ib ly a ls o S w e d e n . I n t h i s c o n n e c t io n , h o w e v e r , i t is e m p h a s iz e d t h a t t h e s ig n if ic a n c e o f a c o m p a r i s o n o f c h a n g e s in e m p lo y m e n t in d i f f e r e n t c o u n t r ie s s in c e 1 9 2 9 d e p e n d s o n t h e r e l a t i v e le v e ls o f e m p lo y m e n t in t h o s e c o u n t r ie s in t h a t y e a r . I n c e r t a in c o u n t r i e s — in p a r t i c u l a r , ( 3 r e a t B r i t a i n a n d G e r m a n y — t h e in c r e a s e i n t h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r s o f p e r s o n s in e m - p lo 5 r m e n t in 1 9 3 6 w a s n o t a c c o m p a n ie d b y a c o m m e n s u r a te r e d u c t io n in t h e a v e r a g e n u m b e r s o f p e r s o n s r e g i s te r e d a s u n e m p lo y e d ; t o s o m e e x t e n t t h i s is a t t r i b u t a b l e t o t h e a b s o r p t io n i n t o e m p lo y m e n t o f n e w e n t r a n t s i n to t h e l a b o u r m a r k e t . I n F r a n c e , S w i tz e r la n d , a n d t h e N e th e r la n d s , u n e m p lo y m e n t f u r t h e r in c r e a s e d in 1 9 3 6 ; b u t i n e a c h o f th e s e c o u n t r ie s t h e r e w-as a r e l a t i v e im p r o v e m e n t in t h e le v e l o f u n e m p lo y m e n t in t h e l a s t q u a r t e r o f t h e y e a r , fo l lo w in g t h e d e v a lu a t i o n o f t h e n a t io n a l c u r r e n c y in S e p te m b e r , 1 9 3 6 . I n t h e c a s e o f F r a n c e , t h e f ig u re s s h o w a n in c r e a s e d v o lu m e o f u n e m p lo y m e n t in1 9 3 6 , c o n c u r r e n t ly w i th a n in c r e a s e in t h e v o lu m e o f e m p lo y m e n t . I t s h o u ld b e b o r n e in m in d , h o w e v e r , t h a t , o n t h e o n e h a n d , in r e c e n t y e a r s t h e s t a t i s t i c s o f u n e m p lo y m e n t in F r a n c e h a v e , f o r v a r io u s r e a s o n s , t e n d e d t o b e c o m e m o re c o m p re h e n s iv e , a n d , o n t h e o th e r h a n d , t h e s t a t i s t i c s o f e m p lo y m e n t c o v e r o n ly p e r s o n s e m p lo y e d in m in in g , a n d in in d u s t r i a l , t r a n s p o r t , a n d c o m m e rc ia l ‘ u n d e r ta k in g s w h ic h e m p lo y a t l e a s t a h u n d r e d w 'o rk e rs . S im ila r a n o m a lo u s m o v e m e n ts in t h e e m p lo y m e n t a n d u n e m p lo y m e n t f ig u re s in P o la n d in t h e p e r io d 1 9 3 2 t o 1 9 3 5 w o re d u e t o a d m in i s t r a t i v e c h a n g e s , t h e su a - p e n s io n o f c e r t a in s c h e m e s o f p u b l ic w o rk s , a n d t h e l im i te d s c o p e o f t h e e m p lo y m e n t s t a t i s t i c s ; f o r t h e y e a r 1 9 3 6 , how -ever, in c re a s e d e m p lo y m e n t w a s a c c o m p a n ie d b y d e c r e a s e d u n e m p lo y m e n t . F o rA u s t r ia , t h e f ig u re s s h o w a c o n t in u o u s d e c lin e in t h e le v e l o f e m n lo v - m e n t . ^

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EMPLOYMENT IN MARCH : GENERAL SUMMARY.E m p l o y m e n t in M a rc h , in s p i te o f a d v e r s e w e a th e r c o n d it io n s , c o n t in u e d t o im p ro v e in m o s t o f t h e p r in c ip a l in d u s tr ie s . C o m p a re d w i th 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y t h e im p r o v e m e n t w a s m o s t m a r k e d in c o a l m in in g , t h e w o o lle n a n d w o r s te d i n d u s t r y , t h e c lo th in g t r a d e s , f u r n i tu r e m a k in g , t h e d i s t r ib u t iv e t r a d e s , a n d h o te l a n d b o a rd in g h o u s e s e rv ic e . T h e r e w a s a d e c lin e in e m p lo y m e n t in s to n e q u a r r 3 d n g , la rg e ly o w in g to th e b a d w e a th e r .

S U M M A R Y O F S T A T IS T IC S .I t is e s t im a te d t h a t a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , t h e n u m b e r o f in s u re d

p e rs o n s , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , in e m p lo y m e n t in G r e a t B r i ta in , e x c lu s iv e o f p e rs o n s in s u re d u n d e r th e a g r ic u l tu r a l s c h e m e , w a s a p p r o x im a te ly 1 1 ,2 4 2 ,0 0 0 . T h is w a s 5 5 ,0 0 0 m o re t h a n a t 2 2 n d F e b ru a r} ', 1937 , a n d 5 5 3 ,0 0 0 m o re t h a n a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1936 .

A m o n g in s u re d w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 (e x c lu d in g th o s e in s u re d u n d e r t h e a g r ic u l tu r a l sc h e m e ) , t h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d in G re a t B r i t a in a n d N o r th e r n I r e la n d a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937 ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d a s w ell a s th o s e w h o lly u n e m p lo y e d ) , w a s 1 1 -8 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 1 2 * 2 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d 1 4 * 2 a t 2 3 rd M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 . I n G r e a t B r i t a in t h e p e r c e n ta g e a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , w a s 1 1 - 5 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 11 *9 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 1 4 '0 a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1936 .

A t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , t h e n u m b e r s o f p e rs o n s o n th e R e g is te r s o f E m p lo y m e n t E x c h a n g e s in G r e a t B r i t a in w e re 1 ,3 5 9 ,5 5 6 w h o lly u n e m p lo y e d , 1 6 7 ,6 7 7 te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d , a n d 7 3 ,9 6 8 n o rm a lly in c a s u a l e m p lo y m e n t , m a k in g a t o t a l o f 1 ,6 0 1 ,2 0 1 , in c lu d in g a b o u t 2 0 ,0 0 0 p e rs o n s p re v io u s ly u n e m p lo y e d , b u t r e g is te re d in M a rc h f o r t h e f i r s t t im e a s a r e s u l t o f t h e a r r a n g e m e n ts f o r t h e s e c o n d a p p o in te d d a y f o r u n e m p lo y m e n t a s s is ta n c e o n 1 s t A p r il . T h e t o t a l o f 1 ,6 0 1 ,2 0 1 w a s , h o w e v e r , 2 6 ,6 4 4 le ss t h a n a m o n th b e fo re , a n d 2 8 0 ,3 3 0 le s s t h a n a y e a r b e fo re . T h e t o t a l w a s m a d e u p of 1 ,2 6 6 ,7 0 7 m e n , 4 1 ,0 7 2 b o y s , 2 4 8 ,7 3 3 w o m e n , a n d 4 4 ,6 8 9 g ir ls .

T h e p e rs o n s o n th e R e g is te r s in c lu d e d 1 ,3 5 0 ,5 5 6 in s u re d p e rso n a w h o w e re a p p l ic a n ts f o r in s u ra n c e b e n e f i t o r u n e m p lo y m e n t a l lo w a n c e s , 1 3 6 ,0 1 2 o th e r in s u re d p e rs o n s ( in c lu d in g in s u re d ju v e n i le s u n d e r 1 6 y e a r s o f a g e ) , a n d 1 1 4 ,6 3 3 u n in s u r e d p e rs o n s . O f th e 1 ,3 5 0 ,5 5 6 a p p l ic a n ts f o r b e n e f i t o r a llo w a n c e s , 7 3 1 ,7 7 8 h a d c la im s a d m i t t e d f o r in s u r a n c e b e n e f i t , a n d 5 5 2 ,5 6 7 h a d a p p l ic a t io n s a u th o r is e d f o r a llo w a n c e s afc 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 ; t h e b a la n c e o f 6 6 ,2 1 1 in c lu d e d 3 6 ,9 2 6 p e r s o n s w h o s e p o s i t io n u n d e r t h e c o n d it io n s r e la t in g to c o n t r ib u t io n s p a id a n d b e n e f i t r e c e iv e d h a d n o t b e e n d e te rm in e d , 8 ,4 2 6 p e rs o n s w h o h a d b e e n d is q u a lif ie d f o r s h o r t p e r io d s f ro m re c e iv in g b e n e f i t , a n d 2 0 ,8 5 9 p e rs o n s w h o so n e e d s h a d b e e n h e ld n o t t o j u s t i f y p a y m e n t o f u n e m p lo y m e n t a llo w a n c e s .

I n G r e a t B r i ta in a n d N o r th e r n I r e la n d t h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f p e rs o n s o n t h e R e g is te r s o f E m p lo y m e n t E x c h a n g e s a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937 , w a s 1 ,6 7 6 ,8 2 5 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 1 ,7 0 3 ,9 2 6 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 1 ,9 4 7 ,9 9 8 a t 2 3 rd M a rc h , 1936 .

E M P L O Y M E N T I N T H E P R I N C I P A L I N D U S T R I E S .Mining and Quarrying.— I n th e c o a l m in in g in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t

s h o w e d a n im p r o v e m e n t in m o s t o f t h e p r in c ip a l d i s t r i c t s ; i t w as g o o d in th e M id la n d s a n d in K e n t , a n d f a i r t o m o d e r a te in o th e r d is t r ic t s , e x c e p t C u m b e r la n d a n d p a r t s o F S o u th W a le s , w h e re i t r e m a in e d b a d . T h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f w a g e -e a rn e rs o n t h e c o llie ry b o o k s a t 2 0 th M a rc h , 1937 , sh o w e d a n in c re a s e o f 0 * 8 p e r c e n t , a s c o m p a re d w i th 2 0 th F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d o f 0 * 9 p e r c e n t , a s c o m p a re d w i th 2 1 s t M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 . T h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r o f d a y s w o rk e d p e r w e e k in t h e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , w a s 5 * 5 3 , t h e s a m e a s in th e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 0 th F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d a n in c re a s e o f 0 • 4 4 o f a d a y a s c o m p a re d w i th t h e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 3 1 s t M a rc h , 1936 .

I n t h e i r o n m in in g in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d a f u r t h e r s l ig h t im p r o v e m e n t a n d w a s g o o d o n th e w h o le . A t t h e W e s t L o th ia n s h a le m in e s i t c o n t in u e d f a i r . I n l im e s to n e q u a r r ie s in th e B u x to n a r e a , e m p lo y m e n t w a s a f fe c te d b y a d v e r s e w e a th e r c o n d it io n s , w h ile i n t h e C le v e la n d a r e a i t im p ro v e d a n d w’a s g o o d . T h e re w 'as in c re a s e d A c tiv i ty a t t i n m in e s , b u t e m p lo y m e n t r e m a in e d s la c k . A t s la te q u a r r ie s in N o r th W a le s , e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d a d e c lin e o w in g t o u n fa v o u ra b le w e a th e r c o n d it io n s . E m p lo y m e n t a t c h a lk q u a r r ie s c o n t in u e d g o o d . A t c h in a c la} ' q u a r r ie s i t s h o w e d a d e c lin e , b u t w as s t i l l f a ir . A t t h e E a s t o f S c o t la n d w h in s to n e q u a r r ie s , e m p lo y m e n t w a s stiU a f fe c te d b y u n f a v o u r a b le w e a th e r c o n d it io n s a n d w a s s la c k .

Pig Iron, Iron and Steel and Tinplate.— I n t h e p ig i ro n in d u s t r y , e m p lo y m e n t d u r in g M a rc h r e m a in e d g o o d in m o s t d is t r ic t s . I n i r o n a n d s te e l m a n u f a c tu r e , e m p lo y m e n t in M a rc h s h o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e a s c o m p a re d w i th t h e p re v io u s m o n th , b u t w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . I n t h e t i n p l a t e in d u s t r y i t s h o w e d a f u r th e r s l ig h t im p r o v e m e n t a n d w a s c o n s id e ra b ly b e t t e r t h a n in M a rc h l a s t y e a r ; in s te e l s h e e t m a n u f a c tu r e th e r e w a s l i t t l e c h a n g e .

Engineering, Shipbuilding and Other Metal Industries.— I n th e e n g in e e r in g in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d l i t t l e g e n e ra l c h a n g e a n d c o n t in u e d g o o d o n t h e w h o le . I t w a s v e r y g o o d in e le c tr ic a l e n g in e e rin g a n d m o to r v e h ic le m a n u f a c tu r e ; g o o d in g e n e ra l e n g in e e r in g ; f a i r in m a r in e e n g in e e r in g a n d c o n s tru c t io n a l e n g in e e r in g ; a n d m o d e r a te in t e x t i l e e n g in e e r in g . U n s a tis f ie d d e m a n d s f o r so m e c la sse s o f sk ille d w o rk e rs w e re r e p o r te d f ro m c e r ta in d is tr ic ts .

E m p lo y m e n t in s h ip b u ild in g a n d r e p a ir in g sh o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e o n t h e w h o le . S h o r ta g e s o f c e r ta in c la sse s o f sk ille d m e n w e re a g a in r e p o r te d f ro m s o m e d is tr ic ts .

I n t h e o th e r m e ta l t r a d e s e m p lo y m e n t im p ro v e d s l ig h t ly a n d c o n t in u e d g o o d o n th e w h o le . I t w a s v e r y g o o d in th e b ra ssw o rk t r a d e ; g o o d in t h e s h e e t m e ta l , i io n fo u n d in g (o th e r t h a n e n g in e e rs ’ iro n fo u n d in g ) , h o llo w -w a re , je w e lle ry a n d p la te d w a re , a n d n u t , b o l t , n a i l , r i v e t , e tc . t r a d e s ; f a i r ly g o o d in t h e file , tu b e , w ire m a n u fa c tu r in g , a n d n e e d le a n d f ish in g ta c k le t r a d e s ; a n d f a i r in t h e e d g e to o l a n d c h a in a n d a n c h o r t r a d e s .

Textile Industries.— I n th e c o t to n in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t sh o w e d a f u r th e r im p ro v e m e n t in M a rc h a n d w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A s h o r ta g e o f w o rk e rs w a s r e p o r te d a t m a n y c e n tre s .

I n th e w o o l t e x t i l e in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t sh o w e d a s l ig h t im p ro v e - m o n t o n t h e w h o le a n d w a s f a i r ly g o o d g e n e ra lly . I n th e c a rp e t s e c tio n i t r e m a in e d g o o d a t a l l t h e p r in c ip a l c e n tre s .

E m p lo y m e n t in th e h o s ie ry t r a d e s h o w ^ a s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t a n d w a s g o o d o n t h e w h o le . I n t h e la c e t r a d e i t c o n t in u e d to im p ro v e a n d w a s g o o d . E m p lo y m e n t in th e s ilk m a n u fa c tu r in g in d u s t r y im p ro v e d s l ig h t ly a n d w a s f a ir ly g o o d ; in a r tif ic ia l s ilk y a m m a n u f a c tu r e a lso i t im p ro v e d a n d w a s g o o d . E m p lo y m e n t in t h e l in e n t r a d e a n d in th e j u t e t r a d e sh o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e ; i t c o n t in u e d s la c k in th e fo rm e r a n d re m a in e d b a d in th e l a t t e r . I n th e t e x t i le b le a c h in g , p r in t in g , d y e in g , e tc . t r a d e s e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e a n d r e m a in e d m o d e ra te g e n e ra lly .

Clothing Trades.— E m p lo y m e n t in th e r e ta i l b e sp o k e a n d in th e r e a d y - m a d e a n d w h o le sa le b e sp o k e b ra n c h e s o f t h e ta i lo r in g t r a d e s sh o w e d a f u r t h e r im p r o v e m e n t a n d w a s f a i r ly g o o d o n th e w h o le . I n t h e d re s s m a k in g a n d m il l in e ry t r a d e s a lso th e r e w a s a f u r th e r im p ro v e m e n t , a n d e m p lo y m e n t g e n e ra lly w a s g o o d . E m p lo y m e n t in t h e s h i r t a n d c o lla r t r a d e c o n t in u e d t o im p ro v e a n d w as fa ir ly g o o d . I n t h e g lo v e a n d c o r s e t t r a d e s th e r e w a s a f u r t h e r im p ro v e m e n t a n d e m p lo y m e n t w a s g o o d a t m o s t c e n tre s . I n th e h a t t r a d e a lso e m p lo y m e n t a g a in im p ro v e d a n d w a s f a i r to g o o d .

I n t h e b o o t a n d s h o e in d u s t r y a f u r th e r im p ro v e m e n t to o k p la c e in M a rc h a n d e m p lo y m e n t w a s b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r ago .

Leather Trades.— E m p lo y m e n t in a l l s e c tio n s o f th e le a th e r t r a d e s sh o w e d a f u r t h e r im p ro v e m e n t a n d w a s f a i r in t h e ta n n in g , c u rry in g a n d le a th e r -d re s s in g s e c tio n s a n d g o o d in o th e r se c tio n s .

Building, Woodworking, etc.— I n th e b u ild in g in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t a t 1 5 th M a rc h w a s a f fe c te d b y b a d w e a th e r a n d sh o w e d l i t t le c h a n g e o n t h e w h o le a s c o m p a re d w i th 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y . I n in d iv id u a l o c c u p a t io n s i t w a s f a i r ly g o o d w i th c a rp e n te r s , s la c k w i th s la te r s a n d p a in te r s , a n d f a i r f o r t h e t im e o f y e a r w ith o th e r c la sse s o f s k ille d o p e ra t iv e s . S h o r ta g e s o f b r ic k la y e rs a n d p la s te r e r s w e re r e p o r te d in so m e a re a s . I n b r ic k m a n u fa c tu r e th e r e w a s l i t t l e c h a n g e a n d e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d f a i r ly g o o d .

E m p lo y m e n t in th e fu rn is h in g t r a d e s a n d w ith m illsa w y e rs a n d c o a c h b u ild e rs s h o w e d a n im p ro v e m e n t a n d c o n t in u e d f a i r o n th e w h o le .

Paper Manufacture, Printing and Bookbinding,— I n th e p a p e r m a k in g in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d a s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t a n d w a s g o o d g e n e ra lly . I n t h e p r in t in g in d u s t r y a lso i t im p ro v e d s l ig h t ly a n d c o n t in u e d f a ir ly g o o d o n 3 ie w h o le . W ith b o o k b in d e rs th e r e w a s a s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t a n d e m p lo y m e n t w a s g o o d g e n e ra l ly .

Pottery and Glass.— I n th e p o t t e r y in d u s t r y e m p lo y m e n t sh o w e d a f u r t h e r im p r o v e m e n t a n d w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t to o k p la c e i n t h e g la ss t r a d e s ; e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d s la c k , h o w e v e r , in t h e b o t t le -m a k in g s e c t io n b u t w as f a i r ly g o o d in o th e r se c tio n s .

Fishing.— W ith f ish e rm e n e m p lo y m e n t d u r in g M a rc h d ec lin ed s l ig h t ly a n d w a s v e r y b a d o n t h e w h o le .

Dock Labourers and Seamen.— W ith d o c k la b o o re rs e m p Io ;p a e n t d u r in g M a rc h w a s s la c k g e n e ra lly . A t t h e m a jo r i ty o f p o r ts i t w as r a t h e r w o rse t h a n in F e b ru a r y . A m o n g s e a m e n i t sh o w e d a f u r th e r s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t , b u t r e m a in e d s la c k .

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B r ita in .

1 ,947,9981,895,1221,768,2461,766 ,3721,717,0621,678,2771,689,7151,677,1271,693,9451,702,673

1,766,3621,703.9261,676,825

1,881,6313,831 ,2301,705,0421,702,6761,652,0721,613,9401,624 ,3391,611,8101,623 ,6021,628,719

1,689,2231,627 ,8451,601 ,201

UNEMPLOYMENT CHART.

P E R C E N T A G E S U N E M P L O Y E D * A M O N G P E R S O N S . A G E D 1 6 -6 4 , I N S U R E D A G A IN S T U N E M P L O Y M E N T I N G R E A T B R I T A I N A N D N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D

1 9 3 7 .1936 .1935 .

1 9 3 4 .1 9 3 5 .

Mean for 1 9 2 4 - 2 9 fX T h e c r o s s e s i n d i c a t e t h e m i n i m u m a n d m a x i m u m m o n t h l y p e r c e n t a g e s

o a e m p l o y e d d u r i n g t J i e y e a r s 1 9 2 4 - 1 9 3 6 . t

COMPOSITION OF UNEMPLOYMENT STATISTICS: GREAT BRITAIN.

T h o fo llo w in g T a b le g iv e s a n a n a ly s i s o f t h e u n e m p lo y m e n t f ig u re s f o r 1 5 th M a r c h , 1 9 3 7 :—

M en B oys W o m en G irls(18 y ea rs a n d over).

(u n d e rIS y e a rs ) .

(18 y e a rs a n d o v e r )

(u n d e rIS y e a rs ) .

T o ta l .

P erso n s o n E e g l s t e r :—1. C la im s a d m it te d fo r in* s u ra n c e b e n e f i t :—

( a ) G e n e r a l s c h e m e (& ) A g r i c u l t u r a l s c h e m e *

2. A p p lic a tio n s a u th o r is e dfo r u n e m p lo y m e n t aO ow - an cea ..................................

3. C la im s u n d e r consldera*t io n . . . . . . . . .

4. In s u re d p e rs o n s n o t en> t i t l e d t o b e n e f it o r allow * a n c e s t :—

(a ) a g e d 1 6 -6 4 .. . i b ) a g e d 14 a n d 15

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T o t a l o n R e g i t t e r ...................

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(6) P e rso n s a g e d 1 4 -1 5 .. .S p ec ia l S c h e m e s :—

7. C la im a n ts t o b e n e f it . . .

T o ta l l r u u r c d U n e m p l o y e d :— A g e d 1 6 -6 4 ( ite m s 1 -3 ,

4 (a ) , 6 (o ) a n d 7)A g ed 1 4 -6 4 ( ite m s 1 -4 ,

6 a n d 7) 4 4 % ♦ ft 4 4 4 •

545 ,06813,225

13,967530

145,3343 ,031

10,358265

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108,675

51,303

5,0147 ,156

12,858

31 ,583

30 ,287

5 ,2867.583

20 ,185

150,55814,739

114,633

1,266,707 41 ,072 248 ,733 44 ,689 1,601 ,201

28,868 2 ,1831,993

27,816 3 ,2303 ,375

62,0975 ,368

2,153 6 209 2 2,370

1,246,425 23,247 246 ,471 20 ,153 1,536,296

1,246,425 32 ,396 246 ,471 31 ,111 1,556,403

MBERS ON THE REGISTERS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGESOB 15t h M a r c h . 1937. a n d 2 2 n d E hrri

1 5 th M a rc h , 1937. 2 2 n d F e b ., 1937.

— P e rs o n s n o rm a lly in R e g u la r E m p lo y m e n t .

P e rs o n s n o rm a lly in C asu a l T o ta l . T o ta l .

W h o llyU n e m p lo y e d .

T e m p o ra r i lyS to p p e d .

E m p lo y m e n t .

G r e a t B r i t a i n .

M enB o y sW o m e n . . . G irls

1 ,076 ,10338,514

203,15241,787

118,6412 ,404

4 3 ,7 5 12 ,881

7 1 ,9 6 3154

1,83021

1,266 ,70741 ,072

248 ,7334 4 ,6 8 9

1 ,2 7 8 ,6 5 945 ,635

253 ,6664 9 ,9 8 5

T o ta l . . . 1 ,359 ,556 167,677 73 ,968 1 ,601 ,201 1 ,627 ,845

G re a t B r i ta in a n d N o r th e r n I r e la n d ,

M enB o y sW o m e n . . . G irls . . .

1 ,126 ,62140 ,768

218,58642 ,688

119,8882 ,420

46 ,2762 ,962

74 ,584154

1,85721

1 ,321 ,09343 ,342

266 ,71945 ,671

1 ,333 ,0264 7 ,6 9 9

272 .21250 ,989

T o ta l . . . 1 ,428 ,663 171,546 76,616 1 ,676 ,825 1,703,926

VACANCIES NOTIFIED TO, AND FILLEDEMPLOYMENT EXCHANGES. ||(G r e a t B r it a in a n d N o r t h e r n I b b l a n d .)

BY.

T h re e w eek s e n d e d 15 M a r . , 1937.

V a c a n c ie sN o tif ie d ./

V a c a n c ie s F il le d . If

M en . . . B o y s . . . W o m en G irls . . .

112,32320 ,47141 ,22117,456

104,12714,5043 0 ,1 0 312,484

T o ta l 191 ,471 161 ,218 I\

P e r io d 2 4 th M a r ,, 1936, to 1 5 th M a r ., 1937.

V a c a n c i e s N o t i f i e d . V a c a n c i e s F i l l e d . ^

N u m b e r .

1 ,685 ,671367 ,086738 ,884328 ,143

I n c . ( - f - ) o r

D e c . ( —) a s c o m p a r e d

w i t h a y e a r b e f o r e .

3 9 ,5 2 5 22 ,095 28.114 16 ,807

N u m b e r .

1 ,547 ,014276,010552,394248,876

3 ,119 ,784 -i- 106 ,541 2 ,624 .294 + 22 ,860

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D e c . ( — ) a s c o m -

a r e d a y e a r

b e f o r e .

12,801 4 ,204 2 ,802 3 ,053

w biiuBc ire iw uB WHO n a u c la im s a a m i t t e u l o r b e n e f it u n d e r th e a g r ic u l tu ra l sc h e m e , so m e p e rs o n s w h o a r e c lass ified , o n p a g e 151 . a s in s u re d u n d e r t h a t Bchem e a t J u ly , 1936, a n d u n e m p lo y e d a t 1 5 th M a rc h , i ia d c la im s fo r a g r ic u l tu r a l b e n e f it u n d e r c o n s id e ra t io n ; a n d so m e o th e r s w ere c la iu iln g b e n e f it u n d e r t h e g e n e ra l sc h e m e in v i r tu e o f c o n t r ib u t io n s n a ld d u r in g p e r io d s o f e m p lo y m e n t In In d u s tr ie s o th e r t h a n a g r ic u l tu re

' j 162 p r iv a te g a rd e n e rs (153 m e n a g e d 1 8 -6 4 , 4 b o v sa g e d 1 6 -1 7 , 3 b o y s a g e d u n d e r 16^ a n d 2 w o m e n a g e d 1 8 -6 4 ).

t t.c ., u n in s u re d p e rso n s , to g e th e r w ith sm a ll m u n b e rs In su re d u n d e r th e sp e c ia l B C hem ^ fo r th e b a n k in g a n d In su ra n c e In d u s tr ie s . T h o n u m b e rs o f c la im a n ts to b e n e f it u n d e r th e s e sc h e m e s a rc sh o w n In ite m 7

§ -See e x p la n a t io n o n p ag e 143. T h e fig u re s in c lu d e 25 p r iv a te g a rd e n e r s1 6 -1 7 , a n d 2 b o y s a g e d u n d e r 16).

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B u re a u x u n d e r th e c o n tro l o f L o c a l E d u c a t io n D ^ ^ ia n c e e x e rc is in g p o w ers u n d e r S ec . 81 o f th e U n e m p lo y m e n t

K V a c a n c l^ I 'l l ie d includc^s i t a ln ty p e s o f cases (d esc rib ed a a GIaiu ko h f f i m o f!fr i S tb e w o r k b - th e E x c h a n g e s w a s U m lto d ; f o r in s ta n c e ,w o ^ In fo rm e r e m p lo y e e s o r p la c in g th e sa m e m e n in r e WJua w eek s e n d e d 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937th e a v e ra g e n u m b e r o f s u c h p la c m g s o f m e n a n d w o m en w as 7 ,819 p e r w eek

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THE MINISTRY LABOUR GAZETTE. April, 1937.

PRINCIPAL

COAL MINING.E m p l o y m e n t in M a rc h s h o w e d a n im p r o v e m e n t in m o s t of t h e p r in c ip a l d i s t r i c t s ; i t w a s g o o d in th e M id la n d s a n d in K e n t , a n d f a i r t o m o d e r a te in o th e r d is t r ic t s , e x c e p t C u m b e r la n d a n d p a r te o f S o u th W a le s , w h o re i t r e m a in e d v e r y b a d .

T h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d ) a m o n g in sx ired w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , w a s 1 4 * 6 a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 1 5 * 3 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d 2 1 - 7 a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 . T h e p e rc e n ta g e w h o lly rm e m p lo y e d d e c re a s e d b y 0 * 3 ( f ro m 1 3 ‘3 t o 1 3 * 0 ) a n d t h e p e r c e n ta g e te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d b y 0 * 4 ( f ro m 2 * 0 t o 1 * 6 ).

T h e n u m b e r s a n d p e rc e n ta g e s u n e m p lo y e d a m o n g in s u re d w o r k p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , in t h e r e s p e c t iv e a r e a s a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , a n d t h e in c re a s e s o r d e c re a s e s a s c o m p a re d w i th 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d ^ r d M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 , a r e s h o w n in th e fo llo w in g T a b l e :—

In su re d P e rso n s (aged 16 -64) re c o rd e d as U n em p lo y ed a t I 5 th M ar«, 1937. In c . (-!■) o r

D ec. ( —) In T o ta l

P e rc e n ta g e s a s c o m p are d

w ith aA rea.N u m b e rs . F o rcen tag ee .

W 'hoUyTern*

p o ra ryS to p pages.

T e m p o ra ryS to p

p l e s *

U n e m p lo y e d

(in c lu d in gC asuals).

W hoUyU n e m p lo y ed .

T o ta l. M o n thbefo re .

Y e a rbefo re .

G r e e t B r i t a i n «»• 116,622 14,266:1 13*0 1 - 6 14-6 - 0 -7 - 7 -1E n g l a n d a n d W a U s 101,313 12,858 1 2- 8 1-7 14-5 — 0 -7 — 7 -3S e o U a f t d .................. 15.309 1,408 14-3 1 -3 15*6 + 0 - 1 - 4*9P r i n c i p a l D i e t r i c U

fn E n g l a n d a n d W a U e :— N o r th u m b e r la n d 4 ,971 266 10 -3 0 -5 1 0- 8 + 0 -4 - 3 -5D u rh a m 15,601 1,229 12-5 1 - 0 13*5 + 0 -4 - 5 -8C u m b erlan d a n d

W e stm o rlan d 3.483 74 3 8 -5 0-8 39 -3 - 0 -9 - 7-4Y o rk sh ire 13,145 4,502 8-8 3 -0 1 1 - 8 - 0 -3 - 8-6L a n c a sh ire a n d

C bcehire 11,836 858 16*1 1 - 2 17 -3 - 0 -3 - 2 -3D e rb y sh ire . . . 3 ,369 385 6 - 2 0- 8 7 -0 + 0*3 - 3 -4N o tts , a n d L e i

ces te r 4,768 299 8-4 0 -5 8 -9 - 0 -3 - 4 -1W a rw ic k sh ire ... 600 36 4 -2 0- 2 4 . 4 - 0- 2 - 2 -3S taffs ., W orces

te r a n d S alop 3,817 475 6 -5 0-8 7 -3 - 0 - 2 - 3 -7G los. a n d S o m

e rs e t ... 1,014 259 9 -9 2 -5 12-4 - 1 -7 - 1 -7E c u t .................. 286 42 3*8 0 - 6 4 . 4 - 0*9W ales a n d M on

m o u th 36,907 4,415 20*4 2 -4 22-6 - 3 -1 - 1 4 - 1

T h e fo llo w in g T a b le sh o w s , f o r t h e p r in c ip a l c o a l m in in g d is t r ic ts , t h e t o t a l n u m b e r o f w a g e e a r n e r s o n t h e c o ll ie ry b o o k s a t 2 ^ h M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , a n d t h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r o f d a y s w o rk e d p e r w e e k * d u r in g th e p re c e d in g f o r tn ig h t , a s s h o w n b y r e tu r n s o b ta in e d b y t h e M in es D e p a r tm e n t . S m a ll n u m b e r s o f w o rk p e o p le e m p lo y e d a t c o a l m in e s in r a is in g o r h a n d l in g m in e ra ls o th e r t h a n c o a l a r e in c lu d e d in th e to ta ls .

D is tr ic ts .

T o ta l N u m b e r of W ag e E a rn e rs o n C olliery

B o o k s .

A v e ra g e N u m b e r of D a y s w o rk e d p e r w eek

a t t h e M ines.

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E h o l a n i) a n d W a l b s : N o rth n m b erlA n dD u rh a m ..................C u m b erlan d a n d W e s t

m o r la n d . . . . . .S o u th Y o rk sh ire W e s t Y o rk sh ire L anca . a n d C hesh ireD e r b y s h i r e ..................N o tts , a n d L e ices te rW arw ick ..................N o r th S ta ffo rd sh ire ... S o u th S U ffs .t , W orca.

a n d S a lo p ..................O loe. a n d S o m e rs e t . . . ^ L e n t . . . . . . . . .N o r th W a le s ..................S o u th W ales a u d M on.

E n g la n d a n d W ales

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F ife a n d C lack m au n an K e s t of S co tlan d

S c o tla n d . . .

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6v tnM arch , w ith a en d e d w ith a1937. M o n th Y e a r

2UtnM arch , M o n th Y e a r

befo re . befo re . 1937. befo re . befo re .

P e r P e rc e n t. c e n t. D ay s . D ay s . D ay s .

44,788 + 0 -3 1 -5 5 -4 8 - 0*02 - 0 - 0 3112,285 -t- 0 -5 + 3 -5 5 -4 5 -J- 0 0 2 4 0 - 2 2

5,259 + 3 -6 -1- 6 -9 5-58 4 0 - 0 1 - 0 0 997,126 -1- 0-6 -1- 1 1 5-27 4 O O 2 4 0 - 5 342,249 0-6 0 -5 5-57 + 0 -0 9 -f 0 -9 759,279 : 0 -4 0- 8 5-68 -» 0 -1 9 4 0 - 4 144,355 + 0-6 2 -5 5 0 9 * 4 # + 0 -7 853,413 - f 0 -5 1-4 5 -4 2 - 0 - 0 8 4 0 - 8 817,031 + 0 -3 + 2- 8 5 -7 9 -f 0 -0 4 4 0 -3023,240 + 1 . 1 + 1-7 5 -6 2 4 0 - 1 9 4 0 1 6

27,560 _ 0- 2 3 -7 5 -7 6 - 0 -0 4 4 0 - 4 78,917 + 0 -3 1 3 -2 5-68 4 O O 5 4 0 1 87,155 0 -3 2 - 1 5 -5 6 % » • • « •9,855 -H 0 -9

1i-i- 6 -3 5 -5 7 - 0 - 1 5 - 0 1 5

130,330 + 2 - 2 1 + 0 - 6 5-67 - 0 - 0 7 4 0 - 7 5

682,842 + 0-8 1 + 0-6 5 -5 0 4 0 - 0 1 ■f 0 -5 0

1 12,929 + 0 -3 -i- 2 -5 5 -6 5 - 0 1 3 1 922,956 -1- 0- 2 + 3 -6 5-71. - 0 - 0 4 4 0 -0653,085 + 0 -5 + 3 -8 5 ,r8 2 ’ 4 0 -0 1 -rO -0 1

88,970 + 0*4 + 3 -5 5 -7 7 . -+ 0-02

771,812 + 0 8 + 0 -9 5-53 1 4 0 - 4 4

* T h o figures In th is a n d th e foUowlDg a r tic le s show th e n u m b e r o f d ay s (a llo w an ce being m a d e in a ll th o c a lc u la tio n s fo r s h o r t tim e ) o n w h ich coaL Iroiiy etc*y w ere g o t fro m th e m in es In c lu d ed In th e re tu rn s . I t U n o t DtH'^asarlly im p lied t h a t a ll th o p erso n s w orked ev e ry d a y th o m in es w ere ot*en. M ines n o t w ork ing a re o m itte d in c o m p u tin g th e a v e ra g e n u m b e r of d a y s w orked .

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T h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r o f c o a l w in d in g d a y s lo s t in G r e a t B r i ta in d u r in g th e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1937 , w a s 0 * 2 5 o f a d a y p e r w e e k , o f w h ic h 0 • 17 o f a d a y w a s d u e to w a n t o f t r a d e . T h e c o rre s p o n d in g f ig u re s f o r t h e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 0 th F e b r u a r y , 1937 , w e re 0 - 2 6 a n d O ’ 1 9 o f a d a y p e r w e e k , r e s p e c tiv e ly , a n d f o r t h e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 1 s t M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 ,0 • 7 0 a n d 0 • 63 o f a d a y p e r w e e k , re s p e c tiv e ly . T h e a v e ra g e n o n -w in d in g t im e , f o r e a c h o f t h e th r e e p e r io d s u n d e r re v ie w , w a s a b o u t o n e -f if th o f a d a y p e r w e e k .

T h e output o f c o a l in G r e a t B r i ta in f o r t h e f o u r w e e k s e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , a a r e p o r te d to t h e M ines D e p a r tm e n t , w as 2 0 ,4 6 4 ,4 0 0 to n s , a s c o m p a re d w i th 1 9 ,9 3 6 ,2 0 0 to n s in th e fo u r w e e k s e n d e d 2 0 th F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 1 9 ,1 9 6 ,2 0 0 to n s in th e fo u r w e e k s e n d e d 2 1 s t M a rc h , 1936 .

IRON MINING.E m p l o y m e n t d u r in g M a rc h sh o w e d a f u r th e r s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t a n d w a s g o o d o n t h e w h o le ; i t w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r e a r lie r . T h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o ra r i ly s to p p e d ) a m o n g in s u re d w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , in t h e i ro n o re a n d iro n s to n e m in in g in d u s t r y w a s 9 * 7 a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937 , a s c o m p a re d w ith 1 0 * 3 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 1 5 * 5 a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1936 .

T h e fo llo w in g T a b le s u m m a ris e s t h e in fo rm a t io n re c e iv e d fro m e m p lo y e ra w h o f u r n is h e d r e tu r n s f o r t h e th r e e p e r io d s :—

N u m b e r o f W o rk peop le em p lo y ed a t M ines in c lu d ed In

th e R e tu rn s .

A verage N o. o f D ay s w orked p e r w eek a t

th e M ines.*

D is tr ic ts . F o r t n ig h ten d ed20thM ar.,1937.

In c . ( 4 ) o r D ec. ( —) as com

p a re d w ith a

ForUn ig h tended20thM a r ,1937.

In c . ( 4 ) o r D ec. ( —) as com

p a re d w ith a

M o n thbefo re .

Y earbefo re .

t f o n tbbefore.

Y e a rbefore.

C leveland 3.092

P e r ce n t.

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4 17-8D ays.5 -89

D a jn .4 0 01

D etb .4 0 -0 3

C u m b e rla n d a n d L a n c a sh ire . . . 1,895 4 3 -1 4 9 4 6-00 - 0 -1 7

O th e r D is tr ic ts . . . 1,914 4 1 9 4 8 -3 5 -7 2 - 0 -0 8 4 0 04

ALL D is t r ic t s 6.901 4 2 -4 4 12-7 5-87 - 0 -0 7 4 0 02

SHALE MINING.T h e n u m b e r o f w o rk p e o p le e m p lo y e d a t t h e W e s t L o th ia n m in es d u r in g t h e f o r tn ig h t e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1937 , b y f irm s m a k in g r e tu r n s , w a s 2 ,0 4 0 . T h is s h o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e a s c o m p a re d w ith F e b ru a r} ’, 1937 , b u t w a s a n in c re a s e o f 2 * 7 p e r c e n t , a s c o m p a re d w i th M a rc h , 1936 .

T h e a v e ra g e n u m b e r o f d a y s w o rk e d p e r w eek * a t th e m in e s m a k in g r e tu r n s w a s 5 * 9 3 in M a rc h , 1937 , a s c o m p a re d w i th 5*90 in F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d 5 • 97 in M a rc h , 1936 .

PIG IRON INDUSTRY.E m p l o y m e n t d u r in g M a rc h re m a in e d g o o d in m o s t d is tr ic ts . T h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o ra r i ly s to p p e d ) a m o n g in s u r e d w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , w a s 1 1 -3 a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937, a s c o m p a re d w i th 1 0 * 5 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 1 5 ’ 9 a t 2 3 rd M a rc h , 1936 .

R e tu r n s re c e iv e d b y th e B r i t is h D o n a n d S te e l F e d e ra t io n fro m f irm s e n g a g e d in t h e p ro d u c t io n o f p ig i ro n , e m p lo j in g 14 ,996 w o rk p e o p le a t t h e e n d o f M a rc h , 1937 , sh o w e d a n in c re a s e o f 4 -2 p e r c e n t , c o m p a re d w i th F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d o f 1 1 * 8 p e r c e n t, c o m p a re d w i th M a rc h , 1936 .

T h e n u m b e r o f fu rn a c e s in o p e ra t io n a t t h e e n d o f M a rc h , 1937, w a s 1 1 7 , c o m p a re d w i th 115 a t t h e e n d o f F e b r u a r y , 1937 , a n d 109 a t t h e e n d o f M a rc h , 1936 . T h e fig u re s a r e a n a l y s t b e lo w :—

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(inc . Sheffield), N . W alea a n dC hesh ire ...............................

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April, 1937 T H E M IN IS T R Y O F L A B O U R G A Z E T T E 143

IRON AN D ST E E L M A N U FA C TU R E .Employment during March showed little change as compared with the pre^uous month, but was much better than a year ago. From some districts it was reported that the numbers temporarily stopped had increased on account of intermittent shortage of material.

The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, was 11'8 a t 15th March, 1937, as compared with 11 ■ 5 a t 22nd February, 1937, and with 18*3 at 23rd March, 1936.

The following Table summarises the information from those emplo^Trs who furnished returns :—

N o . o f W o rk p eo p le e m p lo y e d b y F irm s

m a k in g r e tu rn s .

A g g re g a te n u m b e r o f S h ifts .*

W eeken d e d2 0 th

M arch ,1937.

In c . (-1-) o r D ec. ( —) as

c o m p are d w ith a

W eeken d e d2 0 th

M arch ,1937.

In c . (-1-) o r D ec. ( —) as c o m p a re d

w ith a

M o n thbef«)re.

Y e a rbefore .

M o n thbefo re .

Y e a rb efo re .

D b p a b t m e n t s . P e rc e n t.

P e rc e n t.

P e rc e n t.

P e rc e n t .

O pen H e a r th M elt■f 0 -4in g F u rn a c e s . . . 9,175 - 0 -4 - t - l l - 4 54,133 + 11 -4

P a d d lin g F o rg e s . . . 1,010 - f 5 -4 - 6 -7 4,636 - 2*7 - 3 -8RoIllDg M ills 26,358 - 2 -5 + 4 -4 142,733 - 3 -9 + 3*3F o rg in g a n d P re ss in g 1,598 + 3 -5 -1- 5 -5 8,865 - f 2 -2 + 6*2F o u n d in g .................. 8,577 + 2 -1 -I-18-7 49,570 + 2 - 1 •f 2 4 -0O th e r D e p a r tm e n ts 13,946 -L 2 -6 + 6 -5 79,086 + 2 -4 + 6 -9M echanics,

L a b o u re is 17,325 + 2 -6 -f-18-8 101,210 -1- 2 -7 + 1 9 -5

T o ta l 77,989 + 0 -5 I -1- 9 -9 440 ,233 - 0 -0 + 10 -4

D is t r ic t s .

N o r t h u m b e r l a n d . D u rh a m , a n dC leveland 15,857 -1- 1 -8 - f l 7 . 3 90,927 + 2*1 -I- 1 7 -5

Sheffield, B o tlie rlia m 22,235 - 0 -0 -1-12-1 125,658 - 0 -9 4- 12-7I>eeds, B ra d fo rd ,c tc . 433 + 2 -6 -1- 9 -1 2,364 + 0*8 + 10 -1C iun berland , L an cs .

a n d C hesh ire . . . 5 ,409 - I ' l - 4 -3 28,632 - 2 -5 - 5 -1^ tad o rd a lilre 6,116 -f- 0 -6 -1- 3 -2 33 ,001 - 3 -3 - 1 -8O th e r M id lan d

C oun ties 6 089 - 0 -1 + 0 -3 35,136 4- 0 -1 -1- 4 -9W aies a n d M on . . . . 10,412 -1- 1 -8 - t-1 1 '0 59.416 -I- 1 -8 + 12*4

T o ta l . E n g la n d a n a W a le s ... 66,551 -f- 0 -6 + 9 -5 375,134 - 0 -0 -1- 1 0 -0

S c o tla n d 11,438 - 0 -7 - H 2 - 2 65 ,099 — 0 -0 -1- 1 3 -3

T o t a l 77,989 -1- 0 -5 + 9 -9 440,233 - 0 -0 + 1 0 -4

The average number of shifts* during which the works were open was 5 ’6 in the week ended 15th March, 1937, as compared with 5 • 7 in February, 1937, and 5 • 6 in March, 1936.

The production of steel ingots and castings, as shown in returns from the British Iron and Steel Federation, amounted to 1,109,500 tons in March, 1937, as compared with 995,900 tons in February, 1937, and with 980,100 tons in March, 1936.

T IN P L A T E AN D ST E E L SH EET IN D U ST R IE S.

In the tinplate industry employment showed a further slight improvement. I t was considerably better than in March last year. The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, was 14-5 a t 15th March 1937, as compared with 15*2 a t 22nd February, 1937, and 34-5 at23rd March, 1936. In steel sheet manufacture employment showed httle change.

The following Table shows the number of mills in operation a tthose works m respect of which returns were received for the w eekended 20th March, 1937,;, as compared with a month before and a year before;—

W orks.

TlnplAt'e 8tee] S heet

T otal

1 1

N u m b e r o f W o rk s O p en . N u m b e r o f M ills In O p e ra tio n .

W eeken d ed2 0 thM ar.,1937.

lu o . (-I-) o r D ec . ( —) o n a

W eeken d e d2 0 thM a r .,1937.

l u c . ( + ) o r D ec . ( — ) on a

M o n thbefo re .

Y e a rb e fo re .

M o n thbefo re .

Y e a rb e fo re .

6212

S % 9

• # t

+ 9 + 3

367104

+ 4 + 1

+ 7 2 + 17

74 9 9 # + 12 471 + 5 + 89

EN G IN EER IN G .E m p l o y m e n t during March showed little general change and con- tmued good on the whole. I t was very good in electrical engineering and motor volucle manufacture; good in general engineering; fair in marine engineermg and constructional engineering; and moderatelb-11 ® engineermg. Unsatisfied demands for some classes ofSKiiied workers were reported from certain districts.r,«i ^ ® employment was better in all the princi-pal sections of the industry, and in all administrative divisions.

shifts

Tho following Table shows the numbers and percentages un* employed (including those temporarily stopped) a t 15th March, 1937, among insured workpeople, aged 1 6 -^ , and the increase or decrease as compared with a month before and a year before :__

D ivlaloD .

N u m b o rs o f I n s u r e d W o ra t 1 5 th

k p e o p lo , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , U a e a a p lo v e d ti M a rc h , 1937.

E*S

W a 2 a^ a o

;p ^Total,

In c re a s e ( + ) o r D e c re a se ( —)

a s c o m p a re d w i th a

M o n thb efo re .

T e a rb efo re

L o n d o nS o u th -E a s te rnS o u th -W e s te rnM id la n d sN o r th -E a s te rnN o r th -W e s te rnN o r th e rnS c o tla n dW a le s ...................NorthemlrelandGbhat Beitain

and NORxn- X£N I ebLAND

LondonS o u th -E a s te rnS o u th -W e s te rnM ld iau d sN o r th - E a s te r nN o r th -W e s te rnN o r th e rnS c o tla n dW ales ...................N o r th e rn l r e U n d

GBBAT BaiTAIH AND NOBTU- 2BK I&RLAND

1 9 2 7D i t t o , M a r . , m o

3 ,226 514 101 224 2 ,185 6 ,250 1041,016 183 143 85 881 2 ,308 149

977 110 325 97 1,206 2 ,715 1.0722 ,822 621 33 527 5 ,632 9 ,635 + 1.1284 ,636 125 176 187 690 5 ,814 + 96

10,122 1,035 150 368 1,600 13 ,275 4553 ,166 460 1 ,815 707 518 6 ,666 1766 ,340 280 1,557 1.113 923 10,213 510

651 81 32 155 418 1,337 79885 82 699 80 367 2 ,113 190

33 ,841 3 ,491 5,031 3,543 14,420 60 ,326 —1,511

1 ,039732

1,6873 ,7953 ,6058,4654 ,1664 ,789

67583

- 2 8 .8 7 0

P e rc e n ta g e s U n e m p lo y e d a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937.

3 -1 2 -8 2 4 -63 -0 1 -9 4 -12 -7 3 -6 4 *43*1 1 -9 2 2 -05 -8 2 -6 1 0 -59 -6 4 -8 1 7 -29 -7 6 -4 1 3 -29 -4 7*9 1 0 -2

14 -7 12 • ! 8 -914 -4 19*1 1 0 -8

6 -0 3 -4 1 0 1

e - 2 j 3 - 6 1 6 - 5J O l j

t5 - 3 1 6 - 8

9 -8

1 0 -1 1 4 - 2

3 -3 3 -2 ~ 0 - 12 -4 2 -8 - 0 - 12 -9 3 -0 - 1 -25*2 4 -0 + 0 -54 -9 5 -7 + 0*16 -5 8 -5 - 0*3

1 2 -0 1 0 -5 - 0 -37*6 9 -7 - C -5

16*3 1 4 -2 - 0*813*7 1 3 -3 - 1 -2

4 -6 5 -7 - 0 1

4 t 5 - 86 - 5 9 0

- 3-3

On the North-East Coast employment in marine engineering improved but was still slack; it remained fair in general engineering in that area. In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire employment continued good in general engineering. In Lancashire and Cheshire employment improved generally; it was good in motor vehicle manufacture, fair in general engineermg, and moderate in textile engineering. In Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Coventry employment was very good in electrical and general engineering and motor vehicle manufacture; it improved and was good in constructional engineering. Apart from some decline in motor vehicle and aircraft manufacture, wliich was reported to be mainly due to a trade dispute a t Derby, employment in the Nottingham, Derby and Leicester district continued good. Employment in London and the Southern Counties generally was very good; a t the principal centres of aircraft manufacture it remained very good.

In Scotland employment improved in marine engineering and in general engineering, and was moderate to fair in both sections. Employment showed further improvement in Wales and in Northern Ireland, but was still slack.

S H IP B U IL D IN G A N D SH IP-R EPAIR IN G .

E m p l o y m e n t during March showed little change on the whole. From some localities it was reported that adverse weather conditions had caused an increase in the numbers temporatfily stopped; on the other hand, owing to damage due to gales, the amount of repair work in some yards was greater than usual. Shortages of certain classes of skilled men were again reported from some districts. Compared with March, 1936, employment was better in all the principal areas except Northern Ireland, where there was a decline.

The following Table shows the numbers and percentages unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 1 6 -^ , a t 15th March, 1937, and the increases or decreases as compared with 22nd February, 1937 and 23rd March, 1936:—

D iv is io n . 1 - ^ 1 3

s f i - a« a -tiC>2

I n c re a s e (-I-) o r D e c re a se ( —) In

N u m b e rs U n e m p Io y e d a s c o m p a re d w i th a

M o u thb e fo re .

Y e a rb e fo re .

In c re a s e ( + ) o r D e c re a se ( —) In

P e ro e c ta g e U n e m p lo y e d a s

c o m p a re d w i th a

M o n thb e fo re .

Y e a rbefo re .

L o n d o n 1,665 + 226 - 352 18*6 + 2*5S o u th -E a s te rn 420 + 21 - 112 8 -1 + 0*4S o u th -W o s te m 1,821 - 735 - 1 ,941 7*3 2*9M id lan d s 62 + 10 - 3 36*5 + 5*9N o r th -E a s te rn 1,331 + 1 - 250 23*9

1 ^ ^

N o r th -W e s te rn 6 ,026 - 34 - 2 ,879 26*1# # #

— 0*1N o r th e rn 13,599 + 794 - 2 ,429 38*1

w A + 2*2S c o tla n d 12,127 - 88 - 5,053 28*7 — 0*2W a l e s ................... 1 ,639 - 77 - 1 ,036 33*7 — 1*6N o r th e r n I r e la n d 3,427 - 171 + 1.434 3 0 -9

A W- 1 -5

O b e a t B r it a inAND N o b t h b r nI r b l a n d 42,117 - • 4 - - 12 ,631 2 6 -0 - 0 -1 8*8

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144 THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. April, 1937.C O T T O N IN D U STR Y.

E mploymekt Bhowed a f u r t h e r im p r o v e m e n t i n M a rc h , a n d w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A s h o r ta g e o f w o rk e r s w a s r e p o r te d a t m a n y c e n tre s .

T h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e t e m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d ) a m o n g in s u re d w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , in t h e i n d u s t r y a s a w h o le , w a s 1 0 • 5 a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , a s c o m p a r e d w i th 1 0 • 8 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d w i th 1 6 * 7 a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 . I n t h e p r e p a r in g a n d s p in n in g d e p a r tm e n t s t h e c o r re s p o n d in g p e rc e n ta g e s w e re 10 * 4 ,1 0 • 7 , a n d 1 6 * 1 ; in t h e m a n u f a c tu r in g d e p a r tm e n t th e y w e re 1 0 * 7 ,1 0 * 9 a n d 17*2 .

T h e fo llo w in g T a b le s u m m a r is e s t h e in f o r m a t io n re c e iv e d f ro m th o s e e m p lo y e rs w h o f u r n is h e d r e tu r n s :—

N u m b e r o f W o rk p eo p le . T o ta l W ages p a id to all W o rkpeop le .

s>|k W eekended

In c . ( + ) o r D ec. { —) on a W eek

endedIn c . {-!-) o r

D ec. ( —) on a1 *1 2 0 th 2 0 ths* M arch , M o n th T e a r M arch , M o n th T e a ri

r 1937, before . before .1

1937. 1 before . before .*

1(11

P er P e r P e r P e rDJBP.1RTMINT8. ce n t. ce n t. £ c e n t . c e n t.

P r e p a r i n g ................ 11,740 + 1 -5 + 4 -7 20,187 -H 2 -1 -I-14-4! S p i n n i n g ................3 W e a v i n g ................

23,02921,989

+ 2 -3+ 1 -9

+ 1 -7 - f 0 -7

38,95737,904

-1- 2 -0• f 4 0

-M 4 -2 -I- 5 -9

O th e r ................ 7,182 -1- 1 -8 + 3 -8 15,658 -P 1 -2 + 8 -5

T o ta l ................ 65,940 + 1 -9 -I- 2 -1 112,706 ^ 2 -6 -H O -5i.’ D is t r ic t s .L A sh to n . . . . . . 4 ,513 + 1 -9 -1-10-6 7,959 + 2 -2 + 2 4 - 2

S to c k p o r t, O lossop E a n d H y d e 5,473 + 2 -5 - 0 -2 9,317 4 -7 + 7 -6r O ld h a m .................. 10,562 + 1 -2 + 0 -2 20,083 + 2 -3 -i-10-6d B o lto n a n d L e ig h ... h R o c lid a le .1 H ey w o o d a n d

11,976 + 3 -3 + 4 -9 20,584

10,431

+ 2 -7 - f lO -8

1 T o d u io rd e n . . . i 5,632 - 0 -6 - 3 -3 +■ 1 -9 + 3 -71 M an ch es te r 3,789 + 2 -7 + 2 -8 6,547 + 1 -8 + 18-3j P re a to n a n d C horley 9 B la c k b u rn , A ccring- ,

4,491 -i- 2 -8 - 0 -4 7,502 + 1*7 + 6 -4

1 to n a n d D arw en 1 B n ro ley a n d P ad i-

3,721 + 1 -4 + 2 -1 6,257 + 4 -0 + 9 -0

+ 10*8E h am 3,326 + 1 -7 + 4 -7 6,419 -f 2 -81 C olne a n d N elson . 2,675 + 1 -5 _ 0 -7 5,631 + 2 -3 + 3 -15 O th e r L a n c a sh ire' T o w n s ................. 3,057 + 0 -7 + 3 -1 4.168 + 1 -1 + 11 -9i Y o rk sh ire T ow ns . . . 1,830 + 2 -2 - 2 -6 3,209 + 1 -1 + 10 -91 O th e r D is tr ic ts . . . 2 ,895 + 3 -8 + 6 -8 4,599 + 4 -0 + 17 -0

1 T o ta l .................. 63,940 -i- 1 -9 + 2 -1 112,706 + 2 -6 -H O -5

R e tu r n s f ro m f irm s e m p lo y in g a b o u t 6 3 ,5 0 0 w o rk p e o p le i n th e w e e k e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 , s h o w e d t h a t 1 1 p e r c e n t , o f th e s e w o rk p e o p le w e re o n s h o r t t im e i n t h a t w e e k , lo s in g 11 h o u r s e a c h o n th e a v e ra g e .

A t A s h to n - u n d e r - L y n e e m p lo y m e n t r e m a in e d m o d e r a te , b u t w as m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A t S to c k p o r t t h e r e w a s a f u r t h e r s l ig h t im p r o v e m e n t , a n d m o s t a c t iv e m ills w e re w o rk in g fu l l t im e . E m p lo y m e n t a t G lo sso p c o n t in u e d g o o d .

I n t h e O ld h a m d i s t r i c t t h e im p r o v e m e n t p re v io u s ly r e p o r te d w as m a in t a in e d ; t h e r e w a s l i t t l e s h o r t - t im e w o rk in g , a n d e m p lo y m e n t w a s f a i r ly g o o d , a n d b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A t R o y t o n a ll a c t iv e m ills w e re s t a t e d t o b e w o rk in g t o f u l l c a p a c i ty .

A t B o l to n e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d m o d e r a te w i th c a rd ro o m w o r k e r s ; i t w a s f a i r w i th s p in n e r s , a n d c o n t in u e d g o o d w i th w e a v e rs , w i n d e r s . a n d w a rp e r s . A t L e ig h e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d g e n e ra l ly g o o d . A t R o c h d a le e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d f a i r ly g o o d .

A t B la c k b u r n a n d a t C h o r le y e m p lo y m e n t im p ro v e d s l ig h t ly , a n d w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o . A t P a d ih a m a n d a t N e ls o n th e im p r o v e m e n t p re v io u s ly r e p o r te d w a s m a in ta in e d . I n t h e R o s s e n d a le V a lle y e m p lo y m e n t s h o w e d a f u r t h e r s l ig h t im p r o v e m e n t a n d w a s f a i r . I n t h e o th e r p r in c ip a l w e a v in g d is t r i c t s t h e r e w a s l i t t l e g e n e ra l c h a n g e a s c o m p a re d w i th F e b r u a r y , b u t e m p lo y m e n t w a s b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r a g o .

I n Y o rk s h ir e e m p lo y m e n t w i th s p in n e r s a n d d o u b le r s c o n t in u e d g o o d g e n e ra l ly , th o u g h th e r e w a s a s l ig h t d e c lin e a t H u d d e rs f ie ld . A t T o d m o rd e n e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d g o o d .

T h e fo llo w in g T a b le sh o w s t h e n u m b e r o f m e n a n d o f w o m e n ( o th e r t h a n c a s u a ls ) o n t h e re g is te r s of 5 6 E m p lo y m e n t E x c h a n g e s in t h e p r in c ip a l c o t to n t r a d e c e n t r e s in L a n c a s h ir e a n d C h e sh ire a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1 9 3 7 :—

Dec>artiReQt.

N u m b e rs (ex c ln d in g C asuals) o n th e E e g ls te n a t1 5 th M arch , 1937.

W ho llyU n em p lo y ed .

T e m p o ra rilyS to p p e d .

T o ta l.

M en. W om en. M en. W om en .

C ard a n d B low ingB o o m ..................

S p in n in g . . . B m m ln g , W ind ing

a n d W a rp in g . . .W eav in g ..................O th e r P ro eeasc i . . .

T o ta l

1,0786,180

1,0683,736

682

1.8631,637

2,9716,675

245

1361,121

546319

84

695665

2,348626

69

3,7729,603

6,93311,356

1,080

12,744 13,391 2,206 4,403 32,744

I n th e c a se o f w o m e n th e s e fig u re s sh o w in c re a s e s a s c o m p a re d w i th 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , b u t f ro m th e e v id e n c e a v a i la b le i t a p p e a r s t h a t th i s is d u e n o t to a n y in c re a s e in u n e m p lo y m e n t b u t to th e r e s u m p tio n in so m e c a se s o f r e g is t r a t io n in c o n n e c tio n w i th th e se c o n d a p p o in te d d a y fo r u n e m p lo y m e n t a s s is ta n c e .

I Com parlBon o f ea rn in g s is a ffec ted b y in c reases In ra te s of w ages.

W OOL T E X T IL E IN D U STRY.E mployment showed a slight improvement on the whole duringM a rc h , a n d w a s f a i r ly g o o d g e n e ra lly .

T h e p e rc e n ta g e u n e m p lo y e d ( in c lu d in g th o s e te m p o r a r i ly s to p p e d )a m o n g in s u re d w o rk p e o p le , a g e d 1 6 -6 4 , in th e w o o llen a n d w o rs te d i n d u s t r y w a s 6 • 8 a t 1 5 th M a rc h , 1937 , c o m p a re d w i th 7 • 4 a t 2 2 n d F e b r u a r y , 1 9 3 7 , a n d 8 * 6 a t 2 3 r d M a rc h , 1 9 3 6 . I n t h e c a rp e t se c tio n , t h e c o r re s p o n d in g p e rc e n ta g e s w e re 4 - 0 , 4 * 4 , a n d 7 - 0 .

Worsted Section.— E m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d g o o d in m o s t d is tr ic ts .R e tu r n s f ro m e m p lo y e rs f o r t h e w e e k e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h 1937,

s h o w e d t h a t , in t h e w o rs te d s e c tio n a s a w h o le , 9 p e r c e n t , o f th e w o rk p e o p le c o v e re d b y t h e r e tu r n s w e re o n s h o r t t im e * in t h a t w e e k , lo s in g 1 1 h o u r s e a c h o n t h e a v e ra g e , a n d 17 p e r c e n t , w ere o n o v e r t im e , a v e ra g in g 5 h o u r s e a c h . I n t h e sorting, combing and ‘preparing d e p a r tm e n ts 1 3 p e r c e n t , w e re o n s h o r t t im e , lo s in g 17^ h o u r s e a c h o n t h e a v e ra g e , a n d 1 0 p e r c e n t , w e re o n o v e r tim e , a v e ra g in g 7 h o u r s e a c h . I n t h e spinning d e p a r tm e n t , 7 p e r c e n t, w e re o n s h o r t t im e , lo s in g 9 J h o u r s e a c h o n t h e a v e ra g e , a n d 21 p e r c e n t , w e re o n o v e r t im e , a v e ra g in g 5 h o u rs e a c h . I n th e weaving d e p a r tm e n t t h e c o r re s p o n d in g fig u re s w e r e : s h o r t t im e ,* 7 p e r c e n t , a n d 9 h o u r s ; o v e r t im e , I J p e r c e n t , a n d 5 h o u rs .

W i th w o o l s o r te r s e m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d fa ir . I n th e w ool- c o m b in g d e p a r tm e n t t h e r e w a s a n im p ro v e m e n t in th e p re p a r in g s e c tio n , b u t a f u r t h e r d e c lin e in o th e r s e c tio n s . I n th e sp in n in g d e p a r tm e n t th e r e w a s l i t t l e c h a n g e , a n d e m p lo y m e n t re m a in e d g o o d g e n e r a l ly ; in t h e w e a v in g d e p a r tm e n t th e r e w a s a f u r th e r s l ig h t im p ro v e m e n t.

E m p lo y m e n t a t B r a d f o r d s h o w e d l i t t l e c h a n g e a n d re m a in e d f a i r ly g o o d ; in t h e m a n u f a c tu r in g d e p a r tm e n t th e r e c o n tin u e d t o b e a s h o r ta g e o f w e a v e rs a n d o f b u r le r s a n d m e n d e rs . A t S h ip le y th e r e w a s a n im p ro v e m e n t in th e w o o l-c o m b in g d e p a r tm e n t , a n d e m p lo y m e n t in o th e r d e p a r tm e n ts r e m a in e d g o o d . A t H a lif a x th e re w a s so m e s la c k e n in g a m o n g w o o l c o m b e rs , b u t in o th e r d e p a r tm e n ts e m p lo y m e n t r e m a in e d g o o d w i th m o s t f irm s . A t K e ig h le y , th e re w a s a s l ig h t s la c k e n in g in t h e s p in n in g d e p a ji ;m e n t b u t e m p lo y m e n t r e m a in e d g o o d in t h e m a n u fa c tu r in g d e p a r tm e n t . I n th e fine w o r s te d (m e n ’s w e a r) t r a d e a t H u d d e rs f ie ld e m p lo y m e n t w as s ta te d t o b e m u c h b e t t e r t h a n i t h a d b e e n f o r s e v e ra l y e a rs .

Woollen Section.— E m p lo y m e n t c o n t in u e d to im p ro v e a n d w as g o o d g e n e r a l ly ; i t w a s b e t t e r a lso t h a n a y e a r ag o .

R e tu r n s f ro m e m p lo y e rs f o r t h e w e e k e n d e d 2 0 th M a rc h , 1937, s h o w e d t h a t , in t h e w o o llen s e c tio n a s a w h o le , 9 p e r c e n t , o f th e w o rk p e o p le c o v e re d b y t h e r e tu r n s w e re o n s h o r t t im e * in t h a t w eek , lo s in g 6 J h o u r s e a c h o n th e a v e ra g e , a n d 2 5 p e r c e n t , w e re o n o v e r tim e , a v e ra g in g 6 h o u r s e a c h . I n th e spinning d e p a r tm e n t , 9 p e r c e n t, w e re o n s h o r t t im e , lo s in g 5 h o u rs e a c h o n th e a v e ra g e , a n d 3 4 p e r c e n t , w e re o n o v e r t im e , a v e ra g in g 7 h o u rs e a c h . I n th e weaving d e p a r tm e n t t h e c o rre s p o n d in g f ig u re s w e r e : s h o r t t im e ,* 11 p e r c e n t, a n d 6 J h o u r s ; o v e r t im e , 1 8 ^ p e r c e n t , a n d 5 h o u rs .

I n t h e H u d d e rs f ie ld a n d C o ln e V a lle y d is t r ic ts a n d a t L e e d s a n d M o rle y e m p lo y m e n t r e m a in e d g o o d . I t w as g o o d , a n d sh o w e d a f u r t h e r im p ro v e m e n t, i n t h e H e a v y W o o lle n D is t r ic t . I n th e ra g a n d s h o d d y t r a d e , e m p lo y m e n t c o n tin u e d g o o d , a n d a s h o r ta g e of ju v e n i le la b o u r w a s a g a in r e p o r te d .

I n t h e W e s t o f E n g la n d e m p lo y m e n t re m a in e d g o o d , w i th fu ll t im e b e in g w o rk e d a t m o s t c e n tre s . I n t h e S o u th o f S c o tla n d i t im p ro v e d s l ig h t ly , a n d w a s m u c h b e t t e r t h a n a y e a r ag o . A m on g f la n n e l w o rk e rs a t R o c h d a le a n d S a d d le w o r th e m p lo y m e n t re m a in e d f a i r ly g o o d . I n t h e b la n k e t t r a d e e m p lo y m e n t re m a in e d g o o d a t W itn e y , a n d in o th e r d i s t r i c t s i t w a s g e n e ra l ly f a i r o r g o o d , th o u g h th e r e w a s so m e s h o r t t im e w o rk in g a t D e w sb u ry .

Carpet Section.— E m p lo y m e n t re m a in e d g o o d a t a l l th e p r in c ip a l c e n tre s .

T h e fo llo w in g T a b le s s u m m a r is e th e in fo rm a tio n re c e iv e d fro m e m p lo y e r s :—

D tp s r t 'n s a t i :

WoasTBP Sbotion W ool f iu r t io s and

C om bingg i n n i n g . . . ■*.W e a v liig ..................O th e r D ep ts .N o t Specified

T o t a l — W o r t t s d

• # #

WOOLLIN 8HOTION W ool S o rtin g ... S p in n in g ... W e a v in g ...O th e r D epte .N o t SpeoiSed

# # •

T o t a l — Wootfew

CaaPBT S B o n o B ...

T o t » i — W o o l T e J t i U I n d u f t r u

N u m b er o f W orkpeople .

W eekended

20 thM arch ,1937.

In c . (-1-) o r

D ec. ( - ) on a

m o n th before .

In d e xF ig u re .

I 9 t t .- ‘ J 9 9 )

10,38236,95115,823

9,5051,511

P erC en t.

- 0 -5- 0 -1 + 1 -3 -1- 0 -0 + 1 -6

96 -289 -984-799 -786 -4

74,172 + 0 -2 90 -1

1,04713,27523,12816,160

2,036

+ 3 -7 + 1 0 + M -1- 0 -3 + 0 -4

78-494-4

100-789 -98 5 -1

55,646 + 0 -9 94 -9

12,842 + 0 -8 141-9

142,660 0 -5 94 -8

T o ta l W ages p a id toa ll W or

r a p a ia •kpeople.

W eeken d ed2 0 th

K o rc h ,1937.

In c . ( + ) or

Deo. ( - ) ! on a

m o n th before.

In d exF ig u re .

I f U - 1 9 9 . )

24,60358,67032,58321,765

3,067

140,688

2,45229,80643,82936,838

4,382

117,307

P erCent.

1-6 86-5

87-2108-6108-9

96-792 -1

+ 0-7

25,659

283,654

+• 0 -9

+ M

103-4

151-0

96-7

• The figures given in tius arucio as co soun, vimo uu uv*In th e th e w eav ing d e p a rtm e n ts , o th e r fo riM o f tm der-om ploym ent,su c h as “ p lay in g fo r w arps,*' o r te n d in g one loom liu te a d

t C om narison of ea rn in g s Is a ffec ted b y changee in ra te s of w ages.

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the fine fit ffis stated

ove and

March, 1937, r cent, of the in that week,3 on orertime,:, 9 per cent e, and 34 per

the tceariH;* 11 per cent.

at Leeds andad sh o v ^ I

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April, 1937. T H E IVIINISTRY

N u m b e r o f W o rk p eo p le .

T o ta l Wage® p a id to ^ W o rk p eo p le .

W eeken d ed2 0 th

M a rc h ,1937.

I n c . ( + )o r

D ec . ( —) o n a

m o n th before .

In d e x F ljfu re . ( J a n . ,

1 9 2 6 - 100.)

W eeken d e d2 0 th

M arch ,1937.

In c . ( + ) o r

D ec . ( —) o n a

m o n th befo re .

I n d e x F ig u re . { J a n . *

1 9 2 6 = 100 )

DIttrieisTt WossTKD SBonov:B rad fo rd H uddorsfle ld H a lllh x . . .Xioed® . . .K e ig h ley ,..H e a v y W oollen

(D ew sb u ry , B a t- Jey, e tc .)

31,9957,4258,1808,0087,621

+89 -48 9 07 9 -09 3 ‘ 19 2 -6

3 ,546 - 1 -5 107-5

£63,09415,47114,30915,13614,172

5 ,202

P e rc e n t.

r o ( o l — W e a t R i d i n o

W e st o f E n g la n d a n d M id la n d s . . .

L an cash ire S c o tla n d ...

66,775

4 .599337

2,461

+ 0 1

+

+

89*3 .1 2 7 ,3 8 4

0-82-61 -3

91 -6117-1110-3

8,288644

4,372

T o t a l — W o r i U d 74,172 + 0 -2 1 90 1 140,688

WOOLIBB Sb o t io v : H u d d e rsfie ld H e a v y W oo llen

(D e w sb u ry , B a t- ley , e tc .)

L eed s H a lifa x a n d (Dalder

V ale ..................B ra d fo rd

13,451 - 0 -1

• # #10,346

7,902

2,6771,200

T o t a l - W e i t R i d i n g

L an cash ire W e i t o f E n g la n d .

H ldlandf) a n d W ales . . .

S ooU and ...tt ##

55,5764,604

3,68411,782

++

++

1-10-2

1-64 -8

+ 0-6 + 0-8

+ 1 -3 + 1 -7

1 0 0 -9 ■ 31,340

85 -6106-7

103-999 -2

9 8 -89 2 -8

85 -88 9 -1

21,37817,668

6 ,1792 ,791

79,3569,632

7,06321,256

T o t a l — W o o U a n 55,646 1+ 0 -9 9 4 -9 1 117,307

C ixpB T Se c t io n . . . 12,842 1+ 0 -8 1 4 1 -9 <i 25,6591

T o t a l - W o o l T o z t i l o \> 11I n d i i s t r p I 1 4 2 ,6 6 0 ! + 0 -5

19 4 -8 ; 283,654

i

0 -7

+ 1 -4

+ 2 -80 -2

+ 4 0

+ 1 -6

2 -6

+ 1 -4— 0 -8

+ 1 -6+ 8 -4

0 -4+ 1 -1

+ 2 -5+ 4 -3

+ 0 -7

+ 0 -9

1 0 2 -9

8 5 -2

8 4 -8123-41 5 7 -4

8 6 -5

+ 1-1

1 0 4 -3

1 0 0 -4121-7

1 0 0 -79 7 -9

1 0 9 -59 7 -2

1 0 3 -58 9 -7

1 0 3 -4

1 5 1 -0

9 6 -7

The following Table shows, by districtst and by departments, the percentage increases and decreases in the numbers employed in the week ended 20th March, 1937, by those hrms who supplied returns for the purpose of the foregoing Table (excluding the carpet section), as compared with the week ended 20th Pebruary, 1937 :—

P e rc e n ta g e In c . ( + ) o r D e c . ( —) in n u m b e rs e m p lo y e d a s c o m p a re d w ith p re v io u s m o n th

( . . . t i g n i f i e s * ‘ n o c h a n g e * ’ ; t o U h o x U a f i g u r e , t i g n i f i e t “ / « « o r n o w o r k p e o p l e r e t u r n e d . ” )

W oolS o rtin g

a n dCk>mb-

ing.

S p in n in g . W eav in g . O th e rD e p ta .

A llD ep te .

( in c lu d in g n o t

s p e c i fied ).

WoESTED S e c t io n :B ra d fo rd ..................E e e t o f W . R id in g . . . R e s t o f G t . B r ita in . . .

T o t a l ..................

Wo o l l e n S e c t io n : H u d d ersfie ld H e a v y ‘W oollen (D ew s

b u ry , B a tle y , e tc .) . . .Leed.-* ..................B eat of W . B id in g R e s t of G t. B r ita iu . . .

T o t a l ..................

r # . SI « • •

- 0 -7 + 0 -6- 1 -1

- 0 -7 + 0 -2 + 0 -9

+ 1 -2 + 1*3 + 1 -8

- 0 -1 - 0 -3 + 0 -8

- 0 2 + 0 4 ■f 0 '8

— 0 -5 - 0 -1 + 1 -3 + 0 -0 + 0 -2

9 # •

+ 1 -0 + 1 -0 + 2 0 + 1 -7

+ 0 -5

+ 1 -0 + 0 .4 + 1 -1 + 2 0

- 1 -2

+ . 1 -4 - 1 -5 + 1 -8 + 0 -9

- 0 -1

+ 1 -1 + 0 -2 + 2 -5 + 1 -4

+ 1 -0 + 1 -1 + 0 -2 + 0 -9

(other than casuals) on the registers of 17 Employment Exoh in the principal wool textile trade centres at 15th March, 1937 :

D e p a r tm e n t.

N u m b e rs (e x c lu d in g C asu a ls) o n th e E e g ls to rs a t1 5 th M a rc h , 1937.

W h o llyU n em p lo y ed .

T e m p o ra r ilyS to p p e d .

T o ta l .

In c .( + ) o r D e c .(—)aa c o m p a re d

w ith a m o n th b e fo re .

M en. 1 W om en . M en. W o m en .

a n dW ool S o r tin g ...W ool W ash ing

P r e p a r i n g ..................W ool CJomblng W ool C ard ing W oollen g i n n i n g ... W orsted D raw ing a n d

S p in n in g ..................W oollen W in d in g a n d

W a rp in g ..................W o rsted W in d in g a n d

W arp in g . . . W oollen W eav ing W m :sted W eav ing O th e r P rocesses

« # %

T o ta l

216 13 84 3 316

322 68 217 68 675260 170 502 441 1 ,373304 43 240 29 6161891 46 127 82 444

j

259 424 112 530 1,325

48 14 104 33 199

98 93 47 361 59965 83 62 371 58177 46 21 262 406

594 31 356 145 1,126

2 ,432 1,031 1,872 2,325 7,660

- f 83

- 59- 336+ 36 + 24

322

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L A B O U R G A Z E T T E . 145

B O O T A N D SHOE IN D U S T R Y .MPLOYMENT showed a further improvement in March, and was

better than a year ago. There was again a reduction in the number of workpeople on short time, and an increase in overtime working.

The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, was 10-0 a t 15th March, 1937, as compared with 10-7 a t 22nd February, 1937, and with 12*3 a t 23rd March, 1936.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who made returns :—

T o ta l w ag es p a id to a l l W o rk p e o p le .

N u m b e r o f W o rk p e o p le .

W eeke n d e d2 0 th

M a rc h ,1937.

In c . ( + ) o r D ec . ( —) o n a

' M o n th b e fo re .

Y e a r j b e fo re . !

W eeke n d e d2 0 th

M a rc li,

I do. (-}-) o r D ec . ( —) o n a

M o n thb e fo re .

Y ear*b e fo re .

# 4

9 « 9

B n g la u d a n d W ales :- L o n d o n L e ic e s te rL e ic e s te r (C ountry D ls

t r l c tN o r th a m p to n H lg h a m , E u s h d e n a n d

D is t r ic t K e t te r in g a n d D is tn e t B e s t o f N o r th a n ts S ta ffo rd a n d D is t r i c t . . N o rw ic h a n d D is tr ic t B r is to l , K io g sw o o d a n d

D is tr ic tL e e d s a n d D is t r ic t L a n c a s h ire (m a in ly

E o sse n d a le V a lley ) B irm in g lia m a n d DlS'

t r i c tO th e r p a r t s o f E n g la n d

a n d W ales . . .

E n g la n d a n d W ales

S c o t l a n d ...................

G re a t B r ita in

P e r P e rc e n t . c e n t .

1,648 + 1 -6 - 8 -98 ,866 -1- 1 -1 - 1 -0

4 ,660 + 1 -3 - 1 -15,824 + 0 -3 + 0 -7

6 ,520 + 1 -0 + 4 -14 ,591 + 0 -8 - 2 -11,352 — 0 -4 - 1 -12,487 - 0 -5 - 0 - 25 ,825 + 2 - 0 - 5 -3

1 ,266 + 6 -7 - 2 -51,436 - 2 0 - 4 -1

7 ,224 + 1 -9 + 2 -3

843 + 1 -9 - 1 -6

4 ,830 + 1 -4 + 3 - 9

57,372 + 1 -2 - 0 -4

1,984 + 0 -4 - 1 -5

59,356 + 1 -2 - 0 -4

£3 ,728

21 ,118

10,22413,457

15,74811,270

3 ,0295 ,857

12,008

2 ,4463 ,384

- f 4 -6 i - 1 -7 + 0 -7 ; + 0 -9

+ 7 -4 + 4 -9 + 3 - 6 4- 4 -7 - 0-8

- f 2 2 - l + 0 -4

128 ,356 + 3 0 2 -3

4 ,3 3 1 - 0 -3 - 0 -2

132,687 + 2 - 9 + 2 - 2

Returns from firms employing about 58,650 workpeople in the week ended 20th March, 1937, showed that 21^ per cent, of these workpeople were on short time in that week, losing 6^ hours each on the average; while 22 per cent, were on overtime, to the extent of 3^ hours each on the average. Short time was most largely worked in the Bristol and Kingswood district and a t Northampton; on the other hand, in the Higham and Rushden district and in the Stafford district the amount of overtime working exceeded that of short time working. In the Leicestershire country district and a t Norwich both overtime and short time were largely worked.

Employment in London again improved, and was fair: there continued to be an unsatisfied demand for skilled workers in North London.

At Leicester, employment showed little change and continued fairly good, though towards the end of the month there was some slackening before the Easter holidays. There was little change also in the Leicestershire country district, where employment continued good with some firms and fair generally.

At Northampton employment remained fair, and was better than a year ago; many firms, however, were still working short time. In the Northamptonshire country districts employment showed little general change, and remained good or fair.

At Stafford and a t Norwich employment again improved slightly; it was good a t Stafford, and fair to good a t Norwich.

In the Bristol and Kingswood district employment showed a great improvement as compared with February, and was better also than a year ago; there was still, however, much short time working. At Leeds, employment improved slightly; w th some of the larger firms it was fair. In the Lancashire slipper trade employment improved but was still only moderate.

Employment continued good a t Kilmarnock and slack a t Edinburgh; a t Maybole there was a slight improvement but employment was still slack.

The following Table shows the numbers of men and women (other than casuals) on the registers of 53 Employment Exchanges in the principal centres of the boot and shoe industry a t 15th March, 1937:—

D e p a r tm e n t.

N n m b e rs (e x c lu d in g c a su a ls ) o n t h e R e g is te rs a t1 5 th M a rc h , 1937.

W h o llyU neiD ploye<i.

T e m p o ra r ilyS to p p e d .

T o ta l .

I n c . ( + ) o r D ec . ( — ) as

c o m p a re d w ith a m o n th

b e fo re .M en. W o m en . M en.1

W o m en .

B o o t a n d S hoe M T ’r e :P re p a r in g D q p t . . . . 143 35 39 34 251 3R o u g h S tu f f D e p t. 328 7 107 5 447 25C lick tug D e p t. . . . 521 5 703 1 ,229 + 134C lo sin g D e p t. 23 393 10 509 935 77M ak iu g D e p t. 1 ,657 29 723 4 2,413 111F in is h in g D e p t. . . . 1 ,117 301 429 100 1,947 171

S lip p e r M ak in g 268 158 693 466 1 ,585 w 270Clog M ak in g 18 1 4 1 24 AAA

R e p a ir in g a n d H a n dS ew n W ork 696 2

L62 8 768 + 21

T o t a l 4 ,771

— -----------------------

1 2,770 1,127 9.599 - 502

C o m p a riso n o f e a m ln g s is a f fe c te d b y c h a n g e s In r a te s o f w ag es.

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BRICK INDUSTRY.E mployment showed little change in March, and continued fairly good. At several centres, however, work was intemipted owing to the bad weather.

The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, was 9-7 at 15th March, 1937, as compared with 9-5 at 22nd February, 1937, and 11-4 at 23rd March, 1936.

The follo\ving Table summarises the information received from4 \ ^

Number of Workpeople. 1 Total Wages paid to all Workpeople

Distrlota. Weekended20thMar.,1937.

Ino. (-I-) or Dec. ( —) on a

Weekended20thMar.,1937.

Inc. (-1-) 01 Dec. ( —) on a

Monthbefore.

Yearbefore.

Monthbefore.

Year*bofort*.

Northern Conntios,Per

cent.Per

cent. £Per

cent.Per

ceQt.Yorkalilre, Lancashire and Cheshire 1,757 + 1.0 - 1*3 4.613 - 2-5 - 0-1

m dlands and E astern Cou Dtles ... 8,963 + 0-5 + 6-8 24,897 - 2*0 + 6*0

South and South- West Counties and Wales 1,901 -f 1-9 + 4-3 4,946 9 ^ * + 3-5S c o t la n d ................ 163 - 2-4 477 + 0-2 -f 10-9Total ................ 12,784 + 0-8 + 5-1 j 34,933 - 1-7 + 4 9

Returns from employers relative to short-time working, exclusive of time lost on account of bad weather, showed that, of 12,728 workpeople employed by firms furnishing information, nearly 2 per cent, wore working on an average about lOJ hours less than full time in the week ended 20th March, 1937. On the other hand

per cent, were working overtime to the extent of 6 hours each on the average.

BUILDING.E mployment at 15th March showed little change on the whole as compared with 22nd February. Adverse weather affected outdoor work, particularly in the Northern and North-Eastern Divisions and Scotland, but the decline on this account was offset in the industry M a whole by an improvement in the decorating branch of the industiy. Comparison with a year ago is impaired by the effects ofthe bad weather on the figures for March, 1937.

As regards individual occupations, employment was fairly good with carpenters, slack with slaters and painters, and fair for the time of year with other classes of skilled operatives; shortages of bricklayers and plasterers were reported in some areas. Among labourers, employment remained very slack.

The Table below shows the numbers and percentages unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) at 15th March, 1937, among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, together with the increase or decrease in the percentages unemployed as compared with the

E stimated

Numbers aged 16-64

insured a t July,

1936.t

Numbers aged 16-64

Unemployed a t 15th Marcli,

1937

Numbers , included 1 p

In previous * „ colaraa >

who were Temporarily

Stopped. :

Increase ( -|- ) or Decrease ( — ) In

Perc^entages as compared vritb a

Month Year before, before.

OOO0PATION8.Carpenters 142,740 11.978 1,070 8-4 + 0-1 - 0*1Bricklayers ... 97,570 9,492 3,375 9*7 + 2-9 + 5-1Masons 22,200 3,230 1,075 14-5 + 2-8 + 5 ‘1Slaters and Tilers 8,840 1,654 614 18*7 -f 6-5 + 6-7Plasterers 34,550 4,591 1,177 13-3 + 3-1 + 5*3Painters 134,540 22,833 1,003 17-0 - 7-2 + 3*5Plambeni 41,250 3,772 340 9-1 - 0-1 - 0-4Labourers to

a b o v e a n d B u i 1 d e r s’Labourers ... 291,350 45,041 5,891 15-5 + 1-1 ■f 1*0Navvies, etc., and GeneralLabourers ... 106,300 31,676 1,648 29-8 A » A — 2*3

411 other occupaV V V

tions 140,340 31,913 1,977 22-7 + 0-1 •f 1*0Total 1,019,680

4166,180 18,170 16-3 - 0-1 1I + 1-5

DmsiONS.London 243,010 31,254 91 12-9 - 2-0 + 6*8South-Eastern 128,370 12,264 187 9-6 - 0-8 + 2*1Boutb-Western 118,960 12,226 378 10-3 - 1-3 - 0-3Midlands 127,390 15,130 1,834 11-9 + 0-5 - 0*2Nurth-Eastem 81,770 15,590 5,224 19*1 + 3*7 + 3*6North-Western 123,380 25,441 2,278 20-6 - 1-0 + 1-1Northern 49,250 14,789 3,806 30-0 -i- 6*2 + 5*2bcotiand 93,500 20,310 3,851 21-7 + 1*6 + 2*1W ales................ 33,510 10,295 494 30*7 - 0-6 - 0-7Northern Ireland 20,540 8,881 27 43-2 - 0-3 -I-13-7Great Britain

and NorthernIreland 1,019,680 166,180 18,170 16-3 - 0*1 -1- 1»5

BUILDING PLANS APPROVED.R eturns as to the estimated cost of buildings for which plans were approved during March have been received from 142 Local Authorities (representing towns with a population of 17,118,000 in 1931). These returns show that in March, 1937, plans wore passed for buildings with an estimated coat of £9,530,700, compared with £9,061,800 in March, 1936.

An analysis of the figures for March, 1937, by districts and by classes of buildings, is given on page 155 of this issue.

CompafleoD of earnings Is affected by changes in rates of wages.

April, 1937.

POTTERY INDUSTRY.E s loyment in North Staffordshire showed a further improvement and was fair on the whole; it was much better than a year ago’ At Derby, employment continued good; at Worcester it was still very good j at Bristol it was fairly good.

The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, was 13-0 at 15th March 1937, as compared with 14-2 at 22nd February, 1937, and 19*5 at 23rd March, 1936.

The following Table summarises the information received from those employers who furnished returns :—

Beanodes.ChinaBarthenware Other Branches ...

Total

D i s t e i o t s . North Staffordshire Other districts ...

Total

Number of Workpeople.

Weekended20thMar.,1937 .

Inc. (-I-) or Dec. ( —) on a :

Monthbefore.

Yearbefore.

2,1017,1122,277

Per cent.

+ 0*2 + 1-7 + 1-2

1Per

cent. '- 0*7 d- 1-8 -f-14-0

11,490 + 1-3 + 3*5

8,9852,505

+ 1-4 -1- 1-0

-1- 3-4 -f 4*1

11,490 '+ 1*3 + 3*5

Total wages paid to all Workpeople.

Weekended20th

Mar.,1937.

Inc. (-I-) or Dee. ( —) on a

Year*before.

' Per £ cent.

3,597 0-813,631 i-f 3 ‘5 '-f. 7-6 4,396 -t- 0-5 ;-f20-2

I

21,624 -f- 2*1 + 7-5

15,734 ,-f- 1-9 '+ 7-8 5,890 ,+ 2-7 6-6

21,624 •+ 2-1 7*5

Returns from employers relative to short-time working showed tuat, of 11,401 workpeople employed by firms making returns, 1,232, or nearly 11 per cent., were working on an average about 11 hours less than full time in the week ended 20th March, 1937; on the other hand, 860, or 7^ per cent., were working overtime to the extent of about 5J hours each on the average.

PAPER MANUFACTURE, PRINTING, ANDBOOKBINDING.

E mployment in the paper-making industry showed a slight improvement as compared with February, and was good generally; it was better than a year ago.

In the letterpress printing industry employment again improved in March and was good on the whole; it was better than in March, 1936. At BradfoM however, it was reported as slack; while at other centres, including Liverpool and Glasgow, it was described as moderate. Employment with electrotypers and etereotypers continued very fair.

Employment in the lithographic printing industry again showed an improvement, and was better than a year ago. With lithographic artists it was fairly good.

In the bookbinding industry employment showed a slight improvement as compared with February and was good generally; it was better than a year ago.

The percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) among insured workpeople aged 16-64, in the paper and paper- board industries was 4-6 at 15th March, 1937, as compared with 4-8 at 22nd February, 1937, and 6 T at 23rd March, 1936. The corresponding j^rcentages unemployed in the printing and bookbinding industries were 6 ’9, 7 ‘4 and 8*6; in the cardboard-box, paper-bag and stationery industries they were 5 T , 5*5 and 6*9.

The following Table summarises the returns from various trade unions which furnished information as to the extent of unemployment amongst their members :—

No. of Members of Unions

PercentageUnemployed a t end of

Increa^ ( f ) or Decrease i —)

on aa t end of March, 1937.

Mar.,1937.

Feb.,1937.

Mar.,1936.

Monthbefore.

4

Yearbefore.

Letterpress P rin ting : London ................ 33,982 2-3 3 5

14-5 -1 * 2 - 2*2

Northern Counties, Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cheshire 14,223 6*0 6-1 I 6 9 - 0 1

1

- 0*9MldJands and East

ern Counties 7,674 3-0 3 0 3-4 - 0-4Scotland ................ 5,327 4-4 5*8 7-2 - 1 - 4 - 2*8Other Districts 10,040 3-0 2 6 4-3 4-0-4 - 1-3

T o t a l ................ 71,246 3 4 4 0 5 1 - 0 6 - 1*7

Lltliographic Printing BookbindiDg................

11,769 4 3 4-5 6 0 -0*2 - 1-77,949 5-6 5-9 8-5 - 0 - 3 - 2-9

Printing and Bookbinding (brandies not distinguished)... 28,138 1-4 1-3 2-2 -l-O-l - 0 8

DOCK AND RIVERSIDE LABOUR.E mployment during March was slack generally. At the majority of porta it was rather w'orse than in February, but better than a year earlier.

Among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, in the dock, harbour, river and canal service, 29*2 per cent, wore unemployed at 15th March, 1937, as compared with 28-9 per cent, at 22nd February, 1937, and with 32 T per cent, at 23rd March, 1936. In harbour.

Comparison of earnings U affected by changes in rates of trages.

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April, 1937 THE MINISTRY LABOUR GAZETTE.river and canal eervicc, the corresponding percentages were 12-0, 11-7 and 15*4; in dock, wharf and lighterage (port transport) service, they were 32 • 3, 32 • 0 and 55 • 0.

l ^ don.__EmplojTnent showed a further decline, and was slack.The foUoT^g table shows the average daily number of dock labourers employed at docks and wharves in respect of which returns were received; the figures exclude stevedores, lightermen, etc., and do not lurport to indicate the total number of dock labourers employed in le port:—

Period.

Average Dally Number of Labourers employed in Docks ^ a t Principal W harves In London.

In Docks.A t

1 Wharves ; making

Returns.

Total, Docks and Principal Wharves.

By the Port of London Authority or through

Contractors.

ByShip

owners,etc.

,

Total.

^ e e k ended—6th Mar., 1937 ...

13th „ „ ••• 20th „ „27th „ „

Average for 4 weeks ended 27th M ar., 1937 ................

4,4854,2073,7263,787

1,6481,7151,8251,713

6.1335,9225,5515,500

6,2635,9666,1016,467

12,39611,88811,65211,967

1 4,062 1,726 5,788 6,188 11,976

Average for Feb., 1937 i , I 0 i 2,009 6,113 6,256 22,369

Aterage for M ar., 1936 3,476 l,9 o l 6,407 6,000 11,407

Tilbury.—The average daily number of dock labourers employed during March was 889, compared with 843 in February, 1937, and with 800 in March, 1936.

North-East Coast.—^Employment remained moderate on the whole* but showed a slight tendency to improve at certain ports.

Mersey.—Employment at Liverpool continued fair; at Garston there was a seasonal decline, but employment was fair generally. At Salford (Manchester Bocks) employment improved considerably, and was good.

The average weekly number of dock labourers registered a t the clearing houses under the Liverpool Docks Scheme as employed in the four weeks ended 26th March, 1937, was 12,220, compared with 12,060 in February, 1937, and with 11,143 in March, 1936. The average weekly amount of wages paid to these men through the clearing houses was £32,360 in the four weeks ended 26th March, 1937, compared with £34,227 in February, 1937, and with £27,358 in March, 1936.

Other Ports in England and Wales.—Employment at Cardiff improved slightly with coal trimmers, but was slack with dock workers; at Swansea it showed little change. At Bristol and Avonmouth it was quiet, but slightly better than a month earlier. At Southampton and Plymouth it improved, and was good and moderate respectively.

Scottish and Irish Ports.—Employment at Glasgow improved slightly; at Dundee it was good. At Grangemouth and Leith it remained fair. Employment at Belfast continued to be good.

SEAMEN.Employment among seamen during March showed a further slight improvement but remained slack on the whole. Among insured workpeople, aged 16-64, in the shipping service, the percentage unemployed (including those temporarily stopped) at 15th March, 1937, was 21‘8, compared with 22-7 at 22nd February, 1937 and 28-2 at 23rd March, 1936.

The following Table shows the number of seamen* shipped in British registered foreign-going vessels at the undermentioned ports of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during March :__

P riadpo l Porte.

Num ber of Seamen* shipped in

Mar.,Inc. (-1-) or

Dec. ( —) on aThree Mouths

ended1937, Mouth

before.Year

before.M ar.,1937.

M ar.,1936.

B h g l a k d a k i ) W a l e s : Liverr»oolt

• »

Hsnchester London SouUiampton..Tyne Porte Sunderland .. UlddlesbrouKb Bull .Bristol t Newport, Mon. Cardura Swansea

S O O T L A K D ;^ i t h ...........................Kirkcaldy, MetbU and

Grangemouth Glasgow

• « %

• #

K o b t h e k h 1 b e L A 5 I > Belfast

Total for above Ports

8,259738

7.3764.5531,430

172247908859428

2,252673

182

2502,211

249

30,787

+ 1,158 + 226 + 347 - 1,086- 392 ~ 11- 30 + 262

20

+

-f 55

+ 875

- 40

23

24,6061,937

22,17814,4174,793

613705

2,7992,2611,5066,0762,159

686

7526,773

677

understood th a t the numbers given engagements, and no t of separate Individuate.

T Ip ^ u d ^ g Birkenhead and Garston.i 1 . Avonmooth and Porttehead.I 11 cl'idlng B.'irry and P tn arth .

6,417 are the

92,938

21,892 . 1,442 23,233 13,1084,904

384766

2,1361,8051,1765,5151,608

617

1,0246,271

563

86.444numbers of separate

NUMBERSTHE

ON THE REGISTERS IN PRINCIPAL TOWNS.

Thb Table below shows for each of the Employment Exchange administrative areas in Groat Britain and Northern Ireland, and for the principal towns therein, the number of unemployed persons registered at Employment Exchanges on 15th March, 1937. In certain cases (e.g., Birmingham, Sheffield, Liverpool, Glasgow, Edinburgh, etc.) the figures cover more than one Exchange area.

Area,

N um ber of Persons on Register a t 15th March, 1937.

Ino. (-t-) or Dec. ( —) in to ta ls as

com pared w ith

t « »

• • •

• • t

• 94

# # #

• • ♦

• • •

London Division South-Eastern

Division Brighton Chatham Ipswich Norwich R est of Division

South-Western Division

Bristol ... Plym outh Portsm outh Reading... Southam pton Swindon R est o f Division

Midlands Division Birmingham Coventry Cradley H eath

and Halesowen Derby ... Leicester N ortham pton N ottingham Smethwick Stoke-on-Trent WalsaU ...W est Bromwich WolverhampUm R est of Division..

Eorth-Bastem Division

Barnsley Bradford Dewsbury Doncaster Grimsby H alifax ... Huddersfield Hull Leeds Lincoln ... Rotherham Sheffield Wakefield YorkR est of Division

North-Western Division

Accrington Ashton-u-Lyne Barrow ... Birkenhead Blackburn Blackpool Bolton ... Burnley BuryC borley ... Liverpool Manchester Nelson Oldham Preston Rochdale S t. Helens Salford ... Stockport W arrington Wigan ...Rest o f Division

Northern Division Darlington Gateshead Hartlepools Middlesbrough Newcastle - on-

T yne...South Shields ... Stockton-on-Tees Sunderland R est of Division

Seolland Division Aberdeen ClydebankD u n d ee ...............Edlnbiugh Glasgow...* Greenock MotherwellP a is le y ..............Port Glasgow .. Rest of Division

Wales Division .. Cardiir Llanelly Newport Swansea

_ Best of Division Northern I r ^ n d .,

Belfast ... Londonderry Lurgan Lisburn Newry Rest of Northern

Ireland

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Men. Wo*men.

Juven iles. Total. 22ndFeh.,

1937.23rd Mar.,

1936.143,341 35,287 4,715 183,343 10,171 — 24,60066,434 14,040 5,041 85,515 2,998 1 3,579

3,209 1,240 227 4,676 407 + 2251,983 535 256 2,774 318 9872,314 291 132 2.737 166 185,476 773 148 6,397 + 178 4" 37453,452 11,201 4,278 68,931 2,285

% r+ 3,985

74,100 13,264 5,634 92,998 6,871 _ 12,£3012,789 2,210 1,052 16,051 508 • 1,9106,174 1,144 374 7,692 406 7524,731 1,063 532 6,326 634 1,5152,391 395 171 2,957 33 + 1885,168 683 219 6,070 403 2,992948 137 104 1,189 29 211

41,899i 7,632 3,182 52,713 4,858 5,338116,1171 28,632 3,767 148,576 3,060 38,168

12,357 \ 3,508 168 16,0431- 357 7,4822,343 ' 471 34 2 ,848 j- 220•1 1,4081,141 351 16 1,508'-f

147 ' - 1,076

3,714 708 221 4,643 + 1,185! H- 1,3275,577 3,193 60 8,830 . — 2681- 4572,581 479 46 3 ,1 0 6 - 41' - 565

10,466 1,736 156 12,358 $230

i4 1,636896 323 7 1,2261- 421

93312,160 4,367 221 16,748 - 4571

1 — 4,8593,083 531 71 3,685 + 49

%1,156

1,084 137 16 1,237 + 551- 8443,474 772 82 4,328 104 2,725

57,291 12,056 2,669 72 ,016 j- 2,637; - 16,354

135,495 23,548 6,764 165,807, + 1.988 f 28,9456,913 437 460 7,810 255 - 1,0148,436 2,301 84 10,821

1553! + 97

1,891 410 36 2,337 -1- 13 - 6004.359 494 774 5 ,627 ;- 4261__ 1,1715,020 575 604 6.199 4 5 7 i- 5002,160 599 30 2,789. -i- 359 - 142,101 799 60 2,960 368 835

11,936 1,629 760 14,325 -P 558 2,19514,170. 2,611 120 16,901

15151 3,781

2,160, 388 194 2.742 _ 21 - 1,1263,7451 375 267 4,387 -f 9 , - 1,861

18,6171 3,308 255 22,180 -t- 1 ,1 8 2 ;- 7,2732,740 586! 127 3,453 -p 4 0 : - 1,2832,694 638 69 3,401 - 17 176

48,553 8,398 2,9241

59,875. 1,683 7,215

235,060 67,293 I 13,038 315,391 4,241 _ 65,8692,341 1,185 '■ 103 3,629 112 3,1103,039 933 ' 83 4,055 2 9741,473 383 141 i 1,9971 _ 2 3 9 !- 1,7987,398 993 432 8,823 504 1 2,2136,091 4,666 278 1 11,035 227 5,0284,546 2,894! 425 ' 7.8651 _ 440 4736,400 2,074! 192 8,666 -1- 20 3,2044,071 3.219, 161 7,451 + 209 1,6671,922 1,157|i 72 3,151 + 309 1392,204 620,1 75 ! 2,899,+ 329 616

66,439 10,680 5,474 82,593 + 592 6,30127,408 8,319, 475 36.202 1 451 6,837

1,655 910 102 2.667 + 279 6258,841 1,997, 1031 10.941'1 203 5,4334,584 1,821

OO]1 6,636 378 1,960

3,432 724 4,214 + 24 1,4365,352 460 614 6,426 1

1 235 8337,218 2,45411 200 9,8721 ^ 761 3,7633,518 1,528 88 5,134 265 1,4452,869! 522 157 3,548 + 26 9198,302 1,261 248 9,811 131 779

55,957 13,493 3,326 ■ 77,776 2,081 16,316150,152 12,243 13,866 176,261 + 3,762 31,577

2,622 310 305 3,237 + 24 1,0907,738 926 603 9,267 66 w 2,0766,338 397 715 7,450 • f 199 1,5068,483 698 709 9,890 1 ^ 229 — 2,446

17,057 2,496 1,367 20,920 81 4,3369,279 537 896 10,712 + 448 2,1065,464 421 716 6,601 132 2,327

15,958 1,457 1,425 18,840 + 778 2,54777,213 5,001 7,130 89,344 + 2,821 13,143

205,167 44,480 19,704 269,351 + 2,593 31,0367,290 1.269 404 8,963 90 3282,402 489 407 3,298 187 1,8928,937 5,461 416 14,814 + 24 2,024

17,339 3,240 1,267 21,846 + 1,100 43667,000 15,374 5,229 87,603 201 13,384

6,329 961 697 6,987 70 1,4974,458 687 821 5,966 + 165 1,3643,320 720 361 4,401 98 1,2971,381 314 191 1,886 106 815

87,711 15,965 9,911 113,587 + 2,056 7,999140,781 9,946 13,232 163,959 7,646 51,184

11,332 1,837 895 14,064 754 B» 3,1472,512 203 237 2,952 13C 7316,239 454 387 6,080 274 1,7419,979 990 1.296 12,265 10 3,145

111,719 6,462 10,417 128,598 6,478 42,42064,386 17.986 3,252 75,624 451 9,15726,266 10,046 1,912 38,224 474 -i- 2,7803,307 1,031 291 4,629 + 112 + 3121,367 1,148 46 2,661 165 + 1881,246 360 64 1,67C + 43 + 2182,089 284 62 2,435 81 + 34620,111 5,117 877 26,105 — 55 + 5,313

1,321,093 ^66,719 89,013 1,676,825 27,101 - 271,173

flsures R utherclen are included. g\tsn in the M onthly Local Unemployment In d tx .''\ Great Britain are

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GAZETTE April, 1937.

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG INSURED PERSONS AT i<;th MARCH

INDUSTRIAL ANALYSIS.

The atatistics here presented show, industry by industry, the estimated number of persons aged 1 6 -^ , insured against unemployment at July, 1936, and the total number and percentage of such persons unemployed on 15th March, 1937, distinguishing those wholly unemployed (i.e., out of a situation) from those temporarily stopped {*.c., suspended from work on the understanding that they ■were shortly to return to their former employment).

The Unemployment Insurance Acts provide, subject to certain exceptions, for the compulsory insurance against unemployment of substantially all employed persons. The principal classes excepted are persons aged 65 and over, persons employed otherwise than by way of manual labour at a rate of remuneration exceeding in value £250 per annum, private domestic servants, and outworkers. Persons employed by local public authorities, railways and certain other public utility undertakings, members of the police forces, and persons with rights under a statutory superannuation scheme may, in certain circumstances, also be excepted. Prior to September, 1934, juveniles under 16 years of age were also excepte^l, and they are excluded from the statistics in these Tables; particulars of the numbers of these juveniles recorded a« unemployed at 15th March, 1937, are given on pages 153 and 154.

An unemployment book, on which is recorded the industry in which he is employed, is issued to every insured person, and this hook must be lodged at an Employment Exchange whenever the insured person makea a claim for unemployment benefit, or for an unemployment allowance, or registers as unemployed without claiming benefit or allowances.

The files of " lodged ” books at the Employment Exchanges thus furnish for each industrial group a record of the unemployment of insured persons. In arriving at this figure the books of those persons who are known to be working in an uninsured trade, or to be sick or deceased, or to have gone abroad, are excludefl. Where information on these points is lacking the books remain in the

lodged ’* files, and are included in the statistics of unemployment, for a period of two months from the date on which the insured person was last in touch with the Exchange.

The numbers unemployed ’ given in the folio-wing Tables relate only to persons aged 1 6 -^ , insured against unemployment. They include insured persons of those ages mainteining registration at Employment Exchanges, together with those whose unemployment books remain lodged in the “ two months ” file referred to above. The figures given on page 141 relating to persons regietered at Employment Exchanges include uninsured as well as insurecl persona who are maintaining registration for employment, but not insured persons whose books are in the two months file. A Table showing the compoBititm of the two series of fignres is given on page 141.

Insured persons who are disqualified for the receipt of unemployment benefit under the trade dispute disqualification are not included in the numbers unemployed, unless they are definitely maintaining registration for other employment.

The estimated numbers of insured persons in each industry are computed once a year, in November, on the basis of information obtained at the annual exchange of unemployment books. The figures relate tt> the beginning of July, and similar statistics are not available for other dates in the year. In considering the figures on pages 150 and 151 it should be borne in mind that, in the case of individual industries, the percentage rates of unemployment at February and March, 1937, have been calculated on the basis of the estimated numbers of insured persons at the beginning of July, 1936; while the figures for March, 1936, and 1935, are calculated on the basis of the estimated numbers insured at July, 1935, and 1934, respectively (but see footnote J on page 151 regarding the percentêa for all industries and services combined). In an industry in which a relatively large change occurs during one or more years in the estimated number of insured workpeople, this change may have an important effect on the relative percentage rates of unemployment.

I. PERSONS AGED 16-64, INSURED UNDER THE GENERAL SCHEME.*

INDUSTRY.

Great Britain ijw Northern Ieblaku. Great Britain only.

FUhlns

Mining :—Cotl Mining ................Iron Ore and Ironstone Mining, Lead, Tin and Copper Mining Stone Q nanylng and Mining Slate Quarrying and Mining... O ther Mining and Quarrying Clay, Sand, Gravel and Chalk

Total, M ining

etc.

• • t

i t #

Pits

N«n-M*tainteroui Mining Products :—Coke Ovens and By-Prodact Works Artificial Stone and Concrete Cement, Limekilns and Whiting

Total, N .-M . M ining Products

i # i

Brick, Tile, Pipe, ete^ Making ...

Pottery, Earthenware, etc.

Glass :—Glass (excluding Bottles and Scien

tific Gloss)Glass Bottles

Total, Glass

# i #

i i •

# # #

Chemicals, e tc . ;Chemicals ExplosivesPaint, Varnish, Red Lead, etc.Oil, Glue, Soap, Ink, Matches, e tc . ...

Total, Chsmicals, etc. ...

• • i # 4 #

4 4 4

4 4 4

Metal Manafactnra :—Pig Iron (Blast Furnaces) ................Steel Melting and Iron Puddling.

Iron and Steel Rolling, etc.Brass, Copper, Zinc, Tin, Lead, etc.Tin Plates .........................................Iron and Steel Tubes............................Wire, Wire Netting, Wire Ropes

Total, Metal Manufacture4 4 i

4 4 4

Engineering, e tc . :—General Engineering; Engineers' Iron

and Steel Founding Electrical Engineering Marine Engineering, etc. Constructional En^neering ...

Total, Engineering

4 4 4 4 4 4

4 4 1

4 4 4

Construction and Repair et Vehicles :—Motor Vehicles, Cycles and AircraftCarriages, Carts, etc..............................Railway Carrlagee and Wagons, etc.

Total, Vehicles

WHOLLY Unemployed (Including Casuals).

Males. Females. Total.

9,907

116,083974653

6,384574930

1,556127,134

1,8142,867

8805,561

125 10,032

577

1.8562,3584,214

5,814514985

3,63310,946

1,617

12,8032,2011,6181,9981,503

21,740

608

2,111

269182451

943187202923

2,255

116,660974653

6,396575

1,0961,548

127,902

Temporary Stoppages


Total.Wholly Unemployed, Temporary Stoppaobs

AND Casuals.

137

14,2537858

3,359497893234

19,372

22 159


10,044 147 : 10,191

13 '

1.8232.948

9065,677

171582190943

14,2667858

3,360497905236

19,400

2,1252,5404,665

423789

1.212

6.757701

1,1874,556

13,201

28,6232,7594,7053,086

39,173

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10,5351,1281,549

13,212

38,512

1,620 20112,9072,3341,7642,0511,706

22,382

7,132287

2,0741,003

51811,215

127

2,561

130,3361.052

7119.7431,0711,823i . n o

146,506

590 130,9261,052

7119,7561,0722.0011,784

147,302

467831

1,298

1,9853,4491,0706,504

1.9953,5381,0996,632

9,195

4.918;

9,930

9,590

2,2793,1475.426

313224537

2,5923,3715,963

6,229S29

1,0474,320

12,125

1,2725572127

1,877

29,8953,3164,7263,113

41,050

227

11,3171,2021,577

14,096

38,739

3,645132305430

4,512

2.98781

2733,341

344

3,322 56

202

7,152296

2,2161,007

56611,439

3,946175305430

4,856

3,10388

2743,465

3,378

1,121209205997

2,532

7,350738

1,2525,317

14,657

1,818 1,822


9,978 147 10,125

130,299 589 130,8881,042 1,042

710 7108,082 12 8,0941,071 1 1.0721,770 178 l,9t81.574 14 1 1,588

144,548 794 145,342

1,985 10 1,5953,422 68 3,510

982 29 1,0116,369 127 6,516

8,706 731 9,437

4,906 4,669 ■ 9.575

2,254 313 2,5673,147 224 3,3715,401 537 5,938

6,148 1,117 7,265529 209 738

1,041 202 1,2434,288 976 5.264

12,006 2,504 14,510

1.815 4 1,819

19,9352,4883,6923,0012,021

32,955

20,0592,6303,9803,0582,272

33,821

19,9252,4513,6922,9992,021

32,903

32,2682,8915,0103.516

43,685

1,5736002127

2,221

13,522U091.822

16,553

41,834

8988129

l.OUS

33,8413,4915.0313,543

45,906

31,3902,8104,3143,436

41,950

14,4201,2901,851

17,561

13,1601,1341,809

16,103

42A17 1 38.412ih lab tlld la i and th lp Repalrla____________________________________• Persons insured under the special schemes for the banking and insurance industries have been Included In the figures

1,5665991827

2,210

20.0492,5923,9783,0562,272

33,766

278

32.9563,4094,3325,463

44,160

14,0531,2151,838

17,106

38,690

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INDUSTRY.Wholly Unemploybd

(inclading Casuals).

Mlales.

Othtr Mrtal Indotlriti — , ^Stove, Grate, Pipe, etc., and General

Iron Founding ... ................E l e ^ c a l Wiring and OontraoUng ... Electric Cable, Apparatus, Lamps, etc. Hand Tools, Cutlery, Sa\re, FUea ... Bolta, Nnta, Screws, Rivets, NaOs.etc. Brass and Allied H ytal Wares ... Heating and Ventilating A pparatus Watches, Clocta, Plate, Jewellery, etc. Uetal Industries no t separately

specified ................Total. OOier iletaU

Textiles :—Cotton Preparing, Spinning, etc. Cotton Manufacturing (Weaving, etc.)

T(Aal, Cotton ...Woollen and W orsted ... --BUk Manufacture and Artificial Silk . Weaving Artificial Silk Yarn LinenJu te ................ _ ,Hemp, Rope, Cord, Twine, etc. Hosiery Lace CarpetsOther Textiles ................,TextOe Bleaching,PrinUng,Dyeing,etc.

Total, TextiUt

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Leithsr and Leather floods i—Tanning, Currying and Dressing Leather Goods ### ###

Total, Leather................#•####

# # # ### • ### ##

ClelbingTaDoringDress Making and MUllnery...H ats and Caps (Including Straw Plait) ^ r t a , Collars, Underclothing, e t c . ... Other Dress Industries Boots. Shoes, Slippers and Clogs

Total, Clouting

#########

## #ft#

Food, Drink end Tobaeeo :—Bread, Biscuits, Cakes, e tc . .Grain M illing ...........................Cocoa. Chocolate and Sugar Con*

fe c t lo n e ry ................Other Food IndustriesDrink Indostries .............................Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes and Snuff

Total, Food, ])rin i, etc.

#•## f t #

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Woedworkins, ote.BawmllUng and Machined Woodwork Wood Boxes end Packing Cases ... Furniture Making, Upholstering, etc.Other W oodworking................

Total, Woodteoriing, Ac. • ##

fOMr, Printing, etc. :— Pa #••aper and Pa;>er Board Cardboard Boxes, Paper

S ta t io n e ry .......................... .WaU Paper M a k in g ................................Stationery and Typewriting BequlaitM

(not p a p e r) .........................................Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding

Total, Paper, Printing, etc. #•#

# f t # #••Binding and Contracting

Building .............................Pabllc Works Contracting, etc.

Toted, BuUdirtgand ContractingOtkor Manulacfurlng laduifrisi

Rubber ..........................ODclotti, Linoleum, etc.Brushes and Broom s...Scientific and Photographic

ments and Apparatus Musical In s tru m en ts ...

• ••###

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Toys, Games and B ^ r ts R equ isite Total, Other M onujaduring

flat, Water and Electricity Supply

Tranipert and Cemmnnlcatlon v—Railway Sendee ................Tramway and Omnibus Serrtco Other Road Transport S h lp p l^ Service DoclL Harbour, Cai .

Poi^TranBport(Docks, Wharves,

Harbour, R iver and Caimi SerrtM T d a l, Docke, Harbours, etc. ...

Other Transport, Communication, eto. Total, Transport, etc.

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• • e

• • •

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• • a « a a

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Cfnmeree, Baaklng, Iniaraaea and Finance a a a • a s a a a a a a

• a a

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■beei aneana TradH and fiervlceiNational Government Service L oc^ Government Service ... Professional ServicesE p te ^ ln m e n ts M d S p o rts ................

^fobUc House, R estaurant, BoardlM Honse, Club, etc. ServicelAundry Servloe ...............

Dyeing, Dry Cleaning, etc!Other Industries and Services

Total, Mitcellaneoue • a a

4,9043.6014,5031,951

941808850

1,126

9.53228,216

9,375 6,017

IS,392 4,153

L094 1,218 4,099 2,413

808 1,024

328 324

1,207 5.641

37,701

2,594760

3,354

7,183 561 845 690 439

6,875 J6,50I

11,3491,897

2,2508,1846,393

65030,723

7,065 1.353

11,204 1,991

21,613

1,828

1,126 278

172 13,309 16,713

147,706118,756266,482

2,926813721

716950558

6,684

17,623

10.453 6,898

28,865 29,933

43,712 2,744

46,456 2,875

125,480

142,758

8,984*

15,106 67.860 5,439

18,536

31,802 1,904

883 30,678

172,208TOTAL* • a a L176.442

T b u f o b a b t S t o p p a q e s , Total.

G b b a t B r i t a i n o n l y .

W holly Ukbm ployed , T hmporakt StoppaokhA N D C A S U A I i O .

females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females.

330 5,234 1,378 77 1,455 6,282 407 6.689 6,239 40560 3.661 231 4 235 3,832 64 3,896 3.554 60

3,412 7.915 441 627 1,068 4.944 4,039 8,983 4,869 4,037683 3,634 625 140 765 2,576 823 3.399 2,570 820479 1,420 157 61 218 1,098 540 1,638 1,098 540369 1,177 143 95 238 951 484 1,415 949 46419 869 39 1 40 889 20 909 864 20

631 1,757 304 128 432 1,430 759 2.189 1,415 758

3,358 12,890 1,670 685 2,355 11,202 4,043 15,245 10,931 4,0369,341 37,557 4,988 1,818 6,806 33,204 11,159 44,363 32,469 11,140

7,624 16,999 1,901 3.129 5,030 11.276 10,753 22,029 11,276 10,75312,484 18,501 1,142 2,655 3,797 7,159 15,139 22,298 7,155 15,13820,108 35,500 3,043. 6,784 8,827 18,435 25,892 41,327 18,431 ■25,8913,204 7,357 3,733 4,044 7,777 7,836 7,248 15,134 7,826 7,221

1.246 2,340 642 1.593 2,235 1,736 2,839 4,575 1,731 2.819568 1,786 403 152 555 1,621 720 2,341 1,621 720

6,958 11,057 245 635 880 4,344 7,593 11,937 424 1,1944,285 6,698 78 186 264 2,491 4,471 6,962 2,491 4,4711,363 2,171 121 197 318 929 1,560 2,489 764 1,1763,292 4,316 855 4,530 5,385 1,879 7,822 9,701 1,847 7,759

241 569 118 202 320 446 443 889 445 442463 787 129 325 454 453 788 1,241 453 788

2,317 3,524 181 1,159 1,340 1,383 3,476 4,864 1,231 2,3942,345 7,986 6,282 1,922 8.204 11,923 4,267 16,190 10.838 3,185

46,390 84,091 15,830 20,729 36,559 53,531 67,119 120,650 48,102 58,060

737 3,351 859 181 1,040 3,453 918 4,371 3,446 918597 1,357 116 118 234 876 715 1,591 854 686

1,334 4,688 975 299 1,274 4,329 1,633 5,962 4,300 1,604

4,733 11,916 1,026 2,513 3,539 8,209 7,246 15,455 7,574 6,8713,182 3,743 24 892 916 585 4,074 4,659 580 3,917

881 1,724 321 583 904 1,164 1,464 2,628 1,164 1,4645,230 5,920 79 1,946 2,025 769 7,176 7,945 533 3,153

557 996 67 278 345 508 835 1,341 498 8291,802 8,677 3.374 1,447 4,821 10,249 3,249 13,498 9,956 3,236

16,385 32,976 4,891 7,659 12,550 21,482 24,044 45,526 20,305 19,470

4,605 15.954 729 472 1,201 12,078 5,077 17,155 11,334 4,912200 2,097 316 38 354 2,213 238 2,451 2,034 228

4,021 6,271 284 1,453 1,737 2,534 5,474 8,008 2,514 5,4619,107 17,291 609 1,017 1,626 8.793 10,124 18,917 8,514 10,0142,215 8,608 363 456 819 6,756 2,671 9,427 6,372 2,6231,238 1,888 19 313 332 669 1.551 2,220 635 1,363

21,386 52,109 2,320 3,749 6,069 33,043 25,135 58,178 31,403 24,601

124 7,189 546 10 556 7,611 134 7,745 7,193 134206 1.559 204 27 231 1,557 233 1,790 1.479 2321.319 12,523 1,034 258 1,292 12,238 1,577 13,815 11,896 1.553382 2,353 365 103 473 2,356 470 2,826 2,231 4482,011 23,624 2,149 403 2,552 23,762 2,414 26,176 22,799 2,367

528 2,356 356 131 487 2,184t

659 2,843 2,166 6521,946 3,072 82 344 425 1 1,208 2,290 3,498 1,161 1,970219 497 72 83 155 1 350 302 652 350 302

203 375 12 35 47 184 238 422 183 2384,831 18,140 564 773 1,337 13,873 5,604 19,477 13,494 5,3557,727 24,440 1,086 1,366 2,452 17,799j

9,093 26,892 17,354 8,517

304 148,010 18,157 13 18,170 165,863 317 166,180 156,990 30940 118,795 4,591 4 4,595 123,347 44 123,391 117,795 44344 206,806 22,748 17 22,765 289,2101

361 289,571 274,785 353

1,273 4,199 275 196 4691

3.190 1,469 4.668 3,180 1,46682 895 155 4 159 968 86 1,054 968 84214 935 145 92 237 866 306 1,172 843 304281 997 48 20 68 764 301 1,065 746 298410 1,360 168 21 189 1,118 431 1,549 1,114 430595 1,153 112 106 218 670 701 1,371 670 7012,855 9,539 901 439 1,340 7,585 3.294 10,879 7,521 3,283190 17,818 734 11 745 18,362 201 18,563 17,880 195

268 10,721 493 17 510 10,946 285 11,231 10,668 282564 7,462 618 131 749 7.516 695 8,211 7,222 691360 29,225 1.725 34 1,759 30,590 394 30,984 29,303 382514 30,447 338 27 365 30,271 541 30,812 29,546 534

97 43,809 926 2 928 44.638 99 44,737 42,907 9841 2,785 194 6 200 2,938 47 2,985 2,775 47138 46.594 1,120 8 1,128 47,576 146 47,722 45,682 145161 3,036 112 61 173 2,987 222 3,209 2,920 2212,005 127,485 4,406 278 4,684 129,886 2,283 132,169 125,341 2,25551,427 194,185 5,556 3,815 9,371 148,314 55,242 203,556 141,227 52,955

986 9,970 226 25 251 9,210 1,011 10,221 8,764 994

1,057 16,163 451 40 491 15,557 1,097 16,654 14,699 1.0561,089 68,949flW M mm

2,604 96 2,700 70,464 1,185 71,649 68.447 1.1711,734 7,173 229 75 304 5.668 1,809 7,477 5,491 1.7525,928 24,464 506 239 745 19,042 6,167 25,209 18,522A y 4 Wfti^

6,09038,2955,368

9273,245

57,643

70,0977.2721.810

33,923229,851

52190

1071,3515,859

1,2201,987

87440

4,184

1,7412,077

1941,791

10,043

32,3231.994

99032,029

178,067

39.5157,3551,0143.685

6i.-e27

71,8389,3492,004

35,714230,894

31.1791,921

94930,383

171,591

38,3997,049

9863,594

60,097230,088 1.406.530t 11 121,087 48,653 1 169,740 1,297,529 ~ i k i - 1.576,270 1,245,143 259,755

on pages 151,153 and

Total,

6,6443.5948,9063,3901,6381,413

6842,173

14,%743,609

22,02922,29344,32215,047

4,5502,3411,6186,9621,9409,6Q6

8871,2413,625

14,023106,162

4,3641,5406,904

14,4454,4972,6283,6861,327

13,19239,775

16,2462,262

7,97518,5288,9951,998

56,004

7,3271,711

13,4492,679

25,166

2,818

3,131652

42118,84926,871

157,299117,839275,138

4,6461,0521,147

1,0441,5441,371

10,804

18,076

10,9507,913

29,68530,080

43,0052,822

46,8273,141

127,596

194,182

9,758

15,75569,6187,243

24,612

69,5788,9701,935

33.977231,688

1,504,898

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INDU8TEY,

Fishing • • • • • • • •• • • •

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Iron Ore and Irooetone Mining, otc- Xead, T ta and Copper Mining Stone Quarrying and Mining Slate Quarrying and Mining Other Mining and Quarrying Clay, Sand, Gravel and Chalk Pita

Total, M M n aNon*Metanireraut Minlog Predacti

Coke Ovena and By-Product Worka i\rtifiolal Stone and Concrete Cement, Limekilns and 'Wbltiog

Total, H .-M . M ining ProdtteUBrick, Tile, Pipe, etc., MakingPottery, Earthenware, ate.Q Ia tt:—

Glass (excluding Bottles and Sclen tlflo Glass) ...

Glass Bottles ...Total, QIatt

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e e e • e e e e e

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OhemIcalt, e tc . ;Chemicals Explosives

Varnish, Bed Lead, etc.isrmicM Paint,Oil, Glue, Soap, In k , Matches, etc.

Total, C hm iealt, etc ♦

# • 9

4 # #

• 44 • • •

Metal Manotaeture :—Pig Iron (B lest Furnaces)Steel Melting and Iron Fuddling,

Iron and Steel Bolling, etc.Brass, Copper, Zinc, Tin, Lead, etc.Tin P l^ e s .............................Iron and Steel Tubes...............TTIre, "Wire N etting, Wire Bopes

Total, Metal M anvfadure

4 4 4

4 4 4

4 4 4

44 4 4 4 4

Engineering, ete.General Engineering; Engineers* Iron

and Steel Founding Electrical Engineering Marine Engineering, etc. Constructional Engineering

Total, Engineering

4 4 4 4 44

4 4 4 4 4 4

4 4 4 4 44

4 4 4 4 4 4

■ 44

4 4 4

Conriruetlen and Repair of Vehicles :—Motor Vehicles, Cycles and AircraftCarriages, Carts, ete..............................Baflway Carriages and W agons, etc.

Total, VehieletShipbuilding and Ship RepairingOther Metal Industries

Stove, Grate, Pipe, etc., and GeneralIron Founding .............................

Electrical W iring and Contracting ... Electric Cable, A pparatus, Lamps, etc. H and Tools, Cutlery, Saws, Flies ... Bolts, N uts. Screws, Rivets, Nalls, etc. Brass and Allied Meta] Wares Heating and Ventilating Apparatus W atches, Clocks, P late, Jewellery, etc. Metcl Industries no t separately

speclfled ................Total, OQier M etalt

TextlleeCotton Preparing, Spinning, etc. Cotton Manufacturing (Weaving, etc.)

Total, C o tto n .............................Woollen and W orsted ................SUk M anufacture and Artificial Silk

4 44 4 4 4

4 44 4 4 4

4 4 4

WeavingArtificial SUk Y am

4 44 4 4 « 4 4 4

4 4 4 4 4 4

■ 44 4 4 4 4 44

4 • • 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44

4 44

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4

4 44 4 44 4 44 4 4 4 4 44

4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 44

4 4 4

4 4 4

4 4 # 4 44 44 4

4 4 4 4 44 4 44

• 4 4 4 4 4 4 44

4 4 4

Linen Ju teHemp, Hope, Cord, Twine, etc. Hosleiy Lace Carpets Other Textiles TextUeBIeachlng,Printing,Dyeing,etc.

Toua, TextUetLeather and Leather Roods:—

Tanning, (Tarrying and Dressing Leather Goods

Total, LeatherClothing

TaUorlngDress Making and Millinery................H ats and Cape (including Straw Plali) Shirts, OoUars, Underclothing, etc. O ther Dress Industries Boots, Shoes, Slippers and (Tlogs

Total, ClothingFood, Drink and Tobaeao :—

Bread, Biscuits, Cakes, etc.Grain M illing .........................................Cocoa. Chocolate and Sugar Con

fectionery ..............Other Food Industries Drink IndustrieeTobacco, Cigars. Cigarettes and Snuff

Total, Pood, Drink, ete.Woodworking, e te . :—

Sawmilling and Machined Woodwork Wood Boxes and Packing Oases . Furniture Making, U p b ^ te rln g , etc. Other Woodworking

I, W ^ t

4 44

4 44

4 4 4

4 4 4 4 4 4

4 44 4 44

4 4 4

• 44

4 4 4

Total,4 4 4 4 4 4

Ueorking, ete.4 4 4

Grxat Boitaik abi> Nobthbbn Ibbland.

1‘EKCENTAQEa AT 15TH MABCH, 1937.*B stiu a t r d N um bbb oxINBDRED PBBSONB, AQBP

16-64, AT JULY, 1936. W hollyXJh em plo ted

(luchidlugCasuals).

Males. Females. Total. iMales

33,660

892,10010,7904,180

47,0709,690

10.55017,590

992,JT0

14,06023,91015.01062.98096,72033,600

22,89017,41040.800

77,43012,86018,55052,200

161,040

15,980

165,56040,03024,80029,37020.080

295,820

512,510 79 530 49,190 34,750

676.980

880

3,880

20420

101,370

1706,870

901,750

4902,3306,150

39,940

6,5802,3808,960

34.530 29*4

695,98010,7904,200

47,4909,900

11,92017,760

998,040

14,15025,66015,50066,310

102,87073,740

12-912-05-9

10-6

27,0505,4005,830

20,41068.690

90

29,47019,79049,260

104,48018,26024,38072,610

219,730

4,4003,7302,6102,0203,630

16,480

284,45011,07048,280

343,800159,250

47,21022,170

7701,370

71,620

29,550L6501,380

32,580

89,07035,84086,52022,76015,05017,59013,78022,020

2,600

9,5702.320

65,31010,12011,84011,0101,060

17,460

16,070

169,96043,76027,4103L39023,710

312,300

559,720101,70049,96036,120

747,600

•J.l314; 12,720 49,660

376,380

10-1

161,850

98.64038,160

151,63032,88026,89028,60014,84039,480

24-2

161,590 88,960 250,550 5-9464,220 217,660 681,870 6-1

83,710 128,550 212,260 11-266,680 141,910 208,590 9-0

160,390 270,460 420,850 10293,720 129,590 223,310 4-418,720 31,110 49,830 5-818,910 11,360 30.300 6-422,640 51,040 73,680 18-111,730 18,810 30,540 20-67,140 12,200 19,340 11-3

26,690 91,740 118,430 3-85,830 9,120 14,950 5-6

12,920 18310 31,230 2-516,840 35,690 52,530 7-274.200 30,500 104,700 7-6

469,760 709,930 1,169,690 8-2

35.870 11,440 47,310 7-211,540 14,360 25,900 6-647,410 26,800 73,210 7-1

67,270 143,080 210,350 10-79,900 90,910 100,810 ! 5-7

13,650 21,070 33,720 1 6-711,250 91,930 103,180 1 6-18,080 21,760 29,840 1 5-4

81,390 53,720 135410 1 8-4190,540 422,470 613,010 1 8-7

103,810 65,760 169,570 1 10-930.520 4,020 34,540 1 6*2

25.060 47,980 73,040 1 9-069,850 61,340 131,190 1 11-788,270 24,060 112,330 1 7-214,690 27,090 41,780 1 4-4

332,200 230,250 562,460 1 9-2

59,800 3,220 63,020 1 11-89,130 2,070 11,200 1 14-8

120,090 24,020 144,110 1 9-318,770 5,320 24.090 1 10-6

207,790 34,630 242,420 1 10-4

Females. Total.

14-2

14-9

29-1

10-1

8-7 23-9 2’2

0-5

2-2

TemporaryStoppages.

Males Fo*males. TotoL

0-4 2-5 0-4

1-6 0-3 1-60-7 — 0-71-4 — 1-47-1 0-2 7-05-0 . . . 5-08-5 0-9 7-61-4 1-1 1-32-0 0-6 2-0

1-2 1 1 1-22-4 0-5 2-31-2 0-6 1-31-8 0-5 1-71-4 2-1 1-55-6 6-4 6-0

1-9 0-7 1-64-6 1-8 4-23-0 1-0 2-6

0-5 0-6 0-50-1 0-4 0-20-3 0-0 0-21-3 0-4 1-00-7 0-5 0-7

1-3 1-1 1-2

4-3 0-4 4-20-7 0-2 0-78-4 5-4 8-1

1 3-4 0-2 3-22-6 1-3 2-43-7 1-4 3-6

0-7 0-6 0-70-1 0-2 0-10-61 -o 0-6

Total,

Males

29-8

10 0 18113-5

11-4

120 6 2

14-9 10-2 10-1 111

2-1 26-3

6-5

* See last paragraph of tex t bn page 148,

> A

Yetmales. Tol

INCREABB + ) OR DBCERA8B ( —) INTotal Pebceh-

TAOB8* AB COMPARED WITH

22ndF eb .,1937.

23rdMar.,1936.

25thMar .,1935.

14-6 9-7

17 0 20-7 10-8 17-3 10 1 14-8

16-7

15 2

3 1 10-0 13 0 8-2

13-6

11-1

29-5 1+ 1-5

14 6 9 7

16-9 I - 20-5 10-8 1+ 16 8 10-0 1+ U '8 I -

14-1 13-8 1+ 0-3 7-1 1+ 0*2

12-0 l-l- 0-29-7 1+ 0-2

13 0 I - 1-2

10-9

8-8170121

11-3 1+ 0-6

11-8 1+ 0-3 6-0 1+ 0-1

14-5 I - 0-7 9-7 1+ 0-4 9-6 I - 0-1

10-8 1+ 0-2

+ + 3-4

- 4-6 -11

26-0 I -

10 4 10-7JO-5 6 8

- 8-8 -19-6

+

8-5 8-2 1 - 0-94 9 5-9 1 - 1-54 3 4-0 1 - 0-49 7 9-3 1 - 0-3

14-0 15-5 | - 0-29-5 10-3 1 - 0-5

8 0 9-2 1 - 0-85 0 1 6-1 1 - 0-76-3 8-1 1 - 0-8

5-1 1! 7-3 1 - 2-14-5 4 6 1 - 1-56-9 7-8 1 - 1-97-8 7-7 1- 1-23-8 4-5 - 0-66-0 10-0 - 0-75-7 7-4 - 1-5

7-7 10-1 - 0-55-9 7-1 - 1-3

12-3 16 0 9 6

11-7lO-S

GreatBbixaihONLY.T otal

29-5

11-3

26-7

10-410-710-6

6-8

1

an, "

XnffltiywO tb e i^

PflrtTni

TOtL-ouwmm

jWUliki Tri

Hliirtt, BintiM*

ttmOiiKXKitkmil 03‘ toolPralenkiui*

BoH Pri Boudlr;

Leaadu: Job Dj^g. Otberleda

Tool

TOTAL I

t AsexpUioeiinionnstii

ia p

^ therefoR

iMi

i ‘

I totiiM 4

A.

t'lI t

April, 1937. THE MINISTRY LABOUR GAZETTE,I

INDUSTRY,

Estimated Numiibr op Insured Persons, Aobd

16-64 , AT JULY, 1936.

Mfiles. Fem&les. Total.

t

,, Pnntine, s t e . .r and Paper Board

Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags and ■ Stationery ... ••• ... ... ,

Wall Paper M a k in g ............................ !Stationery and Typewriting ReqniBttes

(not paper) ... ... ... ...Printing, ^ b ltsh ln g and Bookbinding |

Toial, Paper, PrirOing, etc. ... \

Sofldins and Contracting ^InBding . . . . . . ...Pnbilc Works Contracting, etc.

Total, Building and Conlracting

Olbar Mantifaetoring IndustriesRubber ................Oilcloth, L lnolenn, etc.Brushes and Broom s...Sclentlflo and Photographic Instm -

menta and A pparatus Musical In s tm m e n ts ...Toys, Games and SporU Requisites

Total, outer ilanufaeturing ...fiat, Water and Eteetriclty 8u|ipiy

Transport and Communleatlon :—Railway Servico ................Tramway and Omnibus Service Other Road TransportShipping Service ............................D oc^ Barbour, Canal, etc. Service :—

Port Transport (Pocks, Wharves, etc.) ... ... . . . ...

Harbour, River and Canal Service Total, DocU, Eceboun, He.

Other Transport. Communication, etc T oIj U Transport, etc..............

t

46.650

24,1404,950

3.730187,880267,560

1,007,950287,760

1,295,710

37,88011,9705,780

23.08015,2007,680

101,590

200.800

147,360184,750210,060134,860

Siltrlbutive Trades

Oemmerte, Banking, InsuraRce and Finance

• # #

Miectllaneoue Trades and ScrvleasNational Government .Service Local Government Service ... Professional Services Entertainm ents and Sports ...Hotel, IbiblJc House, R estaurant,

Boarding Bouse, Club, etc. ServiceLaundry Service ...............Job Dyeing, Dry Cleaningj etc.Other Industries and Services

Total, MUeeUaneouc# 4 «

137,290 ! 24,350, 161,640 I 20,210! 858,750<

1,287,490

177,960

108,890344,570

90,73083,440

170,03028,17010,610

106,950943,390

TOTAL S ... 19,720,700

15,420

43.8602,150

4,92093,600

158,950

11,7301,500

13,230

22,3902,4005,410

10,8406,4209,330

56,790

9,140

8,90010,0109,1406,230

1,280550

1,8303,190

39,300

760,920

84,040

21.23023,54067,95048,260

265,260109,62017,77055,270

608,900

62,270

68,0007,100

8,650280,480426,500

1.019,680289,260

1,308,940

60,27014,37011,190

33.92021,62017,010

158,380

209,940

156,160 194,760 219,200 141,(

138.570 24,900

163,470 23,400

898,080

2,048,410

262,000

130,120 368,110 158,680 131,700

435,290 137,790 28,380

162,220 1,552,^90

PBECENTAQBS a t 15TH MARCH, 1937.*

WhollyUnemployed

(IncludingCasuals).

M ales

TemporaryStoppages.

3-9

14-741-320'6

11-1

3,618,000 !13,338,700’ 12-1

Total.

Increase (+ ) or Decjibasb ( - ) in Total Pbrcbn-

TAOSa* as COMPARED WITH

Females. Total.1 * Males

1

Females.

1T o ta l m ^ks.j

Total.22ndI'BB.,1937.

23r dMa r .,1936.

25thM a r .,1935.

3-4 3-8 0-8 0-9 0-8 4 7 1 4-31 4 8 - 0-2 - 1-5 - 2-34-4 4-5 0-3 0-8 0-6 5 0 5 2 5 1 - 0-4 - 1-8 - 2-1

10-2 7-0 1-5 3-8 2-2 7-1 14-0 9-2 - 0-5 - 1-4 I - 0-74-1 4-3 0-3 0-7 0-6 4-9 4-8 4 9 - 0-3 - 0-9 ! - 1-65-2 6-5 0-3 0-9 0-4 ; 7-4 6-1 6 9 - 0-5 - 1-7 - 2-24’9 5-7 : 0-5 0-8 0-6 6-7 5-7 6-3 - 0-4 - 1-6 - 2-2

2-6 14-5 1-8 0-1 1-8 16 5 2-71

16-3 - 0-1 + 1-5 - 1-02-7 41-1 1-6 0-2 1-6 42 9 2-9 42-7! + 0-3 - 2-6 - 4-22-6 20-4 J-7 0-1 i-7 22-3 2-7 22-1 - 0-1 + 0-5 - 1-9

5-7 7-0 0-7 0-9 0-7 i 8 4 6-6 7-7 ~ 0-8 ~ 3-1 - 7-93-4 6-2 1-3 0-2 M 6-1 3 6 7-3 - 0-4 - 7-2 - 7-14 0 8-4 2-5 1-7 2-1 ISO 5 7 10 5 - 0-9 ~ 1-0 - 2-3

2-6 2-9 0-2 0-2 0-2 3 3 2-8 3-1 - 0-1 - 1-2 - 2-16-4 6-3 1-1 0-3 0-9 7-4 6 7 7 2 - 0-3 - 2-7 - 6-46*4 6-8 1-4 1-1 1-3 8-7 7-5 ; 8 1 - 1-3 - 1-9 - 2-95 0 6-0 0-9 0-8 0-9 7-5 1 6-8 6-9 - 0-6 - 2-8 - 5-7

2 11

8-5 0-3 0-1 0-3 9-1 ! 2-2 8-8 - 0-2 - 0-7 1- 1-7

3 0 6-9 0-3 0-2 0-3 7 4 3-2 7-2 - 0-3 - 2-0 - 3-95-6 3-8 0-4 1-3 0-4 4 1 6 9 4 2 -f 0-1 0-8 - 1-53-9 13-3 0-9 0-4 0-8 14-6 4-3 14 1 - 0-6 - 3-1 - 5-68-3 21-6 0-2 0-4 0-2 22-4 8 7 21 811

- 0-9 - 6-4 - 9-0i

7-6 31-6 0-7 0-1 0-7 32-5 7 7 32-3 •f 0-3 - 2-7111 - 1

7-5 11-2 0-8 1 0 0-8 121 8-5 12-0 [+ 0-3 - 3-4 - 17-5 2S-5 0-7 0-5 0-7 29-4 8-0 29-2 + 0-3 - 2-9 - 3-55-0 13-0 0-6 2-0 0-7 14-8 7-0 13-7 - 1-3 ~ 2-1 - 3-35-1 142 0-5 0-7 0-5 15-1 5-8 14-7 - 0-3 - 3-2 - 5-0

6-8 9-5 0-4 0-5 0-4 11-5 7-3 9 9 - 0-4 - 1-7 - 2-3

1-2 3-8!

0-2 0 0 0-1 5-2 1-2 3-9 - 0-111- 0-6 - 0-9

5-0 ’ 12-4 0-4 0-2 0-4 14 3 5-2 12 8 - 0-4 - 1-1 - 2-24-6 18-7 0-7 0-4 0-8 20-4 5 0 19 5 - 0 1 - 0-7 - 1-92-6 4-5 0-2 0-1 0-2 6-2 2-7 4-7 - 0 1 - 0-4 - 0-8

12-3 18-6 0-6 0-5 0-5 22-8 12-8 19 1 - 1-0 - 2-5 - 3-014-4 16-1 0-3 0-5 0-4 1 19 0 14-9 16 5 - 0-8 - 1-5 - 1-44-9 5-3 0-3 1-8 1-5 1 7 1 6 7 6-8 - 0-1 - 0 - 8 \ - l-5 f5-2 6-4 1-0 0-5 0-7 9-3 5-7 7-1 - 0-6 - 1 - 2 /5-9 20-9 1-2 0-8 1-1 29-9 6-7 22 0 I- 0-5 - 5-1 - 9-39-5 14-8 0-6 0-7 0-7 18-9 10-2 15-5 \- 0-4 - 1-6 - 2-66-4 1 10-5 i 1-2 1-3 1-3 13-3 1 7-7 11-8 ' - 0-4 - 2-4X - 4-6t5

Great Biutaik ONLY.Total Per

centagesAT

15TH Ma r ., 1937.*

4-6

15-742-02P5

9-7

3-8

11-5

•1

'I

As explained in tho November,1936,issue of this Ga z e t t e (page 397), the information on which estimates of the total numbers of insured workers in particular industries are ordinarily baaed will not be obtainable, aa regards agricultnral workers, until after tho next general exchange of unemployment books, in July, 1937. It will not, therefore, be possible to compute exact percentages of unemployment, comparable with those given for other industries in the foregoing Table, until after that date. In the meantime, provisional estimates of the numbers insured at July, 1936, have been made on the basis of such particulars as are in the possession of tho Department, and in the following Table these estimates are utilised

IDER THE AGRICULTURAL SCHEME.^

for the purpose of approximate calculations of the percentages unemployed among persons, aged 16-64, in each of the groups for which particulars aro available. The estimated numbers insured and tho percentages unemployed are thus subject to revision in the light of the information which will be derived from the exchange of unemployment books in July. Comparable percentages of unemployment cannot be calculated for ^ te s earlier than November, 1936, as the benefit provisions of tho Unemployment Insurance (Agriculture) Act, 1936, did nqt come into operation until that month.

Industry.

•i

G reat B ritain and N orthern Ireland.

Efitimated num bers of Insured Persons, aged

16-64, a t Ju ly , 1936.N um bers recorded as

Unemployed a t 15th March, 1937.

Farming, Forestry, etc.Market Gardening, H orticulture.^ e t c ....................................Other Gardening ^

Total « ♦ • • # •

Males. Females. Total. 1 Males. Females.

459.960 22,160 482,120 23,119 4,69160,82033,720

10,650290

71,47034,010

3,0411,286

2,27129

554,500 33,100 587,600 27,446 6,991

Total.

27,810

5,3121,315

A pproxim ate Percentages Unemployed.

G reat B ritain .

N um bers recorded as Unemployed a t

15th March, 1937.

34,437

Males. Females. Total.1

Males. Females. T otal.

5-0 , 21-2 5-8 20.110 4.569 24,6795-03-8

; 21-3 : 10-0

7-43-9

2,9911,248

2,26929

5,2601,277

4-9 21-11

5-9 24,349 6,867 31,216

Percentages.

(ToU l.)

5 -3

5-5

Among ii^ured agncultural workers aged 16-64, the numbera and approximate percentages recorded as unemployed in Great Bntam and Northern Ireland at 22nd February, 1937, were:

farming, forestry, etc., 27,631 (5-7 per cent.); market gardening horticulture, etc., 5,467 (7* 6 percent.); other gardening^, 1,446 (4*3 per cent.); total, 34,544 (5*9 per cent.).

• 8t« last paragraph o f tex t on page 148. t For 25th March, 1936, separate figures are no t available.

t t e eeOmoted n u m L ^L sD red m " ^ a re h , 1935, used for these comparisons arc tho reviMd figures based onMarch. 1937. a r t lased on the n n m ^ S iS ifA d l? Ju iy^T sse for November. 1936, page 397. The percentages given for F e b n i r y , 1937, and

\ *"**” ° “ luTonlles under 16 years of age.Private G a rd e n c re ^ In d tS ? ^ c T rd e r '^ ^ ? 9 3 ^ '^ ^ (S n iS ? 4 7 ^ n r t? ‘*"ri*^^° ^ I c u l t ^ l scheme o f unem ploym ent InJu »nce as from 1st February 1937 by th e

w c no t yet a v a S a b i r S h e num S^^ privFto^^SJdene™ Gazette.) Estim ates of the S im b e r of p IR k u2 females In Qreaf, Britain, and in G reat B riU ln and N orthero Irelan^^ gardeners, aged 16-64, recorded aa unemployed a t 15th March, 1937, were 180 males and

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152 THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. April, 1937.

PRINCIPAL VARIATIONSNUMBERS UNEMPLOYED.

T h e Table below indicates, for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the industries in which the numben of insured persons, aged 16-64, recorded as unemployed at 15th March, 1937, differed from the figures for 22nd February, 1937, to the extent of 1,000 or more :—

Industries.

Increase (-1-) or Decrease ( —) In Numbers recorded as Unemployed a t

15th March, 1937,as compared with 22nd February, 1937.


D istributive Trades ................ _3,589 _4,026 _7,615Coal M ining... ... — 5,886 — 14 — 6,900Tailoring ......................................... 1,565 2,831 4,396Hotel, Public House, R estaurant,

etc., Service 1,131 2,261 3,392Dress Making and Millinery — 105 1,423 — 1,528Furniture Making, Upholstering, etc. — 1,234 — 287 1,521Woollen and W orsted ................ — 733 — 670 — 1,403E ntertainm ents and Sports 1,036 245 1,281Shirts. Collars. Underclothing, etc. 47 1,288 — 1,241Shipping Service ............................ 1,085 — 98 — 1,183Printing, Publishing and Bookblnd-

1 1 # # 845 319 _1,164“ Other ” Road Transport 1,171 + 32 1,139Cotton Preparing, Spinning, etc. 567 — 142 — 709Cotton Manufacturing (Weaving, \vVv# / 4 % 4 4 4 20 385 405

. Total, Cotton ................ — 557 527 1,114General Engineering; Engineers’

Iron and Steel Founding _1,109 _ 1 1,110Building — 1,040 26 — 1,066Hosiery ..i ... — 289 — 756 1,045Boots, Shoes, Slippers and Clogs ... 366 639 1,005

Stone Quarrying and Mining + 1,701 3 + 1,704

N et variation for above Industries — 20,023 15,376 — 35,399

Total variation for all Insured In d u stries :—

Excluding Agriculture 26,018 22,477 48,495Including Agriculture 25,906 22,590 48,496

PERIODS OF REGISTERED UNEMPLOYMENT.

ANALYSIS IN RESPECT OP PERSONS APPLYING FOR INSURANCE BENEFIT OR UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCES.

Thb following Table gives an analysis, according to the length of their last spell of registered unemployment, of persons aged I S ^ applying for insurance benefit or unemployment allowances (including those applicants whose benefit position, under the conditiox^ relating to oontributions paid and benefit received, had not been determined), who were on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain at 15th March, 1937. Corresponding particnlars are not availablo in respect of persons, registered as unemployed, who were not applicants for insurance benefit or unemployment allowances.

Of the persons who had been on the register for extended periods a proportion, which will increase as the period on the register increases, will have had one or more short spells of employment, lasting not more than three days each, during such periods.

AppUcsnU, aged 16-64, who had been on Register.

Lessthan

3months.

3 months 6 months 9 monthsb u t less b u t less bu t less A4 QlUUvlUP /wthan 6 than 9 than 12 or

months. months. months. more*Is.

Nuicbexs.

Men, 18-64 Boys, 1 6 - l f Women,18-64 QlrU, 16-17

T otal...

597,94514,108

137,48710,382

141,4011,950

25,7331,285

74,063227

9,682112

?59,923 170,369 84,084

41,804

4,039

273,537

16,798

1,128,75116,286

193,73911,780

45,845 290,335 1,350,556

P ercentaq k s.

Msn, 18—64 53-0 12-5 6-6 3-7 24*2 100-0Bojfi, 16-17 86'6 12-0 1*4 0-0 — 100-0WonwB,18-64 7 1 0 13*3 5 0 2-1 8-6 100-0Girls, I ^ I T 88-1 10-9 1-0 0 0 100-0

T o ta l... 56-3 12-6 6*2 3*4 21-5 100-0

Of the 759,923 applicants who had been on the register for less than 3 months, approximately 548,000, or 40 • 6 per cent, of the total number of applicants, had been on the register for leas than 6 weeks. Of the 290,3^ applicants who had been on the register for 12 months or more, 97,966 had been on the register for less than 2 years, 60,494 for 2 years but less than 3 years, 38,841 for 3 years but less than 4 years, 32,277 for 4 years but less than 5 years, and 60,757 6 years or more.

INSURED UNEMPLOYED.ITION UNDER PROVISIONS AS TO BENEFIT AND UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCES.

T h b following Table gives an analysis of the numbers of insured persons, aged 16-64, on the registers of Employment Exchanges in Great Britain at 15th March, 1937, relative to their position with regard to insurance benefit and unemployment allowances;__

Adults aged 18-64 inclusive.

Men. Women.

Juveniles aged 16 and 17 years.

Boj . Girls.

1. Claimants for B enefit:— (a) General Schem e:

Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Casuals « • #

T o ta l...

(8) Agricultural Schem e*: Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Caauids

T o ta l...

2. Applicants for Allowances :— Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Casuals ................

T o ta l................

3. Insured Non-Clalmautst

4. Position no t determined Wholly unemployed Temporarily stopped Casuals ................

T o ta l...

5. Total Insured on Register

12,467888

75

2,580433.45

21650

13,430 3,058 535 266

516,4727,652

13,782

34,758656106

537,906 35.520

86,653 24,707 4.772 5,141

20,1876,590

538

5.1101.925

17

1,285259

3

721291

27,315 7,052 1,547 1,012

1,215,404 218,446 21.058 16,921

The figures in items 1(a) and 1(6) of the Tables showing the numbers of clainumts for insurance benefit include 8,188 claimants for benefit under the general scheme, and 238 claimants for benefit under the agricultural scheme, who had been disqualified for short periods, usually not exceeding six weeks, from receiving benefit (e.g., persons who had lost their employment through misconduct) but were continuing to register at Employment Exchangee. The following Table shows the number of persons with claims adm itted for benefit in each Administrative Division :—

Claims adm itted for Insurance Benefit.Division. Hen Boys Women Girls Total.

18-64. 16 & 17. 18-64. 16 & 17.1

16-64.(a) General Scheme.

London ................ 92,034 742 1 24,021 484 117,281South-Eastern ... 40,853 1,021 1 8,128 918 50,920South-W estern... 44,119 735 8,229 985 54,068Midlands 55,070 738 21,052 724 77,584North-Eastern ... 62,158 1,025 ' 14,937 957 79,077N orth-W estern... 92,392 2,835 ■ 36,525 1,796 133,548Northern 43,341 1,913 6,348 1,198 52,800Scotland 70,471 3,386 20,789 2,446 97,092Wales ................ 44,630 1,572 1 5,305 850 52,357

Great Britain ... 545,068 13,967 i 145,334 10,358 714,727(b) Agricultoral Scheme.*

London ................ 226 3 217 446South-Eastern ... 4,104 130 980 64 5,278South-W estern... 1,087 40 48 4 1,179Midlands ... 1,491 35 482 22 2,030N orth-E astern ... 2,478 77 885 105 3,545N orth-W estern... 629 22 34 3 688Northern 516 47 98 27 688Scotland 1,930 129 268 37 2,364Wales ................ 764 47 19 3 833

Great Britain ... 13.225 530 3,031 265 17,051

The figures of claims admitted include a small proportion of persons on the register at 15th March, 1937, who for various reasons (e.g., owing to their waiting period not being completed) would not receive payment in respect of that day.

The figures given in item 2 of the first Table above include 20,859 applicants for unemployment allowances whose needs had been held not to justify the payment of allowances, but who were continuing to register. The Table below shows the numbers with applications authorised for allowances in each Administrative Division ;—

Division.

Applications authorised for UnemploymentAUowance3.t

Men aged 18-64.

Women aged 13-64.

Total aged 18-64.

lAsndon South-Eastern South-Western ADdlands North-Eastern North-Western Northern Scotland Wales

• « t

Great Britain

29,48211,27818,60546,75651,798

100,33687,04788.99286,827

521,121

2,132624829

1,8021,792

11,2231,7639,4561,825

31,61411,90219,43448,55853,590

111,55988,81098,44888,652

31,446 I 552,567• note • In second column on page 141.t Juveniles under 18 years of age were not a t 15th March eligible for

Unemployment AUowanceji. . , » rt These comprise Insured persons not applying, or not entitled to f

benefit or aUowanccs, Including adults on the r e g i s ^ with cUima disaUow^j - ..................................................................................

benont or auowanccs, lucjuoiuis uu wiq .yv**on the ground t h a t ^ e y were no t normally insurable and would not n o n n ^ y geek to obtain a livelihood by means of insurable employment. The majority were wholly unemployed.

389,021103,51157,568

105,71040,737

1,662

11,9522,103

1497.9412,540

\% r550,100 148.109 14,204 10,502

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April, 1937. THE MINISTRY OF LABOUR GAZETTE. 153

JUVENILE UNEMPLOYMENTSTATISTICS.

JUVENILBS TmDKB 1 8 THABS OF AGH, OW TOT EjEGISTaBS OF EMPLOYMBNT EXOHA1TOH8 AlfD JtT V H lIIL l EMPLOYMENT

B ttbbattx a t 1 5 t h M a r c h , 193 7 .

DItIbIod.

X osdon . . . SoQth'KasterD South-W estern MidUnds Kortb-Bastem Koith-W estem K orthem 6ooti*nd Wales t 9#

Great Britain

K . I r ^ n d

Ot. Britain and N. Ireland...

Boys. GirU.

Aged 14 and

15.

Aged 16 and

17.Total.

Agod 14 and

15.

Aged 16 and

17.

915667

1,032612973

2,4402,8923,8103,234

1,6341,5561,2501,1101,7104,6133,4606,2532,911

2,549 988 2,223 1,107 2,282 1,599 1,722 ! 820 2,683 : 1,988 7,053 2,671 6,352 ' 4,310

10,063 4,420 6,145 4,374

1,1781.7111,7531,2252,0933,3143,2045,2212,713

16,575 24,497 41,072 22,277 22,412

709 1,561 2,270 263 719

17.284

» 1

26,058 1 43,342 22.540 23,131

Total.

2,1662,8183,3522,0454,0815,9857,5149,6417,087

44,689

982

•These flffores Inclnde considerable trra a t Em ployment B xcbathotnzh rcgistereu bk —-

R iir^nx as applicants for emplojrment, are remaining whole tim e a t school nntll employment Is obtained. Some particulars on th is subject were given in an article on page 49 ol the February Issue of th is Gazette .

I n s u r e d J u v e n il b s , u n t>b b 1 8 y e a r s o p a g e , b b o o r d e d a su n e m p l o y e d a t 1 5 t h M a r c h , 1 9 3 7 .

111

1

Boys. Girls.

Division.111

Aged 14 and

15.

Aged 16 and

17.Total.

Aged 14 and

15.

Aged 16 and

17.Total.

Gt. BritainLondon # • « 1,104 2,048 3,152 1,450 1,864 3,314South-Eastern # ♦ # 548 1,651 2,199 755 1,733 2,488South-Western 468 1,185 3,653 661 1,613 2,274Midlands 609 1,302 1,911 662 1,326 1,988North-Eastern 623 1,574 2,197 1,100 2,012 3,112North-Western 1,649 4,554 6,203 1,924 3,101 5,025Northern 1,145 2,954 4,099 1,479 2,345 3,824Scotland 2,131 5,591 7,722 2,171 4,405 6,576Wales............... • • * 872 2,382 3,254 756 3,752 2,508Special Schemes — 6 6 2 2

Total • 9 ♦ 9,149 23,247 32,396 10,958 20,153 31,111

N. Deland # * # 519 1,667 2,186 205 775 980

Gt. Britain N. Ireland

and• » G 9,668 24,914 34,582 11,163 20,928 32,091

JTflto.—These figures Include no t only Insured juveniles on th e register, b u t also those whose unemployment books were in the *' tw o m onths’ file,” t.s., boys and girls who had registered as unemployed a t some date w ithin the past two months, b u t were no t m aintaining registration as applicants for employment and were no t known to have found employment. The effect of the Inclnslon of those w ith books in the tw o m onths’ file is especially m arked In the London Division. Jnventles Insured under the agricu ltural scheme who were recorded as unemployed are included in the figures.JU Y EiriLB t, UNDEB 1 8 YEARS OF AGE, PLACED IN EMPLOYMENT :

T h r e e W e b e s e n d e d 1 5 t h M a r c h , 1 9 3 7 .

Division.

N om ber o f Vacancies Filled.

Juveniles placed in first situation since leaving

School.

Boys. Girls.1

Total. Boys. Girls. Total.

London ... ... 4,137 3,298 7,435 381 427 808Sonth-Eastern 970 910 1,880 124 159 283Sonth-Westem ... 1,104 1,060 2,164 146 192 338M id lan d s ................ 1,647 1,118 2,765 218 216 434North-Eastern 1,145 1,096 2,241 120 156 276North-Western ... 2,370 1,973 4,343 325 268 593N o rth e rn ................ 1,004 905 1,909 215 232 447S o o tla n d ................ 1,540 1,717 3,257 354 396 750Wales ................ 502 361 863 175 142 317

Great Britain ... 14,419 12,438 26,857 2,058 2,188 4,246

JUYXNILSS, UNDXB 1 8 TEARS OF A q E , EN ATTENDANCEA u t h o r is e d C o u r s e s o f I n s t r u c t io n .

AT

Division.

W eek ended 24th Mairch, 1937.

M onth ended 24th March, 1937.

Junior Instruction Centres and Classes.

N aof

Centres.

No. of

Classes

Averageattendance.

Boys. Girls.

O ther Educational Institu tions.

No.of

lustl-tu-

tlons.

Averageattendance.

Boys. Girls.

Total num ber of individuals who have attended

Ju n io r In - struorion

Centres end Classes*

since 1st April, 1936.

London 4 2 118 63 11 9 48.-Eastern .. 9 3 318 405 2 2 48..Western ... 10 2 261 385 45 56 155Midlands 9 2 284 243 57 94 175N.-Eastern .. 15 5 801 784 S3 95 235N.-Western... 43 3 3,077 1,897 26 58 93f cV A ANortnem 37 1 3,130 2,172 5 12 35BcotUudW W f 1 32 8 3,532 2,438 58 273 316Wales 26 4 2,119 947 : 61 6 34Great 1

1

Britain ... tl8 5 30 13,640 9,334 263 6051

1,051

6,3464,2097,6487,656

16,10946.82033,66642,41719,278

184.149

* 'O ' onner eaucatlonal Instltorions are n o t available.T tne above Junior Instruction Centres, three were closed for holidays.

UNEMPLOYMENT AMONG BOYSAND GIRLS, UNDER i6 YEARS OF

AGE, IN INSURED INDUSTRIES.T h b following Table analyses by industries the numbers of insured boys and girls under 16 years of age (other than those insured under the agricultural scheme) recorded as unemployed in Great Britain, and in Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 15th March, 1937:—

Num ber o f Insured Juveniles nnder 16 years o f age recorded as Unemployed a t 15th M arch, 1937.

Industry . G reat B ritain. G reat B ritain and N orthern Deland.

Boys. Girls. Boys. Olris.

Fishing . . . . . . . . . . . . ... 15 1 15 1

N Ininf :—Coal Mining . . . 245 16 245 16Iro n Ore and Ironstone Minlug, etc.Lead, T in an d Copper Mining 4 5Stone Quarrying and Mining 16 16Slate Q uarrying and Mining 4 4O ther Mining and Quarrying 5 6 5 6Clay, Sand, Gravel and Chalk P its ... 2 — ■ 2 —

NM-Metallifsrous Mining ProductsCoke Ovens and B y-Product W orks 2 — 2Artificial Stone and Concrete 23 3 26 3Cement, Limekilns and W hiting ... 3 1 3 1

tr ic k , Tile, Pipe, etc. M aking................ 71 11 73 11

Pottery, Earthenware, etc........................ 27 67 27 67

QIais :—Glass (excluding Bottles and Scien

tific Glass) . . . . . . . . . ... 12 30 12 30Glass B o ttle s ................................................... 14 36 14 36

Chemicals, etc. :—Ohenficals . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 93 32 93E ip lorives . . . . . . . . . ... 2 18 2 18PalnL Varnish, E ed Lead, etc. 11 9 11 9Oil, Criue, Soap, In k , Matches, etc. 23 89 23 89

Metal Manufacture :—Pig Iron (B last F u r n a c e s ) ................ 4 4Steel Melting and Iro n Puddling,

D on and Steel Bolling, etc. 24 3 24 3Brass. Copper, Zinc, Tin, Lead, etc. 9 5 • 9 5T in P lates .......................................... 19 5 19 5D on and Steel Tubes ................ 5 _ 5Wire, W ire N etting, WDe Bopes ... 11 14 14 14

Engineering, etc.w n e ra l Engineering; Engineers’ Iron

and Steel Founding ................ 291 95 295 95Electrical Engineering ................ 61 44 61 44Marine Engineering, e tc ....................... 9 10 — —

Constructional Engineering 28 — 28 —

GonsDactien and Repair of Vehictea :—Motor Vehicles, Cycles and A ircraft 142 30 147 31Carriages, Carts, etc. ................ 13 2 14 2Eailw ay Carriages and W agons, etc. 14 2 14 2

Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing 165 1 187 2

Other Metal IndustriesStove, Grate, Pipe, etc. and General

Iro n Founding ............................. 68 21 71 21Electrical W iring and C ontracting... 65 9 71 9Electric Cable, A pparatus, Lamps, etc. 115 199 115 199H and Tools, Cutlery, Saws, Files ... Bolts, N uts, Screwy ttivete, Nails, etc.

23 25 23 2535 24 35 24

Brass and AtUod Metal Wares 26 22 26 22H eating and V entilating A pparatus 7 — 7W atches, Clocks, P late, Jewellery, etc. 12- 26 12 26Metal Industries no t separately sped -

# • # 167 237 170 237

Textiles :—Ck>tton Preparing, Spinning, etc. ... 36 63 36 63Cotton M anufacturing (W eaving, etc.) 22 63 22 63

Total, Cotton ................................... 58 126 58 126Woollen and W orsted .................... 30 149 30 149Silk M anufacture and Artificial Silk

W eaving ................................................... 6 39 6 39Artificial Silk Y a m ................................... 12 36 12 36

i t # t t t 7 32 35 63j UtO G 8 G # # # t i t 13 13 13 13Hem p, Rope, Cord, Twine, etc. 15 26 32 27Hofiieiy • • • . * « • • • 15 225 18 226Xjftce • • • • • • • • • 5 7 5 7Csrpetfl • • • • • • • • • • • • 1 28 1 28O ther TextUes ................................... 15 115 18 118Textile Bleaching, Printing, Dyeing,

t # t G t t G # t 31 56 37 59

Leather and Leather Goods :—Tanning, Carrying and Dressing . . . 17 16 17 16L eather Goods ............................... . 14 46 14 50

no th ingTailoring ................................................... 66 386 67 396Dress Making and Millinery 3 244 3 253H ats and Caps (including Straw

P lait) ................................................... 11 41 11 41Shirts, Collars, Underclothing, etc. 9 274 22 351O ther Dress Industries .................... 4 58 5 58Boots, Shoes, Slippers and Clogs . . . 116 81 118 81

Feed, Drink and TobaccoBread, Biscuits, Cakes, etc ..................... 221 467 226 469Grain Milling ................................... 6 12 6 12Cocoa, Chocolate and Sugar Con

fectionery .................................

O ther Pood Industries20 460 21 46261 ' 493 62 495

D rink Ind-astriei .................................... 68 64 70 64Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarsttos and Snaff 3 40 3 40

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Number of Insured Juveniles under 16 years of age rec o rd ^ as Unemployed a t 15th March, 1937,

Great Britain. Great B ritain and Northern Ireland.

Woodworking, ote.SawmllUng and Machined Woodwork Wood Boxes and Packing Cases F um itnre Making, Upholstering, O ther Woodworking...

• • •

■ A •

Paosr, Printing, etc. :—ft • •_ aper and Paper Board

Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags and Stationery ... ... . . . ...

Wall Paper M ak in g .............................Stationery and Typewriting Bequl-

sites (not p a p e r ) .............................Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding

Balldini and Contraoting l" • • ft • f ♦Building

Public Works Contracting, etc. • ft ♦

f t #

« ft #

ft ft • ft # #

Other Manufacturing Industries:—Eubber ................Oilcloth, Linoleum, etc.Brushes and Brooms Soientiflo and Photographic In stru

ments and Apparatus ................Musical Instrum ents.............................Toys, Games and Sports Eequlsites

Gai, Water and Electricity Supply ...

« ft »

# ft i

ft ft ft

Transport and Communication :—Eailway Service ................Tramway and Omnibus Service O ther Road Transport Shipping Service Dock, Harbour, Canal, etc. Service:—

P o rt Transport (Docks, Wharves,G42ft ftft« ftft# ♦ftft ftftft

H arbour, River and Canal Service Total, Docl», Harbours, etc. ...

O ther Transport, Communication,f t ^f t f t f t# f t f t# ft ft #

Distributiva Trades # ft •

Oommarcfti Banidne, Insuranct and Fffiancft •«« ••• «•* «*«

ft • »

ft • #

Miseellanoous Trades and Services :—National Government Service Local Government Service Professional Services Entertainm ents and Sports Hotel, Public House, R estaurant,

Boarding House, Club, etc. ServiceLaundry Sendee ........................... .Jo b Dyeing, Dry Cleaning, etc. O ther Industries and Services

0%4

4 4 ^

TOTAL « ft # 4 4 4 ft ♦ ft

Boys. Girls. Boys. Girls.

85 16 86 1637 25 37 25

219 68 232 6859 31 59 31

11 39 16 39

15 135 25 1418 22 8 22

12 29 12 29178 315 192 321

4

452 16 482 1690 1 91 1

32 47 32 472 27 22 7 22

21 32 21 3211 7 11 726 92 26 92

19 4 19 4

42 5 44 ■ 513 4 14 4

100 10 100 1025 2 26 2

5 1 5 17 7

12 1 12 1

16 3 16 3

3,613 3,466 3,868 3,494

88 43 88 43

100 21 107 2147 21 48 2160 55 61 5596 178 102 178

150 586 158 59997 503 98 50643 70 43 72

189 233 191 233

8,636 10,780 9,122 10,985

The figures in the above Table include those boys and girls whoso unemployment books were in the “ two-months file ” of lodged books, t.c., boys and girls who had registered as unemployed at some date within the previous two months and were not Imown to have found work, but were not maintaining registration as applicants for employment.

Boys and Qirls under 16 years of age, insured under the AgriculturalScheme, recorded as unemployed.

The numbers of juveniles under 16 years of age, insured under the agricultural scheme, recorded as unemployed at 15th March 1937 (who are excluded from the above Table), including those whose books were lodged in the “ two-months fiJe,” were 513* boys and 178 girls in Great Britain, and 546* boys and 178 girls in Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

NEW ENTRANTSt INTOUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

MARCH, 1937.

Men Boys. Women Girls. 1Division. aged

18-64. Aged 16 A 17.

Aged 14 A 15.

aged18-64. Aged

16 A 17.Aged

14 A 15.Total.

London ................South-Eastern ... South-W estern ...Miulands................North-Eastern ... North-W estern ...Northern................Scotland...Wales ..............

3,6731,3811,2301,606

8231,229

4271,364

636

1,084346416397337452274518350

2,7161,3621,4241,6701,2991,7281,2933,3071,015

3.2451,068

8531,143

8121,029

427745299

1,109442523440434548325380270

3,0121,2581,2302,0771,2342,1401,0522,870

469

14,8395.8575,6767,3334,9397,1263,7989,1843,039

' General Scheme 10,828 3,879 14,911 9,219 4,410 15,280 58,527

Great • Britain

Agrlcul-t u r a iSchemet

41,541 295 903 402 61 62 3,264

Total 12,369 4,174 15,814 9,621 4,471 15.342 61,791♦ Inclusive of 5 boys classified as private gardeners, t Kxcluslvo of private gardeners. During March. 1937, approximawlyI JJACJUdiYU ux yXAVat/9 feCbXUCXJivxD,

61500 unemployment books were Issued to private gardeners Included within the agriciUtural scheme. {See footnote ^ on page 15 i )

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE:ADJUDICATIONS BY THE

ft

%

STATUTORY AUTHORITIES.Tna Table below analyses for the period 1st to Slat March, 1937, inclusive, the deeiaion-s of Insurance Officers, Oourte of Referees and the Umpire in Great Britain on doubtful olaims for ioaorauce benefit and unomployment allowances: —

A.—D ecisions of Insitbance Offiobbs.*

Men. Women.ii Juven- 1 Ues.

\f

Total.

CJlalms allow ed ;—4

Grounds on which Insurance Officershave power to d is a l lo w ................

Grounds on which Insurance Officers3,959 1,011 166 5,136

have n o t power to disallow 11,605 11,800 1,935 25,340Claims disallowed :—

Cootribatlons conditions : —(a) General Scheme ................ 185 58 256 499(b) Agricultural S ch em e ................ 24 2 6 32

Not unemployed ............................ 2,176 594 249 3,119Other grounds on which Ensurauce

Officers have power to disallow ... 3,062 937 187 4,186

Total Claims disallowed 5,447 1,691 698 7,836•

B .— D ecisions of Courts of R bpeeees.*(1) Appeals against DisaJlowanees by Insurance O ieers,

Claims allowed ... • ft ♦

(^ Im a disallowed:— Contributions conditions

(o) General Scheme (b) Agricultural Scheme

N ot unemployed Other grounds

4 44

Total Claims disallowed

# • 9 134 47 5 186

4 4 4 17 7 3 27ftftft 3 — 39 4 4 256 41 5 302ft 4 9 474 117 6 597

# ft 9 750 165 14 929

(2) Other Cases.

Cl&Im3 »•« 4,690 3,950 774 9,414

Claims disallowed:—Contributions conditions:—

(a) General Scheme ................ 23 3 3 34(b) Agricultural s c h e m e ................ 3 — 3

N ot normally Insurable and/or will not normally seek to obtain livelihood by means of Insurable employ-

«ft9 9ft« 9«9 1,404 380 1,784Anomalies O rders:—

Class (b)—seasonal workers............ 94 444 6 544Class (c)— normal employment not

more than 2 days a week 81 98 3 182Class (<f)—married women — 3,505 3,505

Employment left voluntarily without Just cause ... ... ... ... 6,434 3,516 2,136 12,066

Employmentlosttlurougb misconduct 3,140 932 1,006 5,078Fallureorrefusal to applyforor accept

suitable employment, or failure to c a n y out w ritten directions 1,196 1,841 417 3,454

Not unemployed ............................ 290 65 17 372Not capable of work, or not available

for work . . . . . . ... ... 570 1,339 158 2,067Other grounds ............................ 324 65 475 864

Total Claims disallowed 13,559 12,188 4,226 29,973

G.— Tbadb D ispute Cases.

ClaimsAllowed.

ClaimsDis

allowed.Total.

Oases dealt with by Insurance Officers................ 4,329 3,346 7,675

Appeals against disallowances by f Men Insufanoe Officers dealt with by^ Women

31 47 7810 1 11

A

Courts of Referees... ................L Juveniles 4 2 6

Total Appeals ................ 45 50 95

B .—D ependants Benefit Cases.

Cases dealt with by lusurance Officers................ 5,618 2,678 8,296

Oases dealt with by Courts of Referees i—(D Appeals against disallowauces by lusor-

auce Officers ... ... ••• *** (2) Other c a s e s .....................................................

9256

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453186

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AppealsAppeals

4 4 4

444

444

4 4 4

444

444

4^4

444

Total 444 444

33 12192 5946 7957 102

223 361

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361130

453166

Aprilj 1937. THE MINISTRY LABOUR GAZETTE. 155\ - •

UNEMPLOYMENT FUNDGREAT BRITAIN.

Thb foUomng Table shows, approximaielj/t the income a nf the Fund* for the periods of four weeks ended :

l y o i , £.ivu — - - r . „

Four weeks ended 27th M ar., 1937.

Four weeks ended 27th Feb., 1937.

Four weeks ended 28th M ar., 1936.

I. iKStjRANOE A c c o u n t s .(1) Oeneral Account.

Contributions received from :— Bniployers...Employed persons ... ... Exchequer Equal th irds ” ) ...

Miscellaneous rece ip ts

£1,606,0001.565.0001.583.000

£1.643.0001.587.0001.611.000

58,000

£1.778.0001.730.0001.753.000

14,000

Total In c o m e ............................. 4,754,000 4,899,000 5,275,000

Benefit ••• •••Cost of Administration ................Accnied Charge for D ebt Ser%icet... Miscellaneous Paym ents ................

2,659,000458,000t385,00098,000

2,787,000350.000385.000

36,000

3,381,000390.000385.000

75,000

Total Expenditure ... 3,600,000 3,558,000 4,231,000

Debt Outstandlngt ••• ... ••• 104,741,000 104,741,000 105,510,000

(2) Agricultural Account. Contributions received from :—

Bmployers ... *•*Employed persons ................Exchequer ("E q u a l th ird s " ) ...

Miscellaneous Receipts

33.00033.00032.000

5,000

58.00058.00058.000

Total In c o m e ............................ 103,000 174,000

Benefit ... *.* *■*Cost of Administration ................Miscellaneous Payments ................

55.00012.000 2,000

56.00022.000

Total Expendltnre ................ 69,000 78,000 —

II. T e a n s it io n a l P a y m e n t sA c c o u n t .

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BUILDING PLANS APPROVED.MARCH, 1937.

R etubns as to the estimated cost of buildings for which plans were approved during March have been received from 142]| of the 146 Local Authorities which supply such information to the Department.

The returns received from these 142 Authorities (representing towns with a total population of 17,118,000 in 1931) are summarised in the following Table, in which are also given comparisons with March, 1936, in respect of the same 142 Authorities :—

Shops,

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shops. Buildings.

tions to existing Buildings.

comparedw ithMar.,1936.

E n g l a n d a n dW a les :— £ £ £ ! £ £ £

Northern (bounties 261,300 35,800 51,600 18,000 39,600 406,300Yorkshire 958,100 114,800 165,000 131,000 98,500

- 2 1 - 8 1.467,400

+ 22-5 1,690,700liancs. & Chesbircll 856,000 54,400 202,700 439,000 138,600

N orth and West- Midland Countiesll

921,300 424,500 135,900 48,500 132,900+ 72-0

1,663,100 - 1 4 - 8South-Midland &

Eastern Counties335,000 18,800 25,300 35,600 16,700 431,400

Outer London^... 1,041,100 241,900 214,100 166,400 137,300 1,800,800S o u th - E a s te r n

CounticB.il423,700 10,900 16,800 2,800 118,700

- 1 6 - 8 572,900 - 3 0 - 2

333,400 + 100-5 191,600

S o u th -W e s te rnCounties.

309,000 2,000 5,200 17,200Wales and Mon. 96,900 3,200 — 6,700 84,800Scotland 521,600 171,900 9,600 86,400 183,600

- 18-5 973,100 + 111-2

T otal, M ar., 1937 5,724,000 1,078,200 826,200 934,400 967,900 9,530,700Total, iia r ., 1936 5.786,700 646,000 791,900 984,100 853,100

4 5 -2 9,061,800

H P 1077 r presented to Parliam ent annnaUy{8u H C. 44 of 1937, for the period ended 3 l3 t March, 1936 ) ^/. 1K the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935, for the

Interest) of the debt outstanding on is t Ju lv 1934 ^ £105.780,000) by lialf-yearly paym ents o f £2,500,000. The

S T t h / S e p t e m b e r . 1934, under the authority 01 the Unemployment Insurance Act. 1934. '1937^ Includes adjustm ent for the period 1st AprU, 1936, to 27th February,

the Exchequer. The figures do not IncludeAM iJSno? separate Vote of the Unemployment

Board. As from 7th January , 1935, the Transitional P a x ^ e n ts19347fsT ^M i W f^® Provlalons of the Unemployment AssIsUnce Act,January , 1935, Issue of this Gazbttk).ph«JL^ / outstanding returns were distributed as follow s’— Lancs and S S i S (one)i Counties (tw o); and South-Eastern

% Particulars are no t avaUable for the London County Council Area.

FEBRUARY, 1937.Returns for February arc now available for all of the 146 Local

Authorities covered by the Department’s enquiries (representing towns with a total population of 17,810,000 in 1931). The estimated cost of tho buildings covered by the returns W’as £10,699,200, compared with £8,472,300* in January, 1937, and £10,103,200 in February, 1936. Of the total for February, 1937, dwelling houses accounted for £5,300,000; factories and w’orkshops, £1,330,400; shops, offices, etc., £984,300; churches, schools, etc., £1,739,900; other buildings, and additions and alterations to existing buildings, £1,344,600. The number of dwelling houses for which plans were approved by the 146 Authorities in February was 10,906, as compared with 9,141 in January, 1937, and 14,149 in February, 1936.

POOR RELIEF IN MARCH.{Data supplied by the M inistry of Health in England and Wales and

the Department of Health in Scotland.)

The number of personsf relieved on one dayj in March, in the forty-seven selected areas named below, was 786,873, or 2*0 per cent, less than in the previous month, and 5-4 per cent, less than in March, 1936. The numbers relieved at these three dates were equivalent, respectively, to rates of 476, 486 and 503 per 10,000 of the estimated population.

In the forty-three selected areas in England and Wales the number relieved in March was 589,720, a decrease of 2*1 per cent, as compared with a month earlier, and 6*9 per cent, less than in March, 1936. In the four areas in Scotland the number relieved was 197,153, or 1*8 per cent, less than in the previous month, and 0-7 per cent, less than in March, 1936.

N um ber o f personst In receipt of Poor Relief on one d a y j in

March, 1937.

Increase ( + ) or Decrease ( —) in ra te per 10,000 of

Population as as compared

w ith aB a te per 10,000 of

Indoor. Outdoor. T otal. estim atedPopula

tionM onthbefore.

Yeaibefore.

E ngland and W ales.

County o f London 26,131 88,825 IJ.4,956 275 - 4 - 25

Birkenhead 744 8,079 8,823 591 - 19 - 46Birmingham 4,434 14,618 19,052 188 - 3 - 14Blackburn 808 3,487 4,295 363 - 14 - 32Bolton ................ 870 4,741 5,611 321 4 1# - 22B r a d f o r d ................ 1,056 7,239 8,295 284 + 4 - 48B r ig h to n ................ 625 2,419 3,044 206 - 1 - 13Bristol ................ 2,051 7,409 9,460 229 - 1 - 12Burnley ................ 344 3,617 3,961 425 - 8 - 37Cardiff ................ 1,127 11,872 12,999 587 - 18 - 63C o v e n try ................ 436 -1,739 2,175 115 - 1 - 10Croydon ................ 700 5,402 6,102 252 - 18 -f 4Derby ................ 609 3,199 3,808 270 + 3 — 7E ast H am 611 4,224 4,835 357 - 15 — 7Gateshead 567 8,951 9,518 785 - 3 — 18Huddersfield 478 1,686 2,164 188 - 1 - 23K in^ton-upon-H uIl 1,575 19,976 21,551 669 - 40 - 57Leeds ................ 1,235 18,307 19,542 401 - 3 - 41L e ic e s te r ................ 870 5,026 5,896 226 + 1 - 19L iv e rp o o l................ 4,447 86.994 91,441 1,070 - 13 - 39Manchester 2,966 40,137 43,123 576 - 16 - 41iliddlcsbrough ... 348 4,838 5,186 370 - 9 - 37Newcastle-on-Tyne 835 18,222 19,057 651 - 14 - 1 0 4Norwich ................ 808 7,791 8,599 690 - 20 - 47N ottingham 1,100 10,257 11,357 405 - 12 - 11Oldham ................ 868 4,001 4,869 365 - 17 — 56P ly m o u th ................ 468 5,657 6,125 301 - 19 — 30Portsm outh 866 3,135 4,001 160 - 1 — 21Preston ................ 546 2,425 2,971 • 256 - 8 — 13St. Helens... 369 5,513 5,882 544 - 68 - 16Salford ................ 502 9,001 9,503 453 - 15 — 35Sheffield ................ 1,343 33,444 34,787 668 — 27 — 71Southam pton 1,298 4,587 5,885 332 — 4 — 4Southend-on-Sea ... 292 2,900 3,192 237 — 1 — 18South Shields 690 4,381 5,071 453 - 13 + 18S to c k p o rt................ 615 1,940 2,555 196 + 1Stoke-on-Trent ... 1,805 9,113 10,918 398 — 4

•+ 16Sunderland 731 15,381 16,112 870 — 7 — 1Swansea ...................... 472 7,744 8,216 499 — 8 ^ 27W a lla s e y ...................... 279 2,220 2,499 259 - 10 ~ 8Walsall ...................... 305 2,988 3,293 311 — 1 — 31W est Ham 2,144 13,453 15,597 576 — 16

w A— 56W olverham pton . . . 561 2,833 3,394 240 - 1 + 8

Totals for above 42(bounty Boroughs 43,818 430,946 474,764 456 - 10 - 31

T o ta l^ London and 42 Borougtis . . . 69,949 519,771 589,720 404 - 9 - 29

Scotland. Glasgow ...................... 4,683 149,657 154,340 1,381 — 27 - 24

~ 7E dinbiugh ..................... 729 21,470 22,199 481m t

— 12Dundee ...................... 363 9,935 10.298 581 — 2 + 61 - 14A b e rd e e n ................ 478 9,838 10,316 596 - 3

Totals for above 4Scottish Burghs 6,253 190,900 197,153 1,022 - 19 - 11

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EMPLOYMENT OVERSEAS.[N.B.—The following paragraphs include an abstract of such official

arid other information as is available with regard to the state of employment abroad in order to indicate, as far as possible, the fluctuations in employment in each country from period to period. The bases of the statistics published in the various countries are, however, not the same as those of the statistics rdating to this country ; and therefore the figures quoted below cannot properly be used with those on pp. 140-141 to compare the actual level of employment in Great Britain and Northern Ireland with that in other countries.']

GERMANY.§U nemployment continued to decline rapidly during March. The total number of persons reported by the EmpIo5Tnent Exchanges as unemployed at 31st March, 1937, was 1,245,353,* as compared with 1,610,947f at the end of February, 1937, and 1,937,120 at the end of March, 1936.

At 31st March, 1937, 782,956* persons were in receipt of standard unemployment benefit or emergency benefit, as compared with 1,068,472 at the end of February, 1937, and 1,133,342 at the end of March, 1936.

The total number of unemployed given above includes 138,606* able-bodied persons who were in receipt of poor relief at 31st March, 1937, as compared with 167,797t at the end of February, 1937, and 305,346 at the end of March, 1936.

FRANCE.IThere was a further reduction in unemployment during March.

The total number of persons remaining on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at the end of the month was 415,179, as compared with 441, 207 at the end of February, 1937, and 508,^1 at the end of March, 1936.

At the beginning of March, 1937, the number of persons employed in mining, industrial, transport, and commercial under- ta l^ g s covered by the official monthly investigation showed an increase of 5 per cent, as compared with March, 1936. In those undertakings, employing 731,646 persons, in which, at 1st March, 1937, the new legislation reducing working hours, in principle, to 40 a week, had not been applied, ^ *29 per cent, of the workpeople were on short time to such an extent as to bring their weekly hours below 48. In the remaining undertakings, employing 1.480,744 persons, in which, at 1st March, 1937, the 40-hour week had been applied, the percentage of the workpeople who were on short time to such an extent as to bring their weekly hours below 40 was 2*64. At 1st March, 1936, 22 per cent, of all the workers covered by the investigation were working more than 40 and less than 48 hours, and 15 • 15 per cent. 40 hours or less a week; the remainder were working 48 hours or more a week.

BELGIUM.^Returns received by the National Employment and Unemploy

ment Office from approved unemployment insurance funds with a total membership of 909,655 showed that 14*5 per cent, of these were totally unemployed in January^ 1937, as compared with 14*4 per cent, in December, 1936, and 18'6 per cent, in January, 1936. In addition, 10 • 7 per cent, were employed intermittently in January, 1937, as compared with 10'2 per cent, in December, 1936, and 11-1 per cent, in January, 1936. In January, 1937,16* 6 per cent, of the aggregate possible working days were lost through unemployment; in the preceding month the percentage was 16-7, and in January, 1936, 21-9.

NETHERLANDS.**Unemployment continued to increase during January. Figures

compiled by the State Department of Unemployment Insurance and Employment Exchanges show that, of 532,127 members of subsidised unemployment funds making returns for the week ended 30th January, 1937, 33*9 per cent.* were unemployed during the whole week, and 6*6 per cent.* for less than six days. In the corresponding week of the preceding month, the percentages wore 32* 1{ and 4*6J, and in the last week of January, 1936, 35*4J and 7*8J. At the end of January, 1937,480,388 applicants for work were registered at public Employment Exchanges, of whom 466,242 were unemployed; at the end of the previous month the corr^ponding totals were 469,126 and 455,209, and at the end of January, 1936, 494,521 and 475,890.

SWHTZERLAND.ttThe employment situation showed an improvement during

February. At the end of that month 105,736 applications for employment (73 • 6 per thousand of the emplo3’’ed population according to the census of 1930) were registered at Employment Exchanges, as compared with 110,754 (77*1 per thousand) at the end of January, 1937, and 119,795 (^ *4 per thousand) at the end of February, 1936. Offers of situations at the dates mentioned above numbered 1,680, 1,158 and 1,593, respectively.

AUSTRIA, nUnemployment declined during February, 1937. The total

number of persons in receipt of benefit at the end of the month was 309,178 (119,692 in Vienna), as compared with 316,050 at the end of January, 1937, and 321,529 at the end of February, 1936.

• Provisional figure. t Revised figure. J Unrevised figure.§ Arbeit und Arbeitslotigkeit, 12th April, 1937. Berlin.

II Bulletin du Marchi du Tram il, 3rd AprU, 1936, and 9th April, 1937.

II BuUetxn M entiul de I'Office National da Placement et da Chdmage, 15th March, 1937. Brussels.

• • Maandsehrift van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statisliek, 27th February, 1937. The Hague.

f t Xa Vie Eeonomique, March, 1937. Berne, i i SteUietieehe NachricMen, 27th March, 1937. Vienna.

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LABOUR GAZET April, 1937.POLAND.f

There was a further sharp increase in unemployment during January. The number of applicants for work remaining on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at the end of the month WM 535,563, as compared with 466,004 at the end of December. 1936, and 472,004 at the end of January, 1936.

CZECHOSLOVAKIA.ilA substantial decline in unemployment occurred during March-

The total number of apphcants for work remaining on the registers of the Employment Exchanges at the end of the month was 627 331 ♦ as compared with 677,947f at the end of February, 1937! and 797,770 at the end of March, 1936.

SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES.Unemployment declined in Denmark during March, in Sweden

during February; it increased in Norway during January.Deamori.lf—According to returns received by the Danish

Statistical Department from approved unemployment funds with a total membership of 426,378, 27 • 0* per cent, of this membership were unemployed at the end of March, 1937, as compared with 31-4t per cent, at the end of February, 1937, and 26-2 per cent, at the end of March, 1936.

Norioay**—Returns furnished by ten trade unions ivith a total membership of 77,819 show that 23*2 per cent, of this membership were unemployed at the end of January, 1937, as compared with 21*7 per cent, at the end of December, 1936, and 28-0 per cent, at the end of January, 1936.

Sweden.-\-\—Of a total of approximately 528,000 membere covered by the returns of the reporting trade unions, 14-2* per cent, were unemployed at the end of February, 1937, as compared with 15-6J per cent, at the end of the previous month, and 18-I f per cent, at the end of February, 1936.

UNITED STATES.JtEmployment improved during February. According to returns

received by the Bureau of Labour Statistics from employers covering over one-half of the aggregate number of wage-earners in manufacturing industries, the number of workpeople employed at the middle of February, 1937, showed an increase of over 2*5 per cent, as compared with the previous month. Aggregate weekly earnings in these establishments rose during the same period by 5*6 per cent. If the average monthly index of employment in manufacturing industries for the three years 1923-1925 be taken as 100, the corresponding index for February, 1937, is 98'9,§§ as compared with 96*4§§ for the previous month, and 86-95S for February, 1936.

R-eports received by the American Federation of Labour from affiliated trade unions in 24 cities showed that, in March, 1937, 14* per cent, of the membership of these unions covered by the returns were unemployed, as compared with 14 per cent, also in February, 1937, and 21 per cent, in March, 1936.

IRISH FREE STATE.:The number of persons on the live registers of the Employment

Exchanges rose from 91,660 at 22nd February, 1937, to 93,426 at 30th March. At the end of March, 1936, the numl^r of persona on the live registers was 123,336. The comparabUity of the figure for March, 1937, with that for March, 1936, is, however, affected by the fact that at the latter date an Order issued under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933, was in force, the effect of which was temporarily to exclude certain persons living in rural areas from the receipt of unemplo5nnent assistance.

CANADA.UlfThere was a decline in employment at the beginning of March,

mainly due to unusually large seasonal reductions in logging operations. The total number of workpeople employed at 1st March, 1937, by 9,988 firms from which returns were received by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics was 975,862, as compared with 987,879 at the beginning of February, 1937. If the average number of workpeople employed by the reporting firms in the year 1926 be represented by 1(X), the index of employment for 1st March, 1937, is 102*8, as compared with 104*1 at 1st February, 1937, and 98 *9 at 1st March, 1936.

At the end of January, 1937, 14*5 per cent, of the aggregate membership (approximately 186,( ^ ) of trade unions making returns were unemployed, as compared with 14*3 per cent, at the end of December, 1936, and 14 • 8 per cent, at the end of January, 1936.

NEW ZEALANDThe latest statistics available indicate a further reduction in

imemployment. At 19th December, 1936, the number of unemployed males remaining on the registers of the Government Employment Bureaux was 32,286. In addition, there were 6,786 persons in fulltime employment subsidised by the Employment Promotion Fund. The corresponding figures at 21st November, 1936, were 35,467 and 6,874, and at 21st December, 1935, 35,653 and 21,628, respectively.

• Provisional figure. t Revised figure. f Unrevised figure § Wiadonwsci Statvstvezne. 15th March, 1937. Warsaw,II Prager Tagblatt. 7th April, 1937. Prague.H StatisHske Efterreininger, 6th April, 1937. Copenhagen.• • Information supplied by the Central Bureau of S ^ tis tu s . O^o.Information suppiiea oy tne uenirnu uureau ui owtusnijs, | t Information^supplied b^f^the Ministry ofiniormaiion suuuueu uy i>uc —---—-

New York Times, 24th March, 1937, and Amencan Federationxst, April,1937.'

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X ICHANGES IN RATES OFRates of Wages.

I n the industries covered by the Department’s statistics* the chances in rates of wages reported to have come into operation in March in Great Britain and Northern Ireland resulted in an a g g w g ^ increase of about £29,900 in the weekly fuU -t^e wages of 243,900 workpeople and in a decrease of £50 in those of 4,000 workpeople.- The great majority of the workpeople whose w ^ es were in closed consisted of coal miners in Cannock Chase, North Staffordshire (lower-paid workers only), Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, the Radstock district of Somerset, and Scotland, for whom the percentage additions to basis rates were increased as a result of the periodical ascertainments of proceeds. Other workpeople whose ^^ge^ w-ere increased during the month included those employed by certam firms engaged in the chemical industry; skilled and semi-skilled men employed in the wrought hollow-ware trade (except the galvamsed Boction) in Birmingham, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Lye and Stourbridge districts; enginemen, firemen and greasers employed in the woollen and woisted industry in Yorkshire; hosieiy trimmers in Nottingham and district; workpeople employed in the plain net section of the lace making industry (cotton operations only)in Nottingham, Derby and the West of England; tailors and tailoresses employed in the retail bespoke trade in London; and leather goods workers in London, Birmingham and Walsall.

Of the estimated total increase of £29,900, £23,625 took effect as the result of the operation of sliding-scales based upon the proceeds of the industry (coal mining); £3,330 was the result of arrangements made by joint standing bodies; and the remaining £2,945 was the result of direct negotiations between employers and workpeople.

The decrease of £50 resulted from the operation of a sliding scale based upon the proceeds of the coal mining industry.

Summary of Charges R eported in J aruary-M arch, 1937.

The following Table shows the number of workpeople in Great Britain and Northern Ireland affected by changes in rates of wages reported to the Department during the three completed months of 1937, and the net aggregate amounts of such chang(

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Coal Mining ................ 361,800£

62,350£

O ther Milling and20Q uarrying ................ 11,900 750 850

Brick, P o ttery , Glass,Chemical, etc. 79,200 8,500

Iron and S t e e l ................ 123,650 2,450 5,900 100Engineering ................ 330,500 16,700Shipbuilding 94,260 10,000

3,700O ther Metal 75,500 24,000 5,050Textile ................ 130,900 60,000 8,050 6,500C lo th in g ............................. 5,000 650Food, D rink and

Tobacco ................ 21,400 2,100Wood\yorkiug, Furniture,

33,800 % 5,900Paper, Printing, etc. ... 13,500 850Building, Public W orks

52,850Contracting, etc. 675,250 '

Gas, W ater and E lectricity Supply ................ 800 50

Transport 182,150 100 9,400 5Public A dm inistration

1,050Services 10,950O ther ... ... ... 9,150 A—•• 1,450

T o t a l ................ 2,159,700 87,300 1 191,700 1 10,325

In the corresponding three months of 1936, there were net increases of £241,950 in the weekly full-time wages of 1,784,850 workpeople, and net decreases of £460 in those of 11,500 workpeople.

Hoars of Labour.The changes in hours of labour reported during March concerned

workpeople engaged in ship-repairing on the Thames, whose weekly hours were reduced from 45 to 44; and workpeople (except transport workers) employed in the flour milling industry in Great Britain, whose hours were reduced from 47 to 44 per week for dayworkers and from 44 to 42 (worked on an average of three weeks) for shiftworkers.

ORIS RKPORTED DURING MARCH. 1937,

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Agriculture

Essex 28 Mar. Male workers

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25 Mar.

Male workers 21 years of age and over, employed wholly or mainly as horsemen, stockm en or shepherds.

Other male workers ...............

Increases in th e m inim um ra tes of from 4d. to Is. per week. Minimum ra tes a fte r change: 10s. 9d. a t 14 years o f age,increasing each year to 32s. 6d. a t 21 and over.J

Increase in th e m inim um ra te o f Is. 6d. per week (33s. 6d. to 35s.).J

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Increases in Minimum each year


th e m inim um ra tes o f from 4d. to Is. per week, rates a fte r ch an g e : 10s. 6d. a t 14 years of age, each year to 34s. a t 21 and over.J -th e m inim um ra tes of from Is. bo Is. 6d. per week, rates a fte r change : 12s. a t 14 years of age, increasing to 34s. a t 21 and over.Jth e m inim um rates o f from 6d. to Is. 6d. p e r week, ra tes a fte r change: lOs. 8d. a t 14 years of age, each year to 34s. a t 21 and over.J th e m inim um rates of from 6d. to Is. 6d. per week, rates after change : l l s . a t 14 years o f age, increasing to 32s. 6d. a t 21 and over.Jth e m inim um ra tes o f from 9d. to Is. per week, rates a fte r change : 30s. a t under 18 years o f age, each year to 39s. 6d. a t 21 and over.J

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Increases in th e m inim um rates o f from 5d. to Is. per week. Minimum rates a fte r change: 12s. l i d . a t 14 years of age, increasing each year to 32s. 6d. a t 21 and over.J

Increases in th e m inim um rates o f Is. per week for those 17 years o f age and over, th e rates for those under 17 remaining u n changed. Minimum rates after change : stockmen, cattlem en, cowmen, horsemen, shepherds or bailiffs, 18s. a t 14 years, increasing each year to 38s. a t 21 and over ; o ther male workers, 15s. a t 14 years, increasing each year to 34s. 6d. a t 21 and over.j

Increase of Is. 9d. per week for boatswains, th ird-hands, deckhands, cooks and spare-hands, th e ra tes fo r skippers, mates, engineers and firemen remaining unchanged. W eekly rates after change: boatswains, 50a. 9 d .; th ird-hands, 47s. 3d.; deck-bands, cooks and spare-hands, 43s. 9d.; plus poundage on th e n e t earnings o f th e vessel of 4d. for boatswainsj and

i*^<and from 6s. to 5s. for those engaged in Faroe and N orth Sea fisheries.

on tn e n e t earnings oi tn e vessel oi hq. lor DuavswaiuH, auu 2d. for o ther ratings. Deduction for landing labour reduced from 8s. to 6s. 3d. for those engaged on long-distance vessels,

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Workpeople employed in and abou t coal mines, o ther th a n overmen,underground firemen and ahotflieis.

Increase o f 1 • 57 in th e percentage addition to basis rates, making th e percentage 50-43 for surface workers n o t handling coal and 48 * 43 for all o ther workers.!

Increase of 1 In th e percentage addition to basis rates of workers in receipt of basis rates from 5s. 2 (d . to 5s. 9d. per sh ift in clusive, nmklDg the percentage 41 fo r these workers.U

on w w U y wages are based on normal conditions of employment, and do n o t tak e into accoimt th e effect of short-tim e working, etc.K a o n j ® numbers quoted, wages stand a t th e same level as a t th e beginning of the year in th e case of 16,000 workpeople, whose wages have

in c a s e d and reduced by equal amounts during the year. ^ > »t effect under Orders issued under the Agricultural Wages (ficgnlation) Act, 1924. -

V . also paid of la. per day to workers 21 years of age and over and o f 6d. per day to 'x t e r workers, AdoH able-bodied day-wagepercentage addition amount to less than 8s. 9d. per shift (plus Is. per shift) a r e \ iid , as pievlonsly, a subsistence aUowance

Bumcient to bring their wages up to th a t am ount, subject to a maximum oUowancc o f 6d. per shift.basis rates ^ workers 21 years of age and over and of 6d. per day to o ther workers. The percentage addition to theuttbm rai^B 01 worRers other than those mentioned above remained unaltered a t 42*

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PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN RATES OF WAGES REPORTED DURING MARCH, 1931—continued.

Industry. District.

Date from which

Change took

eflcct.Classes of Workpeople. Particulars of Change.

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Coal Mining —eonfif.

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Engineering

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Hollow-wareManufacture.

Cotton Waste Spinning and

Weaving.

Woollen and Worsted

Manufacture.

HosieryTrimming.

Leicestershire « » •

Nottinghamshire ...

Derbyshire (except South Derbyshire).

Scotland ................

> 1 Mar.

Radstock D istrict of Somerset.

1 Mar.

South Derbyshire

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meneing on or about 31 Mar.

Great B ritain and Northern Ireland.

1st full pay after 25 Feb.

Thames D istriettJ ... 18 Mar.

Birmingham, Wolverham pton, Dudley, Lye and Stourbridge Districts.

26 Mar.

Lancashire and Cheshire.

8 Feb.

Workpeople employed ‘ in and about coal mines.

Workpeople employed in and about coal mines, other th an balUiTs andexaminers.

Workpeople employed In and about coal mines, other than enginemcn,firemen, mechanics, boys and youths 21 years of ago and under.

Worlmeoplc employed in and about »al minecoal mines, other than boys 17

years of age and under.

Workpeople employed in the manufacture of heavy chemicals (except those whose wages are regulated by movements in other Industries).

Toolmakers, markersKiut and Inspectors.

Decrease o f 0-41 in the percentaoe addition to basis rates, the pereentaoe 39-08.*

Increase of 12 • 55 in thej>erccntage addition to basis rates, the percentage 81*53.t

Increase of 6 • 09 In the percentage addition to basis rates, the percentage 44*09.t

Increase of 5- 51 in the percentage addition to basis rates, the percentage 118*80.§

Increase of 1 • 9 to the percentage addition to basis rates, the percentage 38 • 4.|t

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Increase of 3-41 in the percentage addition to basis rates, making the percentage 32-41.il

Increase of 6 • 72 in the percentage addition to basis rates, making the percentage 39 • 13, except for enginemen, firemen, mechanics and youths 17} to 21 years of age, for whom the Increase was 4-13 (35 to 39-15); also subsistence wages increased by 2d.per day, maklug them 7s .lOd. (plus Is.) and 7s. 6d. (plus 6d.)

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Increases for timeworkers of 8d. per hour for adult males, and of i d . for women, girls and youths, and for pieceworkers of 5 per cent, on piece rates. ^linimum time rates after change: labourers—day work. Is. l} d .; shift work, Is. 2Jd.

Adoption of skilled fitter's rate plus bonus of 4s. per week for markers-out and inspectors, and of skilled fitters rate plus bonus of 5s. per week for toolmakers.

Toolmakers ... # 9 # 9 9 9 Adoption of a minimum rate for fully qualified toolmakers working In the toolroom of l}d. per hour above the recognised district basis tim e rate for skilled fitters and turners.

Riveters and caulkers employed on tim e work to shipbuilding and ship-repairing.

Increase o f 2s. 6d. per week. National uniform rate after change for new work, 64s. per week, c o m p o s t of 50s. basis rate and 14s. bonus (basis rate Is. less to Isle of Wight, Dundee and W est of England districts, and 2s. less in the Aberdeen district)

Engineers engaged in ship- repairing.

Adoption of a rate of Is. 8d. per hour for a 44-hour week, plus an allowance of id . per hour for all hours worked, to Ueu-of a rate of 66s. 6d. per week previously paid for a 45-hour week.{J

Skilled and semi-skilled adult male workers employed In the wrought hollow-ware trade (except galvanised section).

Increase of approximately 5 per cent, for tlraeworkers and pieceworkers.

SOU engine tenters, engtoemen, firemen, ashwheelers, etc.

Yorkshire ... • 9 « Pay day in week ending 13 Mar.

Enginemen, firemen and greasers...

Nottingliam and District.

Lace Making

Pay day in week ending 10 Mar.

Trimmers ^ 9 •

Leggers (assisting trimmers) # 9 9

Consolidated hourly rates adopted of Is. l}d . for mill engine tenters. Is. 0}d. for under engineers and enginemen and firemen combined, Is. for boiler firemen, and lOJd. for ashwheelers, oilers and greasers, in place of basis rates ^ t h percentage additions, resulting in increases ranging from 2s. 3d. (or 7s. 4d.) for firemen to 6s. lOd. for under engineers and engtoemen and firemen combined, per week of 48 hours. Increases of amounts varying from 3s. M. to 4s. 5d. per weefc Minimum to tal w eek^ rates after change: firemen and greasers—day shift, 56s. 6d., night shift, 59s.: engtoemen on ordinary time rates—day shift;, 59s. or 62s., night shift, 61s. 6d. or 64a. 6d.; engtaemen on standing wages—day shift, 66s., or 69s., night shift, 68s, or 71s.

Revised price list adopted containing increased prices for certain items of work, resulting to an estimated average increase In weekly earnings of 15 per cent.

Increases in time rates of Jd. per hour a t 17 years of age, of M . per hour a t 19 years and of }d. a t 21 years, the rates for other ages remaining unchanged. Rates after change: 3d. per hour a t 14 years Increasing to Is. 0}d. a t 21 years.

Nottinghaim Derby and W est of England.

Pay day In weekending 12 Mar.

Workpeople employed in the plain net section of the lace industry (cotton operations only);—

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Deduction of 20 per cent, from list prices reduced to 15 per centJ5 Increase of id . per 1,000 fbr hoote (lOd. to 10} d.) and of Id. per

1,000 for guides (Is. 3d. to Is. 4d.),Deduction of 17} per cent, from list prices reduced to 10 per cent.§i K evl^d price adopted of 4Jd. per 1,000, in place of 6}d. per 1,000

less 33} per cent.

• F lat-rate additioDB arc also paid of Is. per day to workers 21 years of and over and of 6d. per day to other workers. Adult able-bodied (^y-wage workers whoso basis wages, plus the i>ercentage addition, amount to less than 8s. 3d. per shift (plus Is, per shift) are paid, as previously, a subaistenw ^ow ance fiufflelent to bring their wages up to th a t amount, subject to a maximum allowance of 6d. per shift, whilst no adult able-bodied day-wage worker is to receive a gross rate, includiog subsistence allowance, of less than 7s. 2d. (plus Is.) or 7s. 6d. (plus Is.) per shift for surface and uuderground workers respectively.

t Adult able-bodied day-wage workere whose basis wages plus the percentage addition amount to less than 8s. 9d. per shift are paid, m Pr®yJo“3ly* ®t amount, subject to a maximum allowance of 6d. per shift; whilst no adult able-bodied day-subsistence allowance sufficient to bring their wages up to th a t --------------- ------- -— -v.. ------------------

wage worker Is to receive a gross rate, including subsistence allowance, of less than 7s. l id . per shift (plus Is. per shift). a e aat Flat-rate additions are also paid of 9d. per shift to workers 18 years of age and over a t the coal face and to all other workers 21 years a ^ over, ™-

per shift to other workers. A dult able-bodied day-wage workers whose basis wages plus the percentage addition amount to less than 8s. 9d. per s n ^ (plus

additions for female workers.H Flat-rate additions are also paid to workers 21 years of age of 6d. per day for those receiving a basis wage of over 4s. ll} d . per day plus '^ rc e n t^ e , and

8d. per day for those receiving a basis wage of 4s. ll} d . per day or less plus percentage, the addition for those under 21 years of ago bel^^ ^m in iu m wage Ls payable to adult able-bodied workers of 7s. 2-88d. per shift gross (i.e., 4s. 9d. per shift basis plus current percentage p lu s ^ t- ra te addltio^.

T Flat-rate additions are also paid to undergroimd workers of Is. per shirt to those 21 years of ago and over and 6d. per s i ^ to others, ana to ^ ita co workers of 6d. per shift to those 21 years and over and of 3d. per shift to others. A subsistence wage is payable of 7s. 8d. (plus to.) M d 7s. 40, (plus ba.) to adult able-bodied underground and surface owrkers respectively. The percentage additions to basis r a t ^ remained unaltered a t 35 for cnginemen, nremen.

years of ago and 45 for boys 14 and under 17 years of age. . . , ... . . ____ ____ ^t t These increases were granted by the Chemical Trade Jo in t Industrial CouncU, and do'not apply to w rkpeople employed byconstituent oi i n ^ n a l

mical Industries, Ltd., and of the London Chemical Manufacturers' Convention. Further tocreases of id . per hour for adult males, and -Ad. lor women,Chegirls and youths, arc to operate as from the beginning of the tot full pay week In June, 1937. , a

This Increase in wages took place as a result of an agreement between the River Thames Dry Dock Proprictois and ,SWp-Repairers As^ciatio^ ana the Amalgamated Engineering Union, which also revised tlie rates of pay for overtime and introduced a new schedule of allowances lor special »orK, outworking, etc. Sec also imcler “ Changes in Hours of Labour.”

§5 In the M'est of England the deductions from list prices ore 2} per cent, more to each case.M Not operative to Derby.

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Industry. D U td c t .

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Change took

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Classes of Workpeople

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15 Mar. Tailors and talloresses ................

6 Mar. Bread deliverers and salesmen ...

1st pay day in week

commencing 15 Mar.

Bakers aud confectioners employed by co-operative societies.

1st full pay in Mar.

S e ttiu a k e rs ..........................................

1 Mar. W orkpeople employed in the fancy and solid leather goods trade :—

S ld ll^ m ale tim eworkers 21 years o f age and over who have served 4 years In the trade.

Skilled female tim eworkers 20 years o f age and over who have served 3 years in the trade.

Juvenile workers

Pieceworkers .............................

1st pay day in

Mar.

W orkpeople employed in th e made- up leather goods t r a d e :—

Skilled male timeworkers 21 years o f age and over who have s e r v ^ 4 years in the trade.

Skilled female tim ew orkers 20 years o f age and over who have served 3 years In the trade.

Juvenile workers . . . . . .

P ie c e w o rk e rs .............................

Increases in agreed rates o f id . to Id . per hour. H ourly rates after change : timeworkers— males— 1st class shops,2s, Did., o ther shops. Is. lOJd. Log workers— 1st class shops. Is. Oid. per“ log ’‘h o u r; o ther shops, la. (except for certain garments* fo r which the rates are jd . more per hour).

A doption of m inim um weekly ra te o f 65s. for m en 21 years of age and over, and o f new scale fo r Juniors sta rting a t 15s. per week a t 14 years of age, Increasing each year to 52s. per week a t 20 years.

A doption o f new scales o f m inim um ra tes for certain tow ns graded as A, B or C, resulting in Increases of varying am ounts. W eekly rates a fte r change; foremen, 75s., 72s. and 67s.; doughmakers, 68s., 64s. and 60s.; m ale confectioners (22 years o f age and over), second hands, single hands and ovenmen, 66s., 62s. and 58s.; tablehands (22 years of age and over), 64s., 609. and 56s.; adu lt m ale allied workers (except tran sp o rt workers), 57s. 6d., 53s. 6d. and 51s.; Improvers, 21 years o f ^ e , 53s., 48s. and 43s.; juniors, 11s. 6d., 10s. and 9s. a t 14 years o f age, Increasing each year to 46s., 41s. 6d. and 38s. a t 20 years.

Increaset o f Id . per to n (4s. 5d. to 4s. 6d.),

Increase In the minimum ra te o f Id . per hour (Is. 2d. to Is. 3d.).

Increase In th e minimum ra te o f id . per hour (7d. to 7 ld .).

A doption o f new scales of minimum ra tes resulting in Increases o f varying am ounts. Minimum weekly rates after change :— m ale workers, 16s. a t 15 years o f age, increasing to 40s. a t 20 years; female workers, 15s. a t 15 years o f age. Increasing to 26s. a t 19 years.

Piecework ra tes to be m utually fixed so as to enable workers o f average ability to earn n o t less th a n 15 per cent, above the day work tim e rates.

Increase in th e m inim um ra te o f Id . p e r hour (Is. l i d . to Is. 2 id .).

Increase in th e m inim um ra te of id . per hour (6 id . to 6{d.).

A doption for female workers o f new scales o f m inim um rates resulting In increases o f varying am ounts, th e ra tes for male workers remaining unchanged. Minimum weekly ra tes after change :—female workers. a t 15 years o f age, increasing to22s. a t 19 y ears ; male workers, 12s. a t 15 years o f age increasing to 32s. a t 20 years.

Piecework ra tes to be m utually fixed so as to enable workers - o f average ability to earn n o t less th a n 15 per cent, above the

day work tim e rates.

PRINCIPAL CHANGES IN HOURS OF LABOUR REPORTED DURING MARCH, 1937.

Indu itiy . District.

Date from which

Change took

effect.

Classes o f Workpeople. Particulars of Change. {Decretue* in italics.)

Ship^rep airing Thames D istrict ... 18 Mar. W orkpeople engaged in ship- repairing.

W orkpeople (except tran sp o rt workers) employed In the flour milling Indujstry:—

Dayworkers .............................S h if tw o rk e is .............................

Decrease o f 1 hour per week (45 to 44).t

Floor Mining Great Britain 1st full pay ' period

following 15 Mar. Decrease o f 3 hours per week (47 to 44).

Decrease o f 2 hours per week (44 to 42 worked on aa\ average o f three weeks).

* Ftz., military dress uniforms (excluding kliaki), naval frock and dress uniforms, h u n t coats and hun t riding breeches, frock and dress coats, and court aud diplomatic garments.

t Under cost-of-living sliding-scale arrangements.X See also under ” Changes In R ates of Wages.”

PRICES AND WAGES IN THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES.T e e fo llow ing T a b le sh o w s th e re su lts o f r e c e n t a s c e r ta in m e n ts o f selling p rice s of p ig -iro n a n d o f m a n u fa c tu re d i ro n a n d s te e l u p o n w h ich a re b a se d ch an g es in th e r a te s of w ag es o f c e r ta in c lasses o f iro n a n d s tee l a n d o th e r w o rk e rs in p a r t ic u la r d is tr ic ts ;—

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Nov.-Dee. 178 51 + 0 61 + 10 01Nov.-Dec. 204 6i -h 3 8i + 12 41

Oct.-Dec. 114 111 + 3 H i + 13 101

In accordance with the provisions of the agreements under which wages are regulated, the ascertainments resulted in increases in the wages of blastfumacemen in Cleveland and Durham, cokemen and by-product workers on Tees-side, ironstone miners in Cleveland, limestone quanymen in South and West Durham; blastfurnacemen in West Cumberland and North Lancashire; blastfurnacemen in North Staffordshire; blastfurnacemen in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire, and ironstone and limestone quarrymon in Leicestershire and the adjoining parts of Lincolnshire; blastfurnacemen, ironstone minors and limestone quarrymen in Northamptonshire (excluding Corby); blastfumacemen in the West of Scotland; iron puddlers and miilmen in the West of Scotland; and Siemens steel workers in South-West Wales. The wages of blastfumacomon, ironstone miners and quarrymen in North Linoolnshiro wore reduced as a result of the ascertainment.

In the case of iron puddlers and millmen in the North of England the ascertainment did not warrant a change in wages.

For details of the changes m wages referred to, reference should bo made to page 71 of the binary issue of this Gazette and to pages 112 and 113 of the March issue.

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TRADE DISPUTES IN MARCH.*Number, Magnitude and Duration.—The number of disputes

involving stoppages of work reported to the Department as beginning in March in Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 53, as compared with 75 in the previous month, and 64 in March, 1936. In these 53 new disputes about 20,500 workpeople were directly involved, and 3,100 workpeople indirectly involved \i.e., thrown out of work at the establishments where the disputes occurred, though not themselves parties to the disputes). In addition, about 9,100 workpeople were involved, either directly or indirectly, in 20 disputes which began before March, and were still in progress at the beginning of that month. The number of new and old disputes was thus 73, involving 32,700 workpeople, and resulting in a loss, during March, estimated at 218,000 worldng days.

In the following Table is given an analysis, by industries, of disputes in progress in March :—

Number of Dispute* In progress in m onth. Number of

Workpeople Involved in all Disputes In progress iIn month. 1

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Industry Group. Startedbefore begin- nlirg of month.

StartedIn

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Working Days of all Disputes in progress In

month.

Mining and Q uarrying... 6 7 13 6,400 30,000Metal, Engineering and

Shipbnlkling................ 4 18 22 13,300 95,000Transport ................ 7 7 9,500 76,000Other ... ... ... 10 21 31 3,500 17,000

Total, March, 1937 ... 20 53 73 1 32,700 218,000

Total, Februarp, 1937 ... 11 75 86 1 24,900 84,000

Total, March, 193S 15 64 79 33,100 195,000

Causes.—Of the 53 disputes beginning in March, 14, directly involving 12,400 workpeople, arose out of demands for advances in wages, and 13, directly involving 1,500 workpeople, on other wage questions; 15, directly involving 4,100 workpeople, on questions respecting the employment of particular classes or persons; 6, directly involving 1,700 workpeople, on other questions respecting working arrangements; and 4, (hrectly involving 300 workpeople,

on questions of trade union principle. One dispute, directly involving 500 workpeople, was due to sympathetic action.

Results.— settlements of disputes which terminated during March have been effected in the case of 32 new disputes, directly involving 8,800 workpeople, and 15 old disputes, directly involving 3,800 workpeople. Of these new and old disputes, 8, directly involving 1,700 workpeople, were settled in favour of the workpeople • 21, directly involving 8,800 workpeople, were settled in favour of the employers; and 18, directly involving 2,100 worl^eople, resulted in a compromise. In the case of 12 other disputes, directly involving 10,300 workpeople, work was resumed pending negotiations.

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January to March, 1936.

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Fishing................ 2 1,000 13,000 9 # # a a a a A AM in in g a n d a a a

Quarrying ... 65 44,200 344,000 59 39,500 210,000Engineering ... 17 11,800 90,000 7 3,200 18,000Shipbnlldhig ... 7 1,000 2,000 6 700 3,000Other Metal ... 16 3,900 27,000 12 2,700 14,000T extile ................ 20 3,700 18,000 20 4,900 27,000Clothing 3 400 1,000 7 10,300 144,000W oodw 'orking,

Furniture, etc. 12 1,100 9,000 12 300 2,000Buliding, e t e . ... 21 2,400 13,000 11 1,100 5,000Transport 11 10,100 78,000 10 2,500 10,000Other ................ 26 4,100 15,000 17 10,100 77,000

Total ... 200 83,700 610,000 161 75,300,

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PRINCIPAL DISPUTES INVOLVING STOPPAGES OP WORK DURING MARCH

OccupatfoDst and Locality.

Coal Mining—Colliery workpeople— near Bawtry,

Nottinghamshire (one colliery).

Miners, bnuhers and oncott tcorkert —Shotts (one colliery).

Colliery workpeople— Shotts and Carluke (other collieries owned by firm involved in above dispute).

Ekoinebbing—Grinders and other workpeople

employed in motor-car and aeroplane engine manufacture— Derby (one firm).

Workpeople employed in aircraft manufacture—Hayes. Middlesex (one Arm).

Workpeople employed in torpedo manufacture—W eymouth (one Arm).

Engineers and labourers employed In armaments manufacture— Glasgow (one firm).

Other Metal Trades— Workpeople employed In gas meter

manufacture—near Manchester (one flrm).||

Workpeople employed in steel sheet manufacture — Llanelly (one firm).

Workpeople employed in tinplate manufacture— Port Talbot (one firm).

Transport—Drivers, conductors and m ain

tenance staffs employed by omnibus companies — various districts in Scotland.

Catering Trades—Hotel, restaurant and caf<6

employees— Blackpool district.

• Disputes Involving less than 10 workpeople, and those which lasted leas than one day, have, as usual, been omitted from the statistics, except when the aggregate duration (t.e., number of workpeople multiplied by number of working days, allowing for workpeople replaced by others, etc.), exceeded 100 days.

t In making up these totals the figures have been amended in accordance with the most recent Information. Workpeople Involved in more than one dispute ore counted more than once In the to ta ls ; the amount of such duplication, however, U slight. j , a .•

t The occupations printed In italics are those of workpeople indirectly I n v o l v e d , t h r o w n out of work a t the establishments where the disputes occorroc^ bu t not themselves p a r t ^ to the disputes. The statem ents of canse and result do not apply to these workpeople.

S Maximum num ber; the number gradually increased during the stoppage.Sympathetic stoppages, Involving about 500 worl^eoplo a t other works of the same firm, or associated companies, occurred in London and a t Oldham.

They began on 11th March In London, and 18th March a t Oldham, work being resumed on 24th March.^ The stoppage began on 11th March In certain districts.

■•ApproximateNum ber of Work D ate when Disputepeople Involved. Caose or Object. Result.

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892 ; 9 9 9 17 Mar. 18 Mar. Against the employment of semi Work resumed on conditions exist*skilled men on certain machines. i ^ prior to stoppage.

1,500 500 30 Mar. 9 9 9 Claim on the p a rt of engineers for No settlement reported.1

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420 9 9 9 26 Feb. or 23 Mar. Refusal to work w ith non-unionists. Agreement effected for non* j1 Mar. unioiiists still in employment to i

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9 Mar. 11 Mar. Against the tHamistmi of a roUerman who had broken a roll.

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CHANGES IN COST OF LIVING: STATISTICS FOR ist APRIL

Summary: Average Increases since July, 1 9 1 4

... 51%

................ 35%All Items included

Food only ...

FOOD.At 1st April the average level of the retail prices of food in Great

Britain and Northern Ireland showed practicaUy no change m compared with a month earlier; there was a substantial fall m the prices of eggs, bnt this was counterbalanced by small increases m the prices of other articles of food.

As a net result of all the changes recorded, the average increase over the level of July, 1914, in the retaU prices of the article of food included in these statistics was 35 per cent, at 1st April, 1937, as compared with 35 per cent, at 1st March, 1937, and 26 per cent.at 1st April, 1936. . . •

In the following Table is given a comparison of retaU pnces inJuly, 1914, and at 1st March, 1937, and 1st April, 1937

Article.

Average Price (per lb. un]e.=8 otterw lse indicated—

to the nearest id .)

Average Inc. (-i-) or Dec. ( —) a t 1st April, 1937.

aa compared w ith

July,1914.

1 s tMarch,

1937.

1stApril,1937,

Ju ly ,1914.

1stMarch,1937.

s. d. e. d. s. d. d. d.••• ••• 0 10 1 1} 1 1} + 3}

Thin Flank 0 6i 0 7 0 7 + 0} * • #Beef^hUledorFroM ii—

0 0 8! 0 8 i + 1} t • •Thin Flank 0 4f 0 4} 0 4} - 0} 9 9 9

U ntton, Britlab—I.C0B .. . ... 0 10} 1 31 1 H + 51 + 0}Breast ................ 0 6} 0 n 0 n + H + 0}

Mutton, Frozen—Legs ... ... 0 6! 0 95 0 9J + 3 9 9 9

Breast ................ 0 4 0 3} 0 4 8 ♦ i + 01Bacon (streaky)* u 111 1 2i 1 2} + 31 + Ol

Flour ... per 7 lb. 0 10} I 3} 1 3i + 51 + 01Bread ... per 4 lb. 0 5f 0 9t 0 9} + 3}Tea . . . . . . ... 1 61 2 l i 2 U + 7}Sugar (grannlated) ... 0 2 0 0 2} + 0} ^ 9 9

Milk ... per quart 0 3} 0 H 0 6} + 3 - 01Butter—

Freeh ................ 1 2} 1 2 | 1 3 + 0} + 01Sait ................ 1 2i 1 1 1 u - 0! + 0}

Cheeeet............................ 0 6i 0 9} 0 9 i + 1 + 01Margarine ................ 0 7 0 6 i 0 61 - OJ 9 S 9

Eggs ( f ^ h ) ... each 0 U 0 u 0 1} » • ♦ - 0}Potatoee per 7 lb. 0 4 i 0 7} 0 7 i + 3 + 01

The following Table gives a percentage comparison of the level of retail prices at the same dates :—

Average Percentage Increase orDecrease ( —) a t 1st April, Corre-

1937,88 compared w ith Ju ly , 1914. BpondlngGeneral

Article. Large AverageTowns

(PopulaSmall

Towns and GeneralAverage.

for1st March,

tions over Villages. 1937.50,000).

Beef, British— 1 Per cent. Per cent. P er cent. P er cent.Bibs 00^ 409 35 35 35 35Thin Fbiiik m 9s 0 0 0 7 9 6 7

Beef, Chilled or Frozen-R iU • a # 00 4 18 24 21 21Ih in Flank • •• • • 1 - 1 0 - 3 - 7 —7

U ntton, BritUh— 11

L e ^ • d a 00^ 50 51 50 47Breast ... 000 0 9 * 18 18 16 15

U ntton, Frozen—Legs • •• 46 41 43 43Breast ... • 8 9 0 4 - 8 1 — 3 — 5

Bacon (streaky)* • di 400 29 28 28 26Fish ................... • « « 113 93 103 106Flour ................ ^09 9 0 9 49 50 49 46B re a d ................ 9 0 * 40^ 62 60 61 60Tea ................ 4 0 i 449 37 45 41 40B n ^ (granulated) 9 A • 409 26 19 23 18

s 9 4 00 66 91 89 90B utter^*

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440

4 90

409

kU above articled of Food ^(welghtod Percentage > In c re a s e ) ..................................J

35 34 35 35

• II bind U aeldoni dealt with In a locality, the returna quote the piioea ^ kind locaUy repreaentaUve.

T Tb* d eK ^ tio D of cheeee Iot which prleea are quoted la In moat oaaea u a n a d l^ or New Zealand, b u t lu aoine dlatrlcU the returns quote the prices of another kind locally representative.

RENT, CLOTHING, FUEL AND LIGHT.As regards reTiis, enquiries which have been made into the changes

which have taken effect under the Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions Acts indicate that the average increase in the controlled rents (inoluding rates) of working-class dwellings between July, 1914, and 1st April, 1937, was approximately 51 per cent. When decontrolled rents are also includ^, the combined average increase, as compared with July, 1914, in controlled and decontrolled working- class rents (inoluding rates) is approximately 59 per cent. This latter figure has been utilised in calculating the final percentage increase shown below for “ ail items.”

As regards clothtTiff, owing to the wide range of quotations, both now and before the war, to changes in qualities and in stocks held by retailers, and to the variations in the extent to which different articles and qualities have been affected by price changes, it is impossible to make an exact calculation of the increase in prices. Information which has been collected, however, from retailers in the principal towns as to the prices of clothing bought by working- class families indicates that for articles of, as far as possible, similar quality at each date, the average increase in retail prices between July, 1914, and 1st April, 1937, was between 95 and 100 per cent. For the separate groups of items included the percentage increases were approximately : men’s suits and overcoats 70, woollen material for women’s outer clothing 135—140, woollen underclothing and hosiery 125, cotton material for women’s outer clothing 135, cotton underclothing material and hosiery 100-105, boots and shoes 85-90.

In the fuel and light group the prices of coal were on the average about 90 per cent, above the level of July, 1914. The average price of gas was between 45 and 50 per cent, above the pre-war level. For the fuel and light group aa a whole (inoluding coal, gas, oil, candles and matches) the average increase at 1st April, as compared vdth July, 1914, was between 75 and 80 per cent. ■5h«.

ALL ITEMS.If the average increases in the cost of all the foregoing items are

combined in accordance with their relative importance in pre-war working-class family expenditure, allowance being also made for the increase in the prices of soap, soda, domestic ironmongery, brushware and pottery, tobacco, fares and newspapers (averaging between 70 and 75 per cent.), the resultant general average increase for 1st April, 1937, is approximately 51 per cent, over the level of July, 1914, as compared with 51 per cent, at 1st March, 1937, and 44 per cent, at 1st April, 1936.

The result of this calculation (in which the same quantities and as far as possible, the same qualities of each item are taken now aa in 1914) is to show the average increase in the cost of maintaining un changed the pre-vxir standard of living of toorking-dass families {i.e., the standard actually prevailing in working-class families before the war, irrespective of whether such standard was adequate or not). In view of the variations in the amounts of increase in the prices of different commodities, it is probable that economies or readjustmente in expenditure have been effected in many families, especially in those cases where incomes have not increased so much aa prices. On the other hand, the standard of living has doubtless risen in many cases in which wages have been increased in greater proportion than prices. No allowance is made in the fiigures for any such alterations in the standard of living, as to which trustworthy statistics are not available.

SUMMARY T A B LE : 1920 to 1937.The following Table shows the average percentage increase, as

compared with July, 1914, for all the items included in the statistics, at the beginning of each month, 1920 to 1937 :—

Average Percentage Increase since July, 1914— All Items. (Food, rent, clothing, fuel and light, etc.)

Year. Jan . Feb. Mar. Apr. May. June. Ju ly . Aog. Sept. Oct. Nov. Deo.

1920 125 130 130 132 141 150 152 155 161 164 176 1691921 165 151 141 133 128 119 119 122 120 110 103 991922 92 88 86 82 81 80 84 81 79 78 80 801923 78 77 76 74 70 69 69 71 73 75 75 771924 77 79 78 73 71 69 70 71 72 76 60 811925 80 79 79 75 73 72 73 73 74 76 76 771926 75 73 72 68 67 68 70 70 72 74 79 791927 75 72 71 65 64 63 66 64 65 67 69 691928 68 66 64 64 64 65 65 65 65 66 67 681929 67 65 66 62 61 60 61 63 64 65 67 671930 66 64 61 57 55 54 55 57 57 56 57 551931 S3 52 50 47 47 43 47 45 45 45 46 481932 47 47 46 44 43 42 43 41 41 43 43 431933 42 41 39 37 36 36 38 39 41 41 43 431934 42 41 40 39 37 38 41 42 43 43 44 441935 43 42 41 39 39 40 43 43 43 45 47 471936 47 47 46 44 44 44 46 46 47 48 51 511937 51 51 51 51 1

NOTE.A detailed account of the r, Ihod of compilation of these statistics,

** The Cost of Living Index'^A.'umber: Method of Compilation,*^ is obtainable, price 3d. net (3^d. post free), from H.M . Stationery Office at any of the addressM skoxon on the cover of this G a z e t t e .

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RETAIL PRICES OVERSEAS.N.B.— Whtl^ th t p tru fU a g es given in the follo iping S u m m a ry

Tables are derived fr o m the m ost au thorita tive sources o f statis- t i ta l in fo rm a tion , certa in differences in the na ture a n d scope o f the data used, in the m ethods o f com bining suck data and in Ike p -rio d s f ^ w hich the rise is m easured, suggest the need fo r cau tion in draw ing conclusions fr o m a com parison b e tw u n the fig u res fo r a n y two countries or cities. I n every case (he percentage calculation is based on the cost o f a f ix e d lis t o f com m odities taken in identical quan tities.

I.— FOOD.P e b c e n t a o b I n c r e a s e in R e t a il F o o d P r ic e s in t h e V a r io u s

Co u n t r ie s a s c o u f a h e d w it h J u l y , 1914 .*

Porceoiage Increase as compared withJu ly , 19I4,*

Country.July, Ju ly , Ju ly ,

L atest figures available.

1934. 1935. 1936.Bise. Date.

Oreat Britain a.vdPer

cent.Per

cent.Per

cent.Per

cent.Per

cent. 1937.Northern Irbland ... 18 22 26 29 35 1 Apr.

F oeeion countries.Austria (Vienna) 4 0 2 0 - Mar.Otechoslovakla (Prague) 562 553 585 575 570 'iFeb.E gypt (C a lro )t................ 1 18 19 * * 4 14 :[July. *36FlnlaQd§S ................ 807 755 809 792 831f If Jan.Franco ( P a r i s ) ................ 408 591 325 362 476 Mar.

„ (other towns) ... 392H 370^ 3051 3521 440 Feb.Gennany ................ 14 20 23 24 22 Mar.Holland (AmBterdam)tt 17J 23t 18{ 19J 24 Ja n .N orw ay ............................ 32 33 40 ■45 48 Jan .Spain (Madrid)t 79 81 76 4 4 4 76 A pr.,’36

„ (Barcelona)t ... 65 68 72 4 4 4 77 Nov., '35Swedont ................ 23 25 32 35 36 Feb.Switzerland ................ 16 15 15 20 29 Feb.United S t a t e s ................ 13 17

127 33 34 Jan .

British Dominions, <&o.Australia ................ x6 19 25 27 30 Feb.Canada ............................. _5** 1 3 9 16 Feb.Ind ia (B om bay):

N ative famlllea -5 « * -13** _4** Mar.Irish Free S tate ... 29H 341f 401 451 53 Feb.New Zealand ................ 4 11 18 25 30 Feb.South Africa ................ _2** 3 2 1 0 Feb.

ALL ITEMS.PSBCHNTAGB I n OBBASE IN THE VARIOUS COUNTRIES IN THE CoST

OF F o o d , t o g e t h e r w it h (s o p a r a s p o s s ib l e ) H o u s e - R e n t , Cl o t h in g , F u e l a n d L ig h t , a n d o t h e r H o u s e h o l d R e q u ir e m e n t s , AS c o m p a r e d w it h J u l y , 1 9 1 4 .*

Item s onPercentage Increase as compared

w ith Ju ly , 1914.*

Country.which

Computation is Ju ly , July, Ju ly , Ju ly ,

L atest figures available.

based.S 1933. 1934. 1935. 1936.Rise. Date.

Great Britain AND Northern

Percent.

Percent.

Percent.

Percent.

Percent. 1937.

Ireland A 3 |0 J> ,E 38 41 43 46 51 1 Apr.F oreign '

OOUNTRIBS.AuBtrla(Vienna) 5 4 5 4 4 iHar.Belgium A ,0,l),B 595 554 554 574 619 Mar.Czechoslovakia

(Prague) ... A,B,0,D,B 596 593 61711II 609[j II 615 Feb.Denmark A |B ,0,D |E 60 66 73 74 75 Jan.Bgypt (Cairo)... A,£,C|D,B 24 27 30 30 29 'Dec.'36.Fiuland§§ A3sO,D,B 901 867 896 888 92011 Jan.France (Paris) A 3 3 ,D ,B 41611 41111 36911 40411 440 4thQr. ’36Germaov A,B,0|iD,B 18 22 24 25 25 Mar.HoUand (Am-

sterdam ){t — A,B,0,D,B m 401 36 | 311 34 Jan.Norway A,B,0,D,B 48 48 51 55 58 ‘Jan .Sweden A.I^CkTKB 53 65 56 58 58 Jan .Switzerland ... a 3 , o 3 51 29 28 30 36 'Feb.United S tates... A ,B ,C |I)3 30J 37t 40 43 44 ,Sept.,'56

S bitisb Dominions, &a. Australia A ,B ,03pB 1811 1911 2211 2511 25 4thQr.,’36Canada A ,B ,0 3 3 20 22 23 26 29 Feb.India (B om bay): N.'ttive families A.B.CbD 3 -3 * * 1 1

1

4 Mar.Irls^h Free State A,B,(5,D,B 491 521 561 591 67 Feb.New Zealand... A,B,0,D,B 27 29 33 37 43 Feb.South Africa ... A,B,C,D,B 14 16 16 16 16 .

1Feb.

• Exceptions to th is arc : EgJT>t. January, 1913, to July, 1914; Finland, January to June, 1914; Switzerland, June, 1914; Spain, South Africa, 1914; Gemmny, 1913-1914; Holland, 1911-1913: Belgium, April, 1914; United States, Canada, 1913; Australia (all items), Ifovemher, 1914. The Australianpercentages for all items are weighted averages for the six capital cities. The w reentages are calculated, in Austria, on prices converted a t the rate of 1-44 Schilllug equals one pre-war Krone, and, in the other countries, on prices

Fuel and L ight;

In the ordinary currency.t Fuel and light are also Included In these figures.1 Figure for June,5 A = Food: B — Eouse-B ent; 0 — Clothing; 2>

E •= Other or Miscellaneous Item s.H Figure for 3rd Quarter. S Figure for August. • • Decrease. t t The figures for 1936 and subsequent years are on a revised basis.

Revised figure.I iS B ase : Jauuary-Junc, 1914. The series formerly published (base :

1914) is no longer available.The method of calculation was revised in 1937.

LABOUR GAZETTE April, 1937.

FATAL INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.t' ?*>-“ than seamen, in Great Britain

and Northern Ireland, whose deaths from accidents in the course oItheir employment occurred or were reported in March was 911Ma° h™?q K‘* 179* in the previous month, and irith 165 inMarch, 1936, Fatal Mcidents to seamen reported in March numheredm ’ "h ^ month, and with 28 in

R a il w a y S e r v ic e .

Brakoemen, Gooda Guards Engine Drivers, MotormenFiremen ...............Guards (Passenger) Permanent Way Men Porters Shunters MoohanicsLabourers ...............Other Grades Contractors’ Servants

• a *• ••

• • •

TOTAL, RAILWAY SERVICE

M in e s .Qnderground Surface

22

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TOTAL, HINES 72

Q u a r r ie s o v e r 2 0 f e e t deep 6

F A eroB iB S a n d W o r k s h o p s ,Clay, Stone, Cement, Pot

tery and Glass ... ... 5Chemicals, Oils, Soap, e tc .... 2Metal Extracting and Re

fining ........................... 4Metal Conversion and

Founding (inclnding Rolling Mills and TubeM aking)...........................

Engineering, Locomotive Building, Boilermaking, o te . . . . . . . . . .

Railway and Tramway Carriages, Motor and other V’ efaicles, and Aircraft Manufacture

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F a c t o r ie s a n d W o r k sh o ps — continued.

Shipbuilding Other Meta! Trades CottonWool, Worsted, Shoddy Other Textile Manufacture Textile Printing, Bleaching

and Dyeing Tanning, CnrryingFood and Drink ...............General Woodwork and

Furniture ...............Paper, Printing, etc.Rubber ..............Gas W’orks...........................Electric Generating Statioiu Other Industries ...............

P l a c e s u n d e r s s . 104-106, F a o t o r t A c t , 1901 .

Docks, Wharves, etc. ... 8Buildings ...........................23Warehouses and Railways 1

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U s e o r W o r k in g T ra m w a y

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(e sc iu d in s

S e a m e n .Trading Vessels—

Sailing ...............Steam and Motor

Fishing Vessels, Steam and Motor

9 4 4

4 4 4

TOTAL, SEAMEN

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INDUSTRIAL DISEASES.T h e total number of cases-f of poisoning, anthrax, and epitheliomatous and chrome ulceration in Great Britain and Northern Ireland reported during March, under the Factory and Workshop Ac* or under the l ^ d Paint (Protection against Poisoning) Act, was 35; the total number of d ea ih si report^ was 4.

4 4 4

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I. Case*.L e a d P o iso n in g .

Among Operatives engaged In- Smelting of Metals Plumbing and Soldering... Shipbreaking Printing ...Tinning of Metals Other Contact with

Molten L e a d ...............White and Red Lead

Works ...Pottery ...Vitreous Enamelling Electric Accumulator

Works ... ...............Paint and Colour Works India-rubber Works Coach and Car PointingShipbuilding ...............Paint used in Other In

dustries ...............Other Industries Painting of Buildings ...

L Cases—continue-J.E pit h e l io m a t o u s U lcera tio n

(S k in Ca n c e r ).Pitch ........................... 9*L"ar... ... ... ... 3Paraffin ... ... ... ...Clil ... ... ... 6

4 4 4 TOTAL . . . 20

4 4 4 4 4 4

C hrom e U lc er a tio n . C!hromium Plating ...Other Industries ... 4 4 4

• • 4 4 4 4

TOTAL . . .

Total, Cases ...4 4 4

n . D e a th s .L ea d P o iso n in g .

Pottery ...........................2

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A n t h r a x .Handling of Horsehair ... 1

TOTAL 4 4 4

An t h r a x .Handling of Horsehair

E pith elio m a to d s U lceration (S k in Ca n ck b).

Od ... ... ... ... 1

• ♦ i Total, Deaths

alP fatal* cases reported during tha moiith» wh tbor Included (as oases) in previous returns or not.

Kevised figure. ,t Cosea Include all attacks reported during the month, and not prevlouaij ported, 60 far as Is known, during the preceding 12 months. Inclode

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SHIPBUILDING _FIRST QUARTER OF 1937-

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AnroRDiNG to Lloyd’s Register Quarterly Shipbuilding Returns the ^ s s tonnage of merchant vessels under construction Britain and Ireland at the end of March, 1937, amounted to tons This was 50.812 tons moreand 172 093 tons more than at the ond of March, 1936, and the high (wt Quarterly total reconJed since September, 1930, and the firat since fât £ te exc^d a milUon tons. The tonnage commenced duringthfquarter was 253,493 tons; this was 19,053 tons the December quarter. The tonnage launched amounted to 175,686 Ions a decrease of 104,711 tons as compared w i^ the previous quarter. The total horsepower of marine engines under construction or being installed on board vessels in Great Britain and Ireland at S e c id of March. 1937, amounted to 935,153 h.p. as compared m th 900,921 h.p. in the previous quarter. The a b ^ e figures are exclusive of warships and of merchant vessels under 100 tons.

COTTON MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY (TEMPORARY PROVISIONS) ACT, 1934-

R evision of R ates of W ages of W eavers.The Minister of Labour, on 12th April, 1937, made two 9 ^ e r a under the Cotton Manufacturing Industry (Temporary Provisions) Act 1934. The Cotton Manufacturing Industry (Rates of Wages for Weavers) (Revocation) Order, 1937*, revokes the Cotton Manufacturing Industry (Rates of Wages for Weavers) O rd e^ l9 3 5 t; and the Cotton Manufacturing Industry (Rates of Wages for Weavers) Order, 1937t brings into force revised rates of wages to be paid to weavers, as set out in the Order and the schedule thereto, and contained in an agreement made on 5th January, 1937, between the Cotton Spinners’ and Manufacturers’ Association and the Amalgamated Weavers’ Association.

Both Orders came into force on 12th April, 1937.

COAL MINES ACT, 19 11 .THE COAL MINES GENERAL REGULATIONS (WINDING

AND HAULAGE), 1937.T h e Board of Trade made on 2nd March, 1937, General Regulations under section 86 of the Coal Mines Act, 1911, entitled the Coal Mines General Regulations (Winding and Haulage) 1937,§ which amend the statutory requirements as to measures for the prevention of overwinding and as to the care and treatment of winding and haulage ropes and detaching gear at all mines to which that Act applies.

Regulations 1-4 relate to the efiBciency of automatic contrivances to prevent overwinding and of winding engine brakes, and come into force on 1st January, 1938. Reîlations 5-18, which came into force on 1st April, 1937, amend the statutory provisions governing the use of winding ropes, cage chains and detaching gear, and the method of capping of winding and haulage ropes, and require special records concerning such apparatus to be kept at the mine.

LEGAL CASES AFFECTING LABOUR.Trade Board Acti, 1909-1918.

Milk D istrebutive Trade (England and W ales).A n employer, charged with underpaying a male worker, pleaded not guilty, but was fined £10. His agent, who was similarly charged with the underpayment, and also with the production of a false record, was fined £5 and £10 respectively. An order was made for the payment of £30 arrears of wagre.—Rex v. Edtoard Hodges and Thomas James Cox. Ramsgate Pdice Court. 12th March, 1937.

UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCEBOARD.

PERIODS OF OCCASIONAL SICKNESS RULES, 1937.The Unemployment Assistance (Periods of Occasional Sickness) Rules, 1937,t| were made by the Unemployment Assistance Board on 30tb March, and confirmed by the Minister of Labour on 31st March, having been finally settled in accordance with section 1 (2) of the Rules Publication Act, 1893. Under section 2 of that Act the Provisional Rules of 1934^ cease to be in force.

The purpose of the Rules is to provide that a person with an unemployment allowance who falls sick or is incapacitated shall, notwithstanding such sickness or incapacity, be deemed to be capable of and available for work, for the purpose of section 36 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1934, for certain specified limited periods, provided the sickness or incapacity is occasional

• SUUxUoru Rulet and Orders, 1937, No. 297. H.M. Stationery Office: price Id . net ( l id . , post-free).

t Statutory Rules and Orders, 1935, No. 602. H.M. Stationery Office; price 8d. net (9d., post-Cree). S u the Issue of th is Gazette for Ju ly , 1935, page 281.

* ShUutory Rules arui Orders, 1937, No. 298. H.M. Stationery Office; price0U* D6v*J Stauaory Rules and Orders, 1937, N o. 143. H.M. Stationery Office;

price 2d. ne t (2id. post-free).nSW utory Rm Us and Orders, 1937, N o. 263. H.M. Stationery Office;

prire Id . ne t (IJd ., post-free).1 8 u the issue of th is Gazette for January , 1935, page 41,

LABOUR GAZETTE.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.BANKING INDUSTRY SPECIAL SCHEME

(VARIATION AND AMENDMENT) ORDER, 1937.*T his Order, which was made by the Minister of Labour on 19th March, 1937, amends paragraph (1) of the second schedule to the Banking Industry Special Scheme, by reducing the “ waiting period ” from a week to three days. The Order thus brings the Banking Industry Special Scheme into agreement with the general scheme of unemployment insurance in the matter of the “ waiting period,” which has been reduced to three days under the Unemployment Insurance (Additional Daj's and Waiting Period) Order, 1937.f

INSURANCE INDUSTRY SPECIAL SCHEME (VARIATION AND AMENDMENT) ORDER, i 937-tThis Order, which was made by the Minister of Labour on 19th March, 1937, makes two amendments in the Insurance Industry Special Scheme. The effect of the first is to amend clause 41 of the scheme, so that when “ additional ” days, t.e., days of benefit in excess of 156 days in a benefit year, are computed, claimants will lose only one “ additional ” day for every eight days’ benefit drawn in the preceding five years, instead of one day for every fiive days* benefit, as heretofore. This amendment only affects benefit years beginning on or after 1st January, 1937. Secondly, the Order amends clause 42 of the scheme so as to reduce the waiting period from six days to three.

The Order thus effects the same changes in the Insurance Industry Special Scheme as were made in the general scheme of unemployment insurance by the Unemployment Insurance (Additional Days and Waiting Period) Order, 1937.t

U^ÊMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STATUTORYCOMMITTEE.

NOTICE OE DRAFT REGULATIONS.T he Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee give notice that draft Unemployment Insurance (Benefit) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1937, have been submitted to them by the Minister of Labour under section 104 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935.

Copies of the draft Regulations may bo obtained on application to the Secretary to the Unemployment Lisurance Statutory Committee, Queen Anne’s Chambers, Broadway, Westminster, London, S.W .l. Any objection by or on behalf of persons affected by the draft Regulations must be sent to the Secretary on or before 23rd April, 1937. Every objection must be in writing, and must state the portions of the ^ a ft which are objected to, the specific grounds of objection, and the omissions, additions or modifications asked for.

9th April 1937. W. H. B ev ebid o b , Chairman.

DECISIONS GIVEN BY THE UMPIRE.The Umpire is a judicial authority independent of the Ministry of

Labour, appointed by the Crown {su Section 40 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935), for the purpose of determining d isp u te claims to benefit. His decisions! final.

Appeals to the Umpire may be made by the Insurance Officer or by an Association of which the claimant is a member, or, with the leave of the Chairman of the Court of Referees, by the claimant himself. The claimant may also appeal if the decision of the Court was not unanimous.

The following recent decision U of general interest:—

Case No. 1709/37 (22.3.37).S ection 28 of the U nemployment I nsurance A ct, 1937—refusal

OR FAILURE TO APPLY FOR WORK-CLAIMANT, A SEAMAN, LOST EMPLOYMENT WHEN HIS SHIP WENT INTO DRY DOCK— SHIP EXPECTED TO SAIL AGAIN, AND IN FACT SAILED, ABOUT A FORTNIGHT LATER— CLAIMANT ELECTED TO WAIT FOR HIS SHIP AND INFORMED SHIPPING FEDERATION THAT HE WOULD NOT ACCEPT EMPLOYMENT ON ANOTHER SHIP— OWNERS WERE PREPARED TO, AND DID, RE-ENGAGE HIM— CLAIMANT HELD TO BE IN SAME POSITION AS A WORKER TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED FOR SHORT PERIOD AND TO BE JUSTIFIED IN REFUSING EMPLOYMENT WHICHWOULD HAVE PREVENTED HIM FROM RETURNING TO HIS SHIP.

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The material circumstances of this case are as stated in the following decision :—

Decision.— ‘‘ On the facts before me my decision is that the claim for benefit is allowed.

• Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937, No. 217. H.M. Stationery Office; price Id . ne t (IJd ., post free).

t Statutory Rules and Orders. 1937, No. 194. H.M. Stationery Office' price Id . ne t ( l id . , post-froo). See last m onth’s issue of th is Gazette, page 121.

J Statutory Rules and Orders, 1937, No. 218. H.M. Stationery Office; price Id . ne t ( l id . , post free).

§ Selocteil decisions of the Um pire arc published : (!) in montIUy pam phlets —U .l. Code 8b . (The latest pam plilct Is th a t for February, 1937, price 2d. n e t; the pam phlets are also obtainable by annual subscription of 2s. 6d. net): (11) in annual volumes (the latest volume Is th a t for 1935, price 3i. net); (ill) in the following special volum es:—(o) U .l. Code 8 containing specially selected decisions prior to 19th April, 1928 (price 15s. n e t); (6) U J . Code 8a, containing spoclally selected decisions from 19th April. 1928, to 12tli .Morcli, 1930 (price 6s. net), and (c) U .l. Code 8c, coutainiug s e le c t^ decUiuim from 13th March, 1930, to 3 Ist Documbor, 1934 (price 10s. net).

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the S.0. ‘ Quickstep ’ from 9th June to 21st December, 1936. The ship went into dry dock on the last-named date, and she was expected to sail again on 4th January, 1937. In fact, she came out of dry dock on that day and sailed on the following day. The claimant was prepared and anxious to resume his employment on the ‘ Quickstep ’ ns soon as she put to sea again, and the shipowners were prepared to employ him. The claimant wont to sea on the ' Quickstep ’ on 5th January, 1937, and so could not attend the Court of Referees who heard and decided his claim on that day.

“ On 23rd December, 1936, the claimant was requested to apply to the Shipping Federation which had vacancies for seamen. He called on the Federation to whom he stated that he would not take employment on any ship other than the ‘ Quickstep.’

“ In these circumstances the claim for benefit made by the claimant on 23rd December, 1936, was referred to the Court of Referees for a decision whether it could be allowed, and, in particular, whether the claimant had neglected to avail himself of a reasonable opportunity of suitable employment.

” The Court of Referees disallowed the claim for benefit, and disqualified the claimant for receiving benefit for six weeks from 23rd December, 1936.

“ The claimant’s association has appealed against the Court’s decision.

“ The claimant was in the position analogous to that of a claimant who is temporarily suspended from his fcraployment. In such a case, if the suspension is of short duration, and is not due to short- time working, it has been held that the claimant is justified in refusing employment which would prevent him from returning to the employment from which he had so been suspended {see Decisions 20/25,* 1518/251). A claimant who has a definite promise of employment to start in the immediate future has been held to be justified in refusing other employment which would prevent him from undertaking the promised employment {see the fourth paragraph of Decision 12730/30|;).

“ The present case is not analogous to that of a claimant whose suspension is of substantial or indefinite duration {see the penultimate paragraph of Decision 12730/30), or of a claimant whose suspension is due to short time working {see Decision 3261§), or of a claimant who is offered employment of short duration which would not prevent him from resuming his former employment at the end of the period of suspension (Decisions 353/25,|| 6051/36^). In such cases there is no justification for refusing an offer of employment provided that the employment is not unsuitable employment under the provisions of section 28 (2) of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935.

“ Applying the principle of the cases mentioned in the preceding paragraph but one, I decide that the claimant does not incur disqualification for receiving benefit under the provisions of section 28 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1935.'

INDUSTRIAL COURTS ACT, 19 19 , AND CONCILIATION ACT, 18 96 ,

Recent Proceedings.INDUSTRIAL COURT DECISIONS.

P a c k e r s , No. 1 R.A.F. St o r e s D e p o t : K id b r o o k e .— The trade union side of the Miscellaneous Trades Joint Council for Government Departments submitted a claim that the rate of pay of packers employed in the No. 1 R.A.F. Stores Depot at Kidbrooke should be 64s. 8d. a week, the rate laid down for packers in the agreement between the Workers’ Union and the Export and Allied Trades Society, Limited. The official side opposed the claim, on the ground that on a comparison with outside industry the wages paid were fair and reasonable. The Court decided that the present method of determining the men’s wages should not be disturbed, and awarded against the claim.—Award No. 1672; dated 22nd March, 1937.

CIVIL SERVICE ARBITRATION TRIBUNALDECISIONS.

T e a p f io S u p e r in t e n d e n t s , Cla ss I a n d Cla ss II, a n d As s is t a n t T b a f f ic S u p e r in t e n d e n t s : P o st Of f ic e .—The Federation of Post Office Supervising Officers claimed that (i) the maximum of traffic superintendents, class I, should be increased from £575 8s. to £615; (ii) the allowances of £60 granted to traffic superintendents, class I, in seven districts, be paid to all traffic superintendents, class I, in charge of 10 or more traffic officers; and (iii) the scales of pay awarded by the Industrial Court in July, 1934, should be rounded off to the following amounts :—

Traffic Superintendents, Class I ... £520 rising by £18 to £615 Traffic Superintendents, Class II ... £445 „ „ £18 to £520Assistant Traffic Superintendents ... £180 „ „ £18 to £435At the hearing it was suggested to the parties that they should

jointly consider the question of allowances, and eventually agreement was reached that an allowance of £60 per annum be paid to traffic superintendents, class I, in charge of twelve or more traffic officers, and an allowance of £45 per annum w’here nine, ten, or eleven traffic officers have to be supervised, subject to review in

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1940. The Tribunal agreed to these proposals, and also awarded the following scales of pay :—

Traffic Superintendents, Class I Traffic Superintendents, Class II Assistant Traffic Superintendents .

Award No. 4; dated 1st March, 1937.

» # •£520 rising by £18 to £580 £445 „ „ £18 to £520£180 „ „ £18 to £435

CONCILIATORS, SINGLE ARBITRATORS, AND AD HOC BOARDS OF ARBITRATION

APPOINTED BY THE MINISTER OF LABOURB oot a n d Sh o e Ma n u f a c t u r e : N o r th a m pto n .— A difference

having arisen between the two sides of the Board of Conciliation and Arbitration for the Boot and Shoe Trade of Northampton as to the price to bo fixed for operating the No. 8 Toe Lasting Machine in a particular factory, Mr. W. Addington Wilhs, C.B.E., was appointed under the Conciliation Act, 1896, to act as Umpire to determine the matter, and issued an Award on 13th March, 1937, deciding the price to be paid for the operation in question.

TRADE BOARDS ACTS.Orders, Notices, etc., Recently Issued.

NOTICES OF PROPOSAL.iesale Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain).

Proposal R.M.(30), dated 15th March, 1937, to vary general minimum time rates, piece-work basis time rates, and overtime rates for male and female workers.

Objection period expires 12th May, 1937.

Flax end Hemp Trade Board Great Britain).Proposal F.H.(37), dated 5th April, 1937, to vary general minimum

time rates, piece-work basis time rates, general minimum piece rates, and overtime rates for male workers, and general minimum time rates, piece-work basis time rates, and overtime rates for female workers.

Objection period expires 2nd June, 1937.

TRADE BOARDS INSPECTORATE.CHANGE OF ADDRESS IN SCOTLAND DIVISION.

T h e following amendment is required in the list of addresses of the Trade Board Divisional Offices which was published on page 194 of the issue of this Ga z e t t e for May, 1936:—

Scotland Division (comprising the whole of Scotland):—51, Melville Street, Edinburgh, 3.

{Tel. N o .: Edinburgh 21061.)

OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED.[N o t e .—The prices are net, and do not include postage.]

Co t t o n I n d u s t r y .—Cotton Manufacturing Industry {Temporary Provisions) Act, 1934. Report by the Board a p p o in t to consider and report on a joint application by the Cotton Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association and the Amalgamated Weavers' Association, dated ^th January, 1937, for the making of an Order under the Act. Ministry of Labour. [S.O. publication; price 2d.]: see page 132. of this Ga z e t t e .

F a t ig u e .—Fatigue and boredom in repetitive work. Industrial Health Research Board. Report No. 77. [S.O. pubheation; price Is. 3d.]

I n d u s t r ia l Co u r t— Vol. xviii. Awards 1,637 to 1,691 : le< January to 31ei December, 1936. Ministry of Labour. [S.O. publication; price 2s. 6d.]

I n d u s t r ia l H e a l t h .—Report of the Medical Research Council for the year 1935-1936. [Cmd. 5378; price 3s.]

J u v e n il e E m pl o y m e n t .—Second annual report, 1936, of the London Regional Advisory Council. Ministry of Labour. [S.O, publication; price 2d.]

M in in g .—(i) Coal Mines Act, 1911. Regulations and orders relating to safely and health, 1937 edition. (Revised to 1st January, 1937.) Mines Department. [S.O. pubheation; price Is. 6d.]. (ii) Statistical summary of output, of the costs of production,proceeds and profits of the coal mining industry for the guarier ended i l s t December, 1936. Mines Department. [Cmd. 5419; price Id.]: see page 132 of this Ga z e t t e .

N u t r it io n .—Advisory Committee on Nutrition, first report, ■ Ministry of Health. [S.O. publication; price. Is.]

P o o r R e l ie f .—Statemeiil showing the number of persons in receipt of poor relief in England and Wales in the quarter ending December, 1936, with some particulars as to the number of “ unemployed ” persons in receipt of such relief. Ministry of Health. [S.O. publication; price 6 d L ]

U n e m pl o y m e n t I n su r a n c e .— (i) Analytical guide to decisions by the Umpire respecting daims for benefit (U.I. Code 7). Amendment No. 3 to Parts I and IV. March, 1937. Ministry of Labour. [S.O. publication; price 2d.] (ii) Unemployment Insurance Act, 19^. Selected decisions given by the Umpire on daims for benefit during the month of February, 1937. U.I. Code 8B. Pamphlet No. 2, 1937. Ministry of I^abour. [S.O. publication; price 2d.]

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ADMIBALTY.Absorbers : A. C. Cossor, Ltd., London, N .-A daptors : Ploj'cr,

Mitchell & Breeden, Birmingham.—Alternators, Motor : ^.ewton Bros. (Derby), Ltd., Derby; Electric Construction Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Aluminium Trays : Bulpitt & Sons, Ltd., Bir- mingham.-ArnmeterS : Ernest Tunier Electric Instraments Co., Ltd!, High Wycombe.—Anchors : W. L. Byers & Co., Ltd^ Sunder- land. Sub-Contractors for Castings: Wolsingham Steel Co., Ltd., Wolingbam. Sub-Contractors for Eorgings : T. S. Forster & Sons, Ltd Sunderland.—Avometers : Automatic Coil Winder & Elec- trical Equipment Co., Ltd., London, S.W .-B athS, Galvanized, etc. j Eveson Bros. (1928), Ltd., Lye.— Batteries : Chloride Electrical Storage Co.. Ltd., Manchester; D. P. Battery Co., Ltd., Bakewell; Heilesens, Ltd., London, E .; Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; General Electric Co., Ltd., Birmingham.— Battery Boxes, etc. : Wm. McGeoch & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.— Belts and Pouches : Hobson & Sons (London), Ltd., London, W .; Barrow Hepburn & Gale, Ltd., London, S.E.; Blackman Leather Goods Co., Ltd., London, S.E.— Blocks, Non-ferrous : Player, Mitchell & Breeden, Birmingham; David Flanagan, Ltd., Irvine; Ansell, Jones & Co., Ltd , Birmingham.— Boats : British Power Boat Co., Southampton; A Rutherford & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead. Sub-contractors for Engines and Reverse Gears: Norris Henty & Gardners, Ltd., Manchester. Sub-Contractors for other Machinery and Installation : Ferry Engine Co., Ltd., Southampton. Sub-Contractors for Electrical Equipm ent: J. B. Marr & Co., London.— Boots : John Horrell & Son, Ltd., Wellingborough; Owen Smith (Raunds), Ltd., Wellingborough; Tebbutt & Hall Bros., Ltd., Wellingborough.— Boots and ShOCS :R. Coggins & Sons, Ltd., Wellingborough.— Bottle Racks : Bulpitt & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham.— Boxes and Tanks, Steel, etc. : Thomas Marshall & Son, Ltd., Leeds.— Boxes, Tool : Davies Bros. & Co.,

, Ltd., Wolverhampton.— Branch Breakers : Whipp & Bourne, Ltd., Manchester.—Brushes, Painters : C. H. Leng & Sons, Birmingham;

I F. Brockley & Son, Banstead; Lee & James, Ltd., Birmingham;; P. P. Baker, London, N .; Bcechwood, Ltd., Chesham; Newton &

Cook, London, S.W.— Buckets, etc. : Sargeant, Turner & Sons, Ltd., Lye; Pratt Bros., Ltd., Birmingham.— Buildings, Modernisation Of : E. & A. Sprigings, Portsmouth.—Cable ; Johnson & Phillips, Ltd., London, S.E.; British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Helsby.—Capstan Gear : Napier Bros., Ltd., Glasgow. Sub-Contractors for Electric^ Equipment: W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd., Bedford.—Carbonic Acid Gas : J. Bennet Lawes & Co., Ltd., London, E.—Carriages for Lanterns : Engineering & Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., St. .Mbans. —Chain Cable : H. Reece, Cradley, Staffs.; H. Wood & Co., Ltd., Chester.—Chain Cable Gear : Brown, Lenox & Co., Ltd., Pontypridd. —Chain, Rigging and Pitched : Woodhouse Bros., CradJey Heath.— Chain, Steel : Joseph Woodhouse, OadJey Heath; Job Wheway & Son, Ltd., Walsall; Wm. Hackett, Old Hill; Parsons Chain Co., Ltd., Stourport.—Chamois Leather Skins : William Lawson & Sons, Otley, Yorks.—Cocks : W. N. Baines & Co., Ltd., Rotherham; Woodhouse & Co., Ltd., Doncaster.—Coffee : Samuel Hanson & Son, Ltd., London, S.E.—Compass Equipment: Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd.. Brentford.—Compass Gear : Ottway & Co., Ltd.,London, W .; Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., Brentford.—Compensating Gear : Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd., Gateshead.—Condensed Milk, Unsweetened ; Nestles Milk Products, Ltd., Staverton and/or Ashbourne.—Control Boards j Wm. McGeoch & Co., Ltd., Birmingham. -7-Controller Fingers : Allen, West & Co., Ltd., Brighton; Fairless Engineering Supplies Co., Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees; Wm. McGeoch & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Copper Nails : J. Stone & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; Tower Mfg. Co., Ltd., Worcester; David Powis & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham; Hall & Rice, Ltd., West Bromwich.— Copper Nickel Tubes : I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Birmingham.—Copper Rods and Strips : Enfield Rolling Mills, Ltd., Brimsdown; Delta Metal Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Copper Wire : British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Helsby.—Cork Carpet I Corticine Floor Covering Co., Ltd* Ponders End, Middlesex.—Cotton Sheeting : Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Ltd., Manchester.—Cotton Waste : Wm. Leigh, Ltd., Oldham; Porter Bros., Ltd., Liverpool; B. Dyson & Sons (1923), Ltd., Oldham; W. C. Jones, Ltd., Manchester; John Watte (Burnley), Ltd., Burnley; Charles E. Austin & Sons, Ltd., Manchester; Tom Tates (Cotton Waste), Ltd., Darwen.—Cranes: Ransomes & Rapier, Ltd., Ipswich; Cowans, Sheldon & Co., Ltd., Carlisle; Stothert & Pitt, Ltd., B ath; Thos. Smith & Sons (Rodley), Ltd., Leeds. Sub-Contractors for Motors and Control Gear: Laurence Scott & Electromotors, Ltd., Norwich. Sub-Contractors for Control Gear: Allen, West & Co., Ltd., Brighton.—Crystal Holders : Mar- wni’s W/T Co., Ltd., Chelmsford.—Cutters : A. Rutherford & Co., Ltd., Birkenhead; J. H. Pounder & Co., Hartlepool.—Deck Tubes, Steel : Fairless Engineering Supplies Co., Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees.— Die Castings ; LightaUoys, Ltd., London, N.W.—Diesel Engines : Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, Ltd., Stockport. Sub-Contractors for gectrical Equipment: W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd., Bedford.— Diesel Locomotives : Hunslet Engine Co., Ltd., Leeds.—Ditty Boxes : Lawson & Co. (Govan), Ltd., Glasgow.—Drillp Brown : E. Clegg & Son, Ltd., Littleborough.—Electric Generator: Clarke, Chapman & Co., Ltd., Gateshead.—Electric Torch Cases : Ever Ready Co. (Great Britain), Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Electric Tractors: Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds.—Enamel : Blacklock & MacArthur, Ltd., Glasgow; Wailes Dove Bitumastic, Ltd., Hebburn; Robert Ingham Clark & Co. & R. Gay & Co., London, E .; Paripan,

—Enamelled Ware and/or Hollow Ware : Eveson Bros. U92o), Ltd., Lye; J. & J. Siddons, Ltd., West Bromwich; Anglo Lnamelware, Ltd., West Bromwich; Tubular HoUow Ware Co., Ltd., Bnerley Bill.—Expanded Steel Sheets : Midland Expanded Metal to .. Ltd., Birmingham.—Fans : W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd., Bedford.—Fenders, Hazetrod : Robert A.. Dean, Ltd., Liverpool;

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T. Benjamin & Co., Liverpool.—Filter Units : Johnson & Phillips, Ltd., London, S.E.— Firebricks : Glenboig Union Fireclay Co., Ltd., Glenboig; J. G. Stein & Co., Ltd., Manuel, West Lotbian; Henry Foster & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Morgan Crucible Co., Ltd., Dairy, AyrsWro; Burn Fireclay Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne; Bonnybridgo Sihea & Fireclay Co., Ltd., Airdrie and Bonnybridge; J. T. Price & Co., Ltd., Stourbridge; Consett Iron Co., Ltd., Gonsott; E. J. & J. Pearson, Ltd., Stourbridge; English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co., Ltd., St. Austell; James Dougall & Sons, Ltd., Bonnybridge; Southwood, Jones & Co., Ltd., Risca.— Fish Fryers, etc. : MeWhirter, Roberts & Co., Ltd., London, E.—Fittings : General Electric Co., Ltd., Wembley.—Flexible Piping : Power Flexible Tubing, Ltd., London, N .; Interlock Metal Hose Co., Ltd., Bedford.— Flour : Parker Bros. (Mildenhall), Ltd., Mildenhall; Fareham Flour Mills Co., Ltd., Fareham; Spillers, Ltd. (Vernons Branch), London, E .; Spillers, Ltd. (Spillers & Bakers Branch), Cardiff; Foster Mills, Cambridge.— Furniture : Binns, Ltd., South Shields; Jas. Elliott & Sons, High Wycombe; A. H. McIntosh & Co., Ltd., Kirkcaldy.—Gauges, etc. : Ambrose Shardlow & Co., Ltd., Sheffield; Moore & Wright (Sheffield), Ltd., Sheffield.—Gland NutS ; L. Weekes (Luton), Ltd., Luton.—Glycerine : Glycerine, Ltd., Port Sunlight.—Golden Syrup : Tate & Lyle, Ltd., London, E .; Macfie & Sons, Ltd., Liverpool; Westburn Sugar Refineries, Ltd., Greenock.— Gold L ea f: William Wright & Sons, Ltd., Lymm.—Granite, Broken : West of England Road Metal Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Grindery : Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds, Ltd., Birmingham; Finlayson, Bousfield & Co., Ltd., Johnstone; Hall & Rice, Ltd., West Bromwich; City Leather Co., Derby; John Taylor & Sons (Shepherds Bush), Ltd., London, W .; James Horsfield, Ltd., Bradford; Harrison & Cook, Birmingham; British United Shoe Machinery Co., Ltd., Leicester.— Guard Rings and Brackets ; John Levick, Ltd., Birmingham.— Gymnasium Equipment : Wilkinson Sword Co., Ltd., London, W.; Spencer, Heather & George, Ltd., Ponders End; T. M. Gardiner, Ltd., Hoddesdon; Frank Bryan, Ltd., London, S .E .; F. H . Ayres, Ltd., London, E .C .; Winsor & Newton, Ltd., Wealdstone; Stuart, Surridge & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; Barrow, Hepburn & Gale, Ltd., London, S.E.; Blackman Leather Goods Co., Ltd., London, S.E .; W. M. Maddox & Co., London, S.E.— Hammer, Forging ; Alldays & Onions, Ltd., Birmingham.— Handles, Broom, etc. : C. W. Clinch & Sons, Newbury'; H. "Wells, Reading; John Brown & Sons (Thatcham) Ltd., Thatcham.— Hand Travellers : Wharton Crane & Hoist Co., Ltd., Reddish.— Heating Office Block, etc. : G. N. Haden & Sons, Ltd., Bournemouth.— HoiSts : MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.— Huts, Temporary, Supply and Erection o f : Jno. Harrison & Co., London, S.E.— Hydraulic Cutters and Knives : British Ropes, Ltd., Dagenham.— Inductance Colls ; Marconi’s W/T Co., Ltd., Chelmsford.— Insulator Fittings : Non Ferrous Die Casting Co., Ltd., London, N.W.—Japanned and Tin Ware : S. W. Builas & Sons, Ltd., O adley Heath; Bulpitt & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham; Ash Bros. & Heaton, Ltd., Birmingham; Amos Barber & Sons, Downham Market; Lawden & Poole, Birmingham; Rippingilles Albion Lamp Co., Ltd., Birmingham; S. J. & E. Fellows, Ltd., Wolverhampton; H. Finkelstein, London, E .; J. F. Farwig & Co., Ltd., London, E .C .; Farmer & Chapman, Ltd., Bilston; Armstrong Stamping Works, Ltd., Bilston; Newton, Shakespeare & Co., Ltd., Birmingham; Sargeant, Turner & Sons, Ltd., Lye; MeWhirter Roberts & Co., Ltd., London, E .; Orme, Evans & Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton; Archibald Kenrick & Sons, Ltd., West Bromwich; C. Eastgate & Son, Birmingham; Joseph S a ^ e y & Sons, Ltd., Bilston; Welsh Tinplate & Metal Stamping Co., Ltd., Llanelly.— Junction Boxes : Engineering & Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., St. Albans.— Knives, Forks or Steels : Maleham & Yeomans, Ltd., Sheffield; Harrison Bros. & Howson, Sheffield; T. Turner & Co. (Cutlers, Sheffield), Ltd., Sheffield; Ralph Hawley & Sons, Sheffield; Needham, Veall & Tyzack, Ltd., Sheffield; J. H. Potter & Sons, Ltd., Sheffield; John Clarke & Son, Ltd., Sheffield; S. & J. Kitchin, Sheffield; Joseph Allen & Sons, Ltd., Sheffield; Walker & Hall, Ltd., Sheffield.— Lampholders : Revo Electric Co., Ltd., Tipton; Wm. McGeoch & Co., Ltd., Birmingham; Samuel Heath & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham. Sub-Contractors for Insulation Materials : BuUers, Ltd., Milton.— Lampholders and Insulators : Sperryn & Co., Birmingham; General Electric Co., Ltd., Birmingham and Wembley.— Lamps, Electric : British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., R ugby; Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Ponders End, Rugby and Chesterfield; Siemens Electric Lamps & Supplies, Ltd., Preston. Subcontractors for Caps: Lamp Caps, Ltd., Chesterfield. Sub-Contractors for Bulbs : Lemington Glass Works, Lemington.— Lanterns: Engineering & Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., St. Albans.— Lantern and Boxes : Aldis Bros., Birmingham. Sub-Contractors for Glass : Chance Bros., Smethwick.— Lanterns and Lamp Fittings : Telford, Grier, Mackay & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.— Lanterns and Lights : Player, Mitchell & Breedon, Birmingham.— Lard : C. & T. Harris (Cahne), Ltd., Caine.— Lathes : Henry Broadbent, Ltd., Sowerby Bridge; John Lang & Sons, Ltd., Johnstone; O aven Bros. (Manchester), Ltd., Reddish.— Lathes, Boring and Screwcutting : John Lang & Sons, Ltd., Johnstone. Sub-Contractors for Motor: Lanca^ire Dynamo & Crypto, Ltd., Manchester; Allen, West & Co., Ltd., Brighton. Sub-Contractors for Control Gear. AUen, West & ( !o., Ltd., Brighton.— Lathes, Screw ing: Henry Broadbent, Ltd., Sowerby Bridge.— Lathes, Turret: H. W. Ward & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.— Laundry Machinery ; Baker, Perkins, Ltd., Peterborough; British Laundry Co., Ltd., Wembley; Thorp, Medley & Co., Ltd., Rochdale.— Lead Sheet and Pipe : Glynn Bros., Ltd., London, N .W .; Locke, Lancaster & W. W. & R. Johnson & Sons, Ltd., London, E.C.— Linen Gromots : A. F. Barnes, Harting.— Linoleum : Michael Nairn & Co., Ltd., Kirkcaldy; Barry Ostlere & Shepherd, Ltd., ICirkcaldy.— Locks : J. Parkes & Sons, Ltd., Willcnhall; M. W. Pinson & Sot>, WillenhaU; Walsall, Locks & Cart Gear, Ltd., Walsall.— Loud Sp ^kers : A. Graham & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Machine, Chucking ; A. C. Wickman, Ltd., Coventry. — Machinery, Distilling : Buckley & Taylor, Ltd., Oldham; Caird &

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(Wednesbury), Ltd., Wednesbtiry.—Machine, Head Shaping : Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Halifax.—Machines, Milling ; Alfred Herbert, Ltd., Coventry; .Tames Archdalo & Co., Ltd., Birmingham. Sub-Contractors for Motors and Control Gear : British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., Rugby.—Machines, Washing : Staines Kitchen Equipment Co., Ltd., London, N.W.—Magnetic Keys : Whipp & Bourne, Ltd., Manchester.—Main Breakers : Whipp & Bourne, Ltd., Manchester.—Mats and Matting, Coir : E.H.P. (Hadleigh), Ltd., Hadleigh.—Mica : Micanite & Insulators Co., Ltd., London, E .; Dacier, Ltd., London,S. E .; F. Bailey, Ilford; Attwater & Sons, Preston.—Miniature Range Targets : John McQueen & Son, Ltd., Galashiels; Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., London, E.C.—Morse Keys : Plessey Co., Ltd., Ilford; Walters Electrical Mfg. Co., Ltd., London, W.—Motive Units and Trailers : Scammell Lorries, Ltd., Watford.—Motor Fans : Veritys, Ltd., Birmingham.—Motors : Laurence Scott & Electromotors, Ltd., Manchester; Sperry Gyroscope Co., Ltd., Brentford; Barr & Stroud, Ltd., Glasgow; Evershed & Vignoles, Ltd., London, W.— Non-setting Red Lead : Blacklock & MacArthur, Ltd., Glasgow.— Nuts, etc. : Davis & Timmins, Ltd., London, N.—Pistons : Vickers Armstrongs, Ltd., Barrow-in-Fumess. Sub-Contractors for Forgings ; High Duty Alloys, Ltd., Slough.—Plugs and Plug Boxes ; Engineering & Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., St. Albans.—Ply Boards : Aeronautical & Panel Plywood Co., Ltd., London, E.— Pumps and Spares : Drysdale & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.—Pumps, Gears and Spindles : Drysdale & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.—Putty : C. H. Musselwhite & Son, Ltd., London, S.E.—Railway Trucks, Side Tipping : Bolling & Lowe, Ltd., London, E.C.—Reconditioning Of Ship’s Ventilators : Grangemouth Dockyard Co., Ltd., Grangemouth —Refit of Ship ; R. & H. Green & Silley Weir, Ltd., London, E.— Repairs to Ships, e t c .; Henry Robb, Ltd., Leith.—Resistance Boxes, etc.: Engineering & Lighting Equipment Co., Ltd., St. Albans. — Roofing Slates ; Manod Slate Quarries, Ltd., Blaenau, Festiniog.— S a lt : Palmer, Mann & Co., Ltd., Sandbach.—Satin Drill : Joshua Hoyle & Sons, Ltd., Manchester; E. Clegg & Son, Ltd., Little- borough; Langworthy Bros. & Co., Ltd., Salford.—Screws : Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds, Ltd., Birmingham; Butler, Spragg & Co., Ltd., Birmingham; Thomas Eaves, Ltd., Birmingham; Thomas Haddon Co., LW., Birmingham.—Screws and Nuts : Butler, Spragg & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Scuttles, Coal, etc. ; Bird, Stevens & Co., Ltd., Brierley Hill.—Shades, Glass : Pilkington Bros., Ltd., St. Helens.— Sheets and Pillow Cases : Stott & Smith, Manchester.—Shirting : J. H. Greenhow & Co., Ltd., JIanchester; Joshua Hoyle & Son, Ltd., Summerseat; James Kenyon & Sons, Ltd., Bury; Fothergill & Harvey, Ltd., Littleborough.—Shirting, Cotton : Wm. Cox & Sons, Colne.—Shoes : Adams Bros. (Raunds), Ltd., Wellingborough.— Shoes, Canvas : Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Liverpool.—Soap : John Knight, Ltd., London, E.; Peter Lunt & Co., Ltd., Liverpool;T. Hedley & Co., Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne.—Soda Ash : Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd., Northwich.—Spanners : Angular-Hole Drilling & Mfg. Co., Ltd., Beeston; Armstrong, Stevens & Son, Ltd., Willenhall; Joseph Bradbury & Sons, Ltd., Braintree; William Brookes & Sons, Sheffield; H. Williams & Son, Ltd., London, E.— Sparking Plugs : K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., London, S.W.— Starters and Switches: Watford Electric & Mfg. Co., Ltd., Watford.— Starters, Automatic : Watford Electric & Mfg. Co., Ltd., Watford.— Steam Heated Chests : R. & A. Main, Ltd., London, N.—Steam Hopper Barges (Two) : Fleming & Ferguson, Ltd., Paisley.—Steel Boxes : Thomas Marshall & Son, Ltd., Leeds.—Steel Rivets : Gladstone, Ltd., Stockton-on-Tees; Cooper & Turner, Ltd., Sheffield; Newport Rivet Co., Ltd., Lliswerry; Lanarkshire Bolt and Rivet Co., Ltd., Burnbank, Lanarkshire; North West Rivet Bolt & Nut Fartory, Ltd., Airdrie; Rivet Bolt & Nut Co., Ltd., Coatbridge and/or Gateshead.—Steel Sections : Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Ltd., Scunthorpe; Cargo Fleet Iron Co., Ltd., South Bank; Col- villes. Ltd., Motherwell and Glcngarnock; Consett Iron Co., Ltd., Consett; Dorman Long & Co., Ltd., Middlesbrough; Round Oak Steel Works, Ltd., Brierley Hill; Guest, Keen, Baldwins Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Port Talbot; Lanarkshire Steel Co., Ltd., Flemington, Motherwell; Skinningrove Iron Co., Ltd., Saltbum-by-Sea; Steel Co. of Scotland, Ltd., Newton, Lanarkshire.—Steel Ship Plates : Appleby-Frodingham Steel Co., Ltd., Scunthorpe; Colvilles, Ltd., Motherwell and Cambuslang; Consett Iron Co., L td, Consett; Dorman Long & Co., Ltd., Redcar; Guest, Keen, Baldwins Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Port Talbot; Park Gate Iron and Steel Go., Ltd., Rotherham; South Durham Steel & Iron Co., Ltd., West Hartlepool; Steel Company of Scotland, Ltd., Glasgow.—Steel Storage Racks : Milners Safe Co., Ltd., Liverpool.—^ e e l Window and Louvres : Rustproof Metal Window Co., Ltd., Chester.—Steelwork ; John Lysaght, Ltd., Bristol; Dawnays, Ltd., London, S.W.; Bladon & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.—Steering Engine : Napier Bros., Ltd., Glasgow.—Steering Gear ; Brown Bros. & Co., Ltd., Edinburgh. Sub-Contractors for Motors : W. H. Allen, Sons & Co., Ltd., Bedford. Sub-Contractors for Control Gear: Electrical Apparatus Co., Ltd., London.—Stop Cocks, etc. : Sanbra, Ltd., Birmingham; Henry Bissoker, Ltd., Birmingham; Dodd & Oulton, Ltd., Liverpool; Manley & Regulus, Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Stop Valves : Cock- bums, Ltd., Glasgow.—Suits, Overall : “ Westcot ” Overall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Egham; Johnson & Sons, Ltd., Great Yarmouth;

X Compton, Sons * Webb, Ltd., London, E .; J. B. Hoyle & Co Hebden Bridge; John Hammond & Co. (1922), Ltd., Newcastle! Staffs.-SuMag8 and Separator Pump: : Drysdalo & Co., Ltd., Yoker Glasgow Sub-Contractors for Electrical Gear ; W. H. Aden, Sons 4 Co., Ltd., Bedford.—Supply and Distribution Boards : Whinn & Bourne, Ltd., Manchester.—Swimming Bath, Heatine and H W Supply Installation to : C. P. Kinnell & Co., Ltd . London S E Switches : H W. Sullivan, Ltd., London, S.E.; V t c 7Ltd. Chelmsford.^witchgear : English Electric Co., Ltd., Stafford —Tallow Substitute : Joseph Crosfield & Sons, Ltd., Warrington.— Telemotor Operator Gear : MacTaggart, Scott & Co., Ltd.f Edin- burgh -T elephone Gear : Henry Hughes & Son, Ltd., Hford.- Te ephone Leads and Plugs i L.P.S. Electrical Co., Ltd., Alperton.- Telephone Receivers : S G Brown, Ltd., London, W .-Telephones : Telepho^ M f^Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Timber, Incised and Greo- soted ; ^ r t , Boulton & Haywood, Ltd., London, W.C.—Trailers • Cranes (Dereham), Ltd., Dereham.—Transformer : A. C. Cossor Ltd., London, N.-VentHatoiS, etc. : Meehans, Ltd., Glasgow.-l “ Victory ’’ Museum, Erection o f : F. J. Privett, Ltd., Portsmouth.- Vinegar: W. C. Spitty & Co., Ltd., London, E.—Waterproof Cloth : ; . J * Co., Ltd., Glasgow.—Waterproofing : Waterproofing Co. Ltd., Barrhead; J. T. Ingb's & Sons, Ltd.. Dundee— Wedges Besch : James Jones & Sons, Ltd., Larbert.—Wheelbarrows • F. Braby & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Windscoops : S. W. Bulks & Sons, Ltd., Cradley Heath; S. J. & E. FeUows, Ltd., Wolverhampton —W iree^ Valves: MuUard Radio Valve Co.. Ltd., Mitcham; General Electric Co., Ltd., London, W. Sub-Contractors for Holders •H. W. Sullivan & Co., Ltd., Ijondon, S.E. Sub-Contractors for Silica: Thermalsyndicate, Ltd., Wallsend. Sub-Contractors for Bulbs : Grainger & Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Sub-Contractors for Caps : Prestware Products, London, S.W.—W/T Panels, e tc .: Marconi’s W/T Co., Ltd., Chelmsford.—W/T Sets : Marconi’s W/T Co., Ltd., Chelmsford.—W/T Towers : MiUiken Bros. Ltd.. WaffnrrI

WAR OFFICE.Activated Charcoal : Sutcliffe, speakman & Co., Ltd., Leigh —

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— Bicycle Parts : B.S.A. Cycles, Ltd., Birmingham.— Binoculars : Soho, Ltd., Leeds.—Boiler P lan t: Ckchran & Co, Annan,Ltd., Annan— Boiler Steam : J. Thompson (Wolverhampton) Ltd., W olverhampton.-Boring and Turning M ill; G. Richards & Co., Ltd., Manchester.— Boxes and Cases : Watt, Torrance (Wool- wich). Ltd., London, S.E.; Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London, N.; D. M. Davies (Slough), Ltd., Slough.—Brass Bar:I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Birmingham.—Bronze Rod : I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Birmingham.— Buckets and Tubs : National Galvanizers, Ltd., Sunderland; Sargeant Turner & Sons, Ltd., Stourbridge; Bird, Stevens & Co., Ltd., Quarry Bank.— Burner Units : Perry Bar Metal Co., Ltd., Birmingham; Hydran Products, Ltd., Staines.— Buttons, Brass, etc, : F im in & Sons, Birmingham.—Cable : Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; Hackbridge Cable Co., Ltd., Hackbridge; St. Helen’s Cable & Rubber Co., Ltd., Slough; General Electric Co., Ltd., Eastleigh.—Canvas, W.P. ; Boase Spinning Co. (1920), Ltd., Dundee; J. Bright & Bros., Ltd., Rochdale; Anderson & Chalmers, Ltd., Arbroath.—Cases, Paillasse : T. Briggs (London), Ltd., London, N.—Cases, W.P. ; R. Durell & Co., Ltd., London, E.;A. H. Tytherleigh, London, S.E.; T. H. Roweliffe & Sons, Bristol; Wenn, Ltd., Great Yarmouth; A. & G. Paterson, Ltd., Aberdeen; W. Bridgwater & Sons, Birmingham; R. Lamb, Edinburgh; Lloyds Sawmills, Manchester.—Chassis: Crossley Motors, Ltd., Man. Chester; A.E.C., Ltd., Southall; Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Birmingham.—Containers, 6-gall. : Fisher & Ludlow, Ltd., Birmingham; Slechans, Ltd., Glasgow; S. J. & E. Fellows, Ltd., Wolverhampton; Marco Refrigerators, Ltd., London, S.W.; Newalls Insulation Co., Ltd., Washington Station.—Copper Ingot: Brandeis Goldschmidt & Co., Ltd., Loudon, E.C.; Anglo Metal Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Cordage : Dixon Corbett, Ltd., Gateshead; Belfast Ropeworks, Ltd., Belfast.—CottOn Waste : Spencer & Curedale, Ltd., Bury; Cotton Cellulose Co., Ltd., Rawtenstall.—Covers, Waterproof: T. Bri^s (London), Ltd., London, N.—Curtain Railway : Comyn Ching & Do. (London), Ltd., London, W.C.— Discs, Eyepiece : Triplex Safety Glass Co., Ltd., London, W.— Drawers, Cellular, Short: E.H.P. (Hadleigh), Ltd., Hadleigh. —Drawers, Cotton : Nottingham Manf. Co., Ltd., Loughborough.— Drill, Clothing : J. Hoyle & Sons, Ltd., Summerseats; Kieman Son & Co., Ltd., Manchester.—Duck Linen : P. Greig & Co., Kirkcaldy.— Dynamometers ; Heenan & Froude, Ltd., Worcester.—Emery Cloth : J. Oakey & Sons, Ltd., London, S.E.—Felt Sheet: Bury Felt Manf. Co., Ltd., Bury.—Furnaces : Electric Furnace Co., Ltd., Aberdeen.—Generators : Electro Dynamic Const. Co., Ltd., London, S.E .; Electric Const. Co., Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Glasses, Beer : Stevens & Williams, Ltd., Brierley Hill.—Grease, G.S, ; Shell MexB. P., Ltd., Patricrofb.—Grinding Machine : Churchill Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Broadheath; Jones and Shipman, Ltd., Leicester; Catmur Machine Tool Co., Ltd., London. S.W.—Helmet Linings : Helmets, Ltd., Wheathampstead.—Housewives : Pryce Jones, Ltd., Newtown, N. Wales; Hydraulic Broaching Machine : Drummons (Sales), Ltd., Guildford.—Iron, Old, Cast: T. W. Ward, Ltd., Sheffield.—Jackets and Trousers : L. Silberston & Sons, London, E .;J. Compton Sons & Webb, Ltd., London, E .; H. Lotery & Co., Ltd. London, E.; Rego Clothiers, Ltd., London, N.; Milns, Cartwright & Reynolds, Ltd., London, E .; T. Briggs (London), Ltd., London, N . ;J. Smith & Co. (Derby), Ltd., Derby; J. Hammond & Co., Ltd. (19^), Newcastle-under-Lyme.—Kerosene : Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Keyseating Machines : Burton Griffiths & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Knives, Clasp : W. & S. Butcher, Ltd. Sheffield.—Lagg!ingOf Boilers : Kitsons Insulations, Ltd., London, E.—Lathes and Tools : H. W. Ward & Co., Birmingham; A. Herbert, Ltd., Coventry; Coventry Machine Tool WofIm, Ltd., Coventry;

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T Lane & Sons, Ltd., Johnstone; Dean, Smith & Grê, Ltd., K e iz e r - ChurchiU Rodman, Ltd., HaHfax; Buck & H ic ^ a n , Ltd* Sheffield.—Lead : Locke, Lancaster & W. W. & R. Johnson,T^njton E __Linoleum ; Tayside Floorcloth Co., Ltd., Newburgh,^ :? ^ ^ m o W a n d Spares : i Fowler & Co. (Leeds) Ltd., Leeds; Hunslet Engine Ck>., Leeds; Ruston & Hornsby, Ltd., Lmcoln.— MaCTSSium Powder : Kaye, E. & E., Ltd., Ponders End; Magnîum Castings & pioducts, Ltd., Slough.—Manganese Bronze : l.C.I. Metals Ltd., Birmingham.—Mechanical Stokers : J. Hodgkmson, Ltd., Salford.-IViBtal Rod : I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., B i n g h a m j Delta Metal Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Milling Machines : J. Archdalo & Co., Ltd., Birmingham; Cincinnatti Milling Machines, Ltd., Birmingham; Soag Blachine Tools, Ltd., London, S.E.; Craven Bros. (Manchester), Ltd., Stockport; A. Herbert, Ltd., C êntiy .— Motor Cycles : Norton Motors, Ltd., Birmingham.—M.T. Spirit : Shell Mex & B.P.,Ltd., London, 'W.C.i Redline-^<», L ^ ., Londm,S. W.; Anglo*American Oil Co-, Ltd., London, W.C.; Scottish Oil& Shell Mex, Ltd., Glasgow; McMuUan Bros., Ltd., Belfast; National Benzole Co.. Ltd., London, S.W .-N etting, Mosquito and Sandfly J Donald & Co., Nottingham; Boden & Co., Ltd., Derby.—Nui8 and Scraws I Guest, Keen & Nettlefold, Ltd., Snxethwick.—Oil| Fuol S Shell Mex & B.P., Ltd., London, S.W.—Overhead Crane : Cowans, Sheldon & Co., Ltd., Carlisle.—Oxygen Apparatus ; Siebe, Gorman & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Padlocks, Iron : Pryke & Palmer, Ltd., London, E.C.—Pans, Frying : S. J. & E. Fellows, Ltd., Wolver- hampton.—Petrol Benzol Mixture : National Benzole Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Pliers : T. Newey & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham.— Pumping Sets : 'Variable Speed Gear, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne. —Pumps, Fire, Hand : T. French & Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Puttees : T. & J. Tinker, Ltd., Holmfirth.— Rope, Steel : Edge & Sons, Ltd., Shifnal.—Serge, Blue : A. 'W. Hainsworth & Sons, Ltd., Parsley; R. Gaunt & Sons, Ltd., Parsley.—Serge, White Lining : J. Berry & Sons, Ltd., Ashburton.—Shirts, Angola, etc. ; Johnson & Sons, Ltd., Great Yarmouth; F. Lane, Ltd., London, E.C.; Milns, Cartwright & Reynolds, Ltd., London, E .; J. Macfarlane & Co. (Poilokshaws), Ltd., Glasgow; Smethurst & Holden, Ltd., Oewe and Salford.—Shot Blasting P lan t: Tilghmans Patent Sand Blast Ck)., Ltd., Manchester.—Silicaware : Thermal Syndicate, Ltd., Wailsand.—Slotting Machines : Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Halifax; Ormerod Shapers, Ltd., Hebden Bridge.—SockS, Worsted : A. Yates & Co., Leicester; Foister, Clay & "Ward, Ltd., Kegworth.— Steel B art: General Constructional & Eng. Co. (Bedford & Son), Ltd., London, E.—Steel, M.T. : Colvilles, Ltd., Motherwell.—Steel Billets : Darlington Forge, Ltd., Darlington; W . Jessop & Sons, Ltd., Sheffield; United Steel Co.’s, Ltd. (Steel, Peech and Tozer Branch), Rotherham; Monk Bridge Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Leeds. —Steel, Round : United Steel Co.’s, Ltd. (Steel, Peech and Tozer Branch), Rotherham.—Steel, Rustless : Kayser, Ellison & Co., Ltd., Sheffield; Brown Bayleys Steel Works, Ltd., Sheffield.—Straps, Chin : Barrow Hepburn & Gale, Ltd., London, S.E.—Switchboard ; Revo Electric Co., Ltd., Tipton.—Tables : Mann Egerton & Co., Ltd., Norwich.—Telescopes: Soho, Ltd., Leeds.—Tents and Parts ; Gowen & Ck)., W. Mersea; T. Briggs (London), Ltd., London, N .;C. Groom, Ltd., London, E .; W, Smith (Poplar), Ltd., London, E .; Waring & Gillow (1932), Ltd., London, W.; J. Hawley &Co. (Walsall), Ltd., Walsall.—Timber : L. Bamberger & Sons, London, E.C.; M. L. Meyer, London, E.C.—Tin In got: British Metal Corporation, Ltd., London, E.C.—Tinplates : 'Wilbraham & Smith, Swansea. — Tins, Feed : Sargeant, Turner & Co., Ltd., Lye.—Towing Attech- ments : J. Brockhouse & (k).. Ltd., W. Bromwich; West Bromwich Spring Co., Ltd., W. Bromwich.—TrOUSers : Milns, Cartwright & Reynolds, Ltd., London, E.—Trucks and Trailers ; Morris Commercial Cars, hid., Birmingham; Reliance Trucks, Ltd., Heckmond-wike.—Truck, Elevator : J. & E. Hall, Ltd., D artford .-Valves, W. T , : Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London, N.—WagOnS, Tip: R. Hudson, Ltd., Leeds.—Webbing, Cotton and E lastic:Small & Parkes, Ltd., Manchester; N. Wright & Sons, Ltd., Loughborough; A. Turner & Co., Ltd., Leicester; G. Hattersley & Sons, Ltd., Keighley; J. Burgess & Son, Ltd., Coalville; R. Jones & Son, Ltd., Nuneaton; Bole HaU Mill Co., Ltd., Tamworth.— X-Ray F ilm s: Uford, Ltd., Hford; Kodak, Ltd., Wealdstone; Oiterion Plates, Papers, Illms, Ltd., Stechford.—Zinc Ingot : H. Gardner & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.— Building and Works Services, etc. Colinton Redford Barracks—Alterations and improvements to Married Soldiers’ Quarters; J. Livingstone & Co., Gartcows. Birtley—Laying and fixing gas pipes : Newcastle-on-Tyne & Gateshead Gas Co., Newcastle-on-Tyne. Aldershot, Stanhope Lines— Sanitary Annexes, e tc .: E. C. Hughes, Wokingham. Hereford— Alterations and additions to buildings : W. Townson & Sons, Ltd., Bolton. Guildford, Stoughton Barracks—Improve Married Soldiers’ Quarters : H. GoodscU, Maidstone. Aldershot, Marlborough Lines— Sanitary Annexes ; E. C. Hughes, Wokingham. Taunton—Dining Room and Cookhouse : R. 6 . Spiller, Chard. S. Aldershot Area— .^ ificers’ Work: Oosby & Co., Ltd., Famham. N. Aldershot ^ e a —Artificers’ Work : Crosby & Co., Ltd., Famnam. Catterick Camp—Erect Garage : F. Hossack & Son, Ruskington. Devonport, Raglan Barracks—Erect Garages; A. R. Ck)les (Contractors), Ltd., Plymouth. Glencorse Barracks—Erection of Cookhouse, e tc .:T. Graham, Ltd., Edinburgh. Larkhill—Erect Married Soldiers’ Quarters: J. Drewitt & Son, Bournemouth. Chilwell—Construc-

^ Roads, e tc .: Tarmac, Ltd., Wolverhampton. Nottingham, R.O.F.—Supply and fit Meters, Pressure Regulators, e tc .; City of Nottmgham Gas Dept., Nottingham. Chatham—Artificers’ Work: H. Goodsell, Maidstone. Chilwell—Artificers’ Work and Bases for M.T. Sheds: F. Perks & Son, Ltd., Long Eaton. Wellington Rarracks—Periodical Painting, e tc .: G. Jones & Son, London W. Caterham—Artificers’ Work : R. Corben & Sons, Ltd., Maidstone, iirbngfat Camp—Dming Room and Cookhouse: Croggon & Co,, Ltd., London, E.C. Weedon—Term Contract; Ardon & Dalby, riugglMcote. Feltbam—Erection of Buildings : J. B. Edwards & Co. (Whyteleafe), Ltd., London, W. Warminster—Erection o f

Buildings : W. E. Cliivers & Sons, Ltd., Devizes. Longmoor— Erection of Married Soldiers’ Quarters: J. B. Edwards & Co. (Whyteleafe), Ltd., London, W. Bordon, Louisburg Barracks— Re-surfacing Parade Ground : W, F. Rees, Ltd., ^ n d o n , S.W. Sandhurst, R.M.C.—Re-construction of No. 12 The Terrace: W. Laughton, Bedford. Aldershot—Vehicle and Plant Sheds : J. B. Edwards & Co. (Whyteleafe), Ltd., London, W. Aldershot— Bakehouse : E. J. Logan, London, W.C. Blaokdown, Deepeut and Woking—Periodical Services : A. A. McDermott & Sons, Ltd., Bradford. Woking, Barrack Blocks—Sanitary Annexes : G. Jarvie & Co., Weybridge. Farnborough, Pinehurst Barracks—Tenôraiy H utting; W. Laughton, Bedford. Woolwich, Military Family Hospital—Improve Nursing Sisters’ Quarters : Burslem & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. Biggin Hill—Erect Telephone Exchange : Burelem & Co., Ltd., London, S.E. Portsmouth—Artificers’ 'Work: A. H. Bonfield, Swansea. Gosport—Artificers’ W ork: J. Hunt, Ltd., Gosport. Aldershot, R.A.O.D. Field Stores—Erect Chimney Shaft, e tc .: Ashford Builders Co., London, W.C. Lulworth C a m p - Erect Huts : G. J. Fumeaux, Christchurch. Hilsea, Portsmouth— Erect H u ts: J. Lay & Co. (Portsmouth), Ltd., Portsmouth. Tidworth, Penrdngs Camps—Alterations and Additions : F. Biddia- combe, lYowbridge. Bulford Camp—Latrines, e tc .: A. Q. Smith, Durrington.

AIR m N IST R Y .Accumulators : Accumulators of Woking (1928), Ltd., Woking.—

Adaptors for Aero Engine Sparking-Plugs : K.L.G. Sparking Plugs, Ltd., London, S.W.—Aerials D/F, Stranded : A.C. Cossor, Ltd., London, N .; British Talking Pictures, Ltd., Wembley.—Aero Engine, Compression Ignition : D. Napier & Son, Ltd., London, W.— Aero E ngines: Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby.—Aero Engine Spares, Tesfe, etc. : D. Napier & Son, Ltd., London, W .; Armstrong Siddeley Motors, Ltd., Coventry; Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Bristol; Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby.—AerO Engine Carburettor Spares : Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Bristol.—Aircraft : Super- marine Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd., Southampton; Phillips & Powis Aircraft, Ltd., Reading.—Aircraft Ancillary Equipm ent: Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., Brough; Airspeed (1934), Lt^., Portsmouth; A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., Manchester; Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex.—Aircraft Conversion Sets : Bristol Aeroplane Co., Ltd., Bristol.—Aircraft Examination : Saimders Roe, Ltd., East Cowes.—Aircraft Modification ; Rolls-Royce, Ltd., Derby. —Aircraft Repairs : A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., Manchester.—Aircraft Spares : Short Bros. (Rochester & Bedford), Ltd., Rochester; Handley Page, Ltd., London, N .W .; Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex; A. V. Roe & Co., Ltd., Manchester; Gloster Aircraft Co., Ltd., Hucclecote; Westland Aircraft, Ltd., Yeovil; Hawker Aircraft, Ltd., Kingston-on-Thames; Supermarine Aviation Works (Vickers), Ltd., Southampton; Blackburn Aircraft, Ltd., Brough.—Aircraft Undercarriage : Fairey Aviation Co., Ltd., Hayes, Middlesex.—Airscrews : De HavUland Aircraft Co., Ltd., Edgware; Airscrew Co., Ltd., Weybridge.—Altimeters : S. Smith & Sons (M.A.), Ltd., London, N.'W.—Aluminium Sheets : British Aluminium Co., Ltd., Warrington.— Badges, Embroidered : A. W. Hewetson, Ltd., Macclesfield.— Bags, Cotton : E. H. Price, Ltd., London, E.C.— Bags, K it : E.H.P. (Hadleigh), Ltd., London, E.C.— Balloon Fabric : J. f l . GOlett & Son, Chorley; Perseverance Mill Co., Ltd., Manchester.— Balloons, Kite : K.F.D. Co., Ltd., Guildford.— Bandsmen’s Uniforms : Hobson & Sons (London), Ltd., London, S.E.— Bedsteads : Evered & Co., Ltd., Smethwick.— Bodies for Winch Chassis : Crossley Motors, Ltd., Manchester.— Bolts : C. Richards & Sons, Darlaston.— Boxes, Bifurcating : Oliver PeU Control, Ltd., London, S.E.— Boxes, Tin Lined : Huntley Boome & Stevens, Ltd., Reading; F. W. Rigby & Co., Ltd., London, S.E .; Vickers Armstrong, Ltd., London, S.W.— Brass Bar : J. Booth & Co. (1915), Ltd., Birmingham.— Buckles and Buttons : Buttons, Ltd., Birmingham.— Buildings and Works Services : Uxbridge, Middlesex, Artificers W orks: E. J. Logan, London, W.C. Calahot, Hants, Artificers Works : H. G. Ross & Sons, Ltd., Southampton. Manston, Kent, Artificers Works : A. Ross & Co., Westgate-on-Sea. Stradi- shall, Suffolk Cranfield, Beds., Underground Cable Schemes : Derby Cables, Ltd., London, W.C. L ark l^ , Wilts, Netheravon, Wilts, Old Sarum, Wilts, ^ tificers W orks: Wort & Way, Salisbury. Montrose, Artificers’ W orks: J. Blake, Aberdeen. Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, Artificers’ W orks: W. C. Reade, Aldeburgh. Felixstowe, Suffolk, Artificers’ W orks: Rogers Bros., Ltd., FeUx- stowe. Bicester, Oxford, Upper Heyford, Oxford, Otmoor, Oxford, Artificers’ W orks: Boshers (Cholaey), Ltd., Cholsey. Bircham Newton, Norfolk, Artificers’ Works : Fisher & Sons, Fakenham. !Minchinhampton, Glos., Clothing and Annexes to Sheds : Ashford Builders, LW., London, W.C. Watton, Norfolk, Construction of Station: J. Laing & Son, Ltd., London, N.W. Sub-Contractor for Electrical Work : A. Higginbottom & Sons, Bradford, Yorks. Sub- Contractor for Heating and Hot W ater: Arthur ScuU & Son, Ltd., Bristol. West Raynham, Norfolk, Construction of Station : F. R. Hipperson & Son, Ltd., London, E.C. Sub-Contractor for Electrical Work : A. Higginbottom & Sons, Bradford, Yorks. Sub-Contractor for Heating and Hot Water ; Walter Cowen, Ltd., London, W. Sub-Contractor for Steelwork : Wright Anderson Co., Ltd., Gateshead. Leuchars and Tentsmuir, Fife, Artificers’ W orks: J. Blake, Aberdeen. Halton, Bucks, Artificers’ Works : Frank Wood, Wend- over. Honington, Suffolk, Wiring of H utm ents: Underground & Overhead Distribution Electrical Installations, Ltd., London, S.W. Internal Wiring : B. French, Ltd., Kidderminster. Thomey Island, Hants, Heating and Hot Water Supply : G. N. Haden & Sons, Ltd., London, W.C. Linton, Yorks, Construction of Station : E. D. Winn & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. Sub-Contractor for Electrical Installation ; Anderson Angell & < o.. Ltd., London, E.C. Sub-Contractor for Heating and Hot Waten ripply: Chase & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. Leconfield, Yorks, Cohui/ructioa of Station: E. D . Winn & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. Sub-Contractor for Heating and Hot Water Supply: Chase & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. Sub-Contractor

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Watts & Son, London, S.E.—Camera Parts: Baldwin Instrument Co., Dartford; Cinetra Manufacturing Co., London, N.W.—Cameras, Parts, etc. : Williamson Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London, N.—Caps and Rings for Oxygen Masks : Ceag, Ltd., Barnsley.—Cases : Boulton & Paul, Ltd., Norwich.—Compasses : Kelvin Bottondey & Baird, Ltd., Glasgow.—Compressors, Air : Bristol Pneumatic Tools, Ltd., Bristol.—Containers : Spicers, Ltd., London, E.C.; H. Stevenson & Sons, Ltd., Manchester.— Containers, Fibre : Goliath Box Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Controls, Auto : R. B. Pullin & Co., Ltd., Brentford.—Controls, Azimuth : H. Hughes & Son, London, E.C.—Controls, Remote : A.C. Cossor, Ltd., London, N.—Direction Finding Equipment: Marconi’s W/T Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Dinghies : R.F.D. Co., Ltd., Guildford.— Disinfectors : Grampian Engineering Co., Ltd., Stirling.—Duralumin : J. Booth & Co. (1915), Ltd., Birmingham.—Dynamotors : Small Elec. Motors, Ltd., Beckenham.—Electrical Equipment: Aeronautical Corporation of G.B., Ltd., Peterborough.—Electrical Spares : C.A.V. Bosch, Ltd., London, W.—Felt Packing ” Bury Felthfanufacturing Co., Ltd., Bury.—Fertiliser Compound: Yorkshire Farmers, Ltd., York.—Fire Tender Bodies : Brush Elec. Engineering Co., Ltd., Loughborough.—Ford Saloons : W. J. Reynolds (Motors), Ltd., London, E.—Fordson 6-wheeled Chassis : Ford Motor Co., Ltd., Dagenham.—Gang Mowers : T. Green & Co., Ltd., Leeds.—Glasses for Lamps : Butterworth Bros., Manchester.—Gloves, Knitted : Overhand Glove Co., Ltd., Leicester.—Grass Seed : Ryder & Son (1920), Ltd., St. Albans; J. Fison & Co., Ipswich; McMaster & Frankish, London, E.C.; En-Tout-Cas Co., Ltd., Syston.— Lamps, Formation Keeping : H. E. Ashdown (Birmingham), Ltd., Birmingham.—Lamps, Landing : Arrow Aircraft, Ltd., Yeadon.— Lathes, Watchmakers’ : Grimshaw, Baxter & J. J. Efliiott, Ltd., London, E.C.—M ^neto Test Benches : E. Lake, Ltd., Bishops Stortford.— Magnetos : British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., Coventry.— Marine Engines and Spares : British Power Boat Co., Ltd., Southampton.—Mattresses : Stockport Bedding Co., Stockport.—Micro Ammeters : Ferranti, Ltd., HoUinwood.—Microphones : General Electric Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Motor Generators, etc. : General Electric Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—Oil Reservoirs : Gillett Stephen & Co., Leatherhead.-Parachutes : Irving Air Chute of G.B., Ltd., Letchworth.—Proofing of Balloon Fabric : J. Mandleberg & Co., Ltd., Pendleton.—Pumps, Fuelling : Zwicky, Ltd., Slough.— RackS; Storage Components : A. Allen & Son, Ltd., Dudley; G. A. Harvey & Co. (London), Ltd., London, S.E.—Radiators : Serck Radiators, Ltd., Birmingham.—Rags, Cotton : F. R. Ymmg & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Reels, Hose, Canvas : East & Sons, Ltd., Berkhamated.—Regulators, Voltage : Ferranti, Ltd., Hollinwood.— Relay Sets : Auto. Telephone & Elec. Co., Ltd., London, W.C.— Remote Control Equipment: W. Geipcl, Ltd., London, S.E.— Sanitary Fittings ; W. & J. Lawley, Ltd , W. Brommeh.—ShlrtjngJ. C. Howarth, Ltd., Manchester; H. Sharpies & Co., Ltd., Rad- cliflfe; T. Bentley & Sons (Radcliffe), Ltd., Manchester; Dacca Mills Co., Ltd., Manchester; Howe & Coates, Ltd., Manchester; Boardman & Baron, Ltd., Gt. Harwood; Wilmore & Austin, Ltd., Nelson.—Shirts, Cotton : H. Bannerman & Sons, Ltd., Manchester.; McIntyre, Hogg, Marsh & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Sights : Barr & Stroud, Ltd., Glasgow.—Sockets : Hepting & Furderer, London, W.3; Telephone Manufacturing Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Stands, Engine-Erecting : E. Lake, Ltd., Bishops Stortford.—Sterter, Motors : British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., Coventry.’—Switches, Jettison : Phoenix Telephone & Elec. Works, Ltd., London, N.W .; OUver PeU Control, Ltd., London, S.E.—Suits, Flying : Irving Air Chute of G.B., Ltd., Letchworth.—Tanks, 450 gallon : Steel Barrel Co., Ltd., Uxbridge.—Tanks, Oil Heating : G. A. Harvey & Co. (London), Ltd., London, S.E.—Trailer Chassis : J. Brockhouse & Co., Ltd., W. Bromwich.—Transformers : British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., Rugby.—Trays, Drip : Bulpitt & Sons, Ltd., Birmingham. —Trestles, Jacking ; E. Lake, Ltd., Bishops Stortford.—Tripod Cases : J. & A. HiUman, London, S.W.—TripOdS : A. Kershaw & Son, Leeds.—Trollies, Platform : C. Adey, London, E.—Units Smoothing : Oliver PeU Control, Ltd., London, S.E.— VelOX Print Drying and Glazing Machine : Kodak, Ltd., London, W.C.—Wave- motors : Marconi^s W/T Co-, Ltd-, London, W-C-; Standard Tele- phones & Cables, Ltd., Loudon, N .; GambreU’s Rowso & Snoaden, Ltd., London, S.W.—Web Equipment : MiUs Equipment Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Wheels, Aero : Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Wire, Streamline : Bnmtona (Musselburgh), Ltd., Musselburgh.—W/T and Blind Landing Equipment: Marconi’s W/T Co.. Ltd:, London, W.C.—W/T Artificial Aerials : Gambrells Rowso & Snoaden, Ltd., London, S.W.

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Apparatus, Telephonic : Automatic Telephone & Electric Co., Ltd., Liverpool; Edison Swan Electric Co., Ltd., Ponders End,- Ericsson Telephones, Ltd., Beeston, Notts.; General Electno Co., Ltd., Coventry; Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.; Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London. N .; Telephone Mfg. Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Apparatus, Testing and Protective : Everett Edg- cumbe & Co., Ltd., London, N.W.—Apparatus, Wireless : Automate Telephone & Electric Co., Ltd., Liverpool; A. C. Cossor, Lt^, London, N .; WiUiam Edgar & Son, Ltd., London, W .; VV. E. Knorr & Co., Ltd., London, S.E .; Stratton & Co. LW., Biri^gham . __Battery Stores : Accumulators of Woking (1928), Ltd., Woking,

LABOUR GAZETTE. April,^937.Batteries, Ltd., Redditch; A. W. Buchan &,Co., PortobeUo; Duncan Tucker (Tottenham), Ltd., London, N .; Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S .E .; Tungstone Accumulator Co., Ltd., Market Har- borough.—Cable : CaUender’s Cable & Construction Co., Ltd., Leigh Lancs.; Connollys (Blackley), Ltd., Manchester; General Electric Co., Ltd., Southampton; Hackbridge Cable Co., Ltd., Hackbridge; W. T. Henley’s Telegraph Works Co., Ltd., London, E.; Pirelli- General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton; Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E .; Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London, E. Submarine Cables, Ltd., London, S.E .; United Telephone Cables, Ltd., Dagenham.—Cable Bearers : F. W. Male & Son, Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Canvas : Baxter Bros. & Co., Ltd., Dundee; A. Blyth & Co., Kirkcaldy; Boase Spinning Co., Ltd., Kirkcaldy.—Cartage Of Ducts : C. & S. Parkinson, Huddersfield.—Cartage Of Motor Vehicles: Morris Motors, Ltd., Cowley.—Cases, Packing : G. A. Wood & Co., Ltd., Uxbridge.—Castings, Joint Box : Caixon Company, Falkirk; Dudley & Dowell, Ltd., Cradley Heath; United Steel Companies, Ltd. (Thoa. Butlin & Co. Branch), Wellingborough.—Catchpans ; Baldwins, Ltd., London, E.—Chassis : Albion Motors, Ltd., Glasgow.

Clothing, Uniform : J. Coramton, Sons & Webb, Ltd., London, E.; J. Hammond & Co. (1922), Ltd., Newcastle, Staffs.; H. Lotery &Co., Ltd., London, E .; Rego Clothiers, Ltd., London, N .; L. Silber- ston & Sons, London, E .; J. Smith & Co. (Derby), Ltd., Derby.— Clothing, India Rubber: Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., London, N.; P. Frankenstein & Sons (Mancherter), Ltd., Manchester; Greemgate & Irwell Rubber Co., Ltd., Manchester; Reggan Clothing Manufacturers, Ltd., Glasgow; Victoria Rubber Co., Ltd., Edinburgh.— Cords, Telephone : Phoenix Telephone & Electric Works, Ltd., London, N.W .; Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Covers, Mild Steel : G. A. Harvey & Co. (London), Ltd., London, S.E.— Ducts : Albion Clay Co., Ltd., Burton-on-Trent; EUistown Brick, Pipe & Fireclay Works & Estates, Ltd., Leicester; Oates & Green, Ltd., Halifax; W. H. & J. Slater, Derby; Sutton & Co. (Overseal), Ltd., Asby-de-la-Zouch; Sykes & Son (Poole), Ltd., Poole.— Film, Cinematograph : Kodak, Ltd., Wealdstone, Middlesex.— FInialS for Poles : East & Son, Ltd., Berkhamsted.—Fittings, Electric L ight: Hailwood & Ackroyd, Ltd., Leeds.—Kiosks: Bratt Colbran, Ltd., Wembley; Carron Company, Falkirk; Lion Foundry Co., Ltd,, Glasgow; Walter Macfarlane & Co., Ltd., Glasgow.— Labels : Bonnella Bros. (1936), Ltd., London, W.C.— Ladders : Alfred Beer & Sons, Bristol.—Ladders, Steel : Thomas Bowen, Ltd., Wolverhampton.—Lamps, Bicycle : H. Miller & Co., Ltd., Binningkam.—Motor Bodies : Thos. Harrington, Ltd., Hove. Morris Commercial Cars, Ltd., Birmingham; John I. TTiomycrofb & Co., Ltd., Basingstoke.-Oil, F uel: Shell Marketing Co., LW., London, E.C.; Shell-Mex & B.P., Ltd., London, W.C.—Paint, Spraying : Pinchin, Johnson & Co., Ltd., London, E.—Pumps, Foot : Hattersley & Davidson, Ltd., Sheffield.—Ratchets and Tongs : Wm. Wilkinson & Sons (Penketh), Ltd., Warrington.- Rectifiers ; Westinghouse Brake & Signal Co., Ltd., Chippenham.- Saddles, Bicycle : Dunlop Rubber Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Seals, Lead : British Die Casting & Engrg. Co., Ltd., London, N .; Lead Seal Mfg. Co., Salford, Lancs.—Sleeves, Cadmium Copper : Winfields Rolling Mills, Ltd., Birmingham.—Sleeves, Lead : George Farmiloe & Sons, Ltd., London, E .; Lead Pipes, Ltd., EUand.—Solder : H. J. Enthoven & Sons, Ltd., London, S.E.; Tyne Solder Co., Felling-on-Tyne.—Spirit, Motor : Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London, W.C.; McMullans, Ltd., Belfast; National Benzole Co., Ltd., London, S.W.; Scottish Oils & Shell-Mex, Ltd., Glasgow; Shell-Mex & B.P., Ltd., London, W.C.—Steps, Pole : BuUers, Ltd., Tipton.—Wire, Cadmium, Copper ; British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Prescot; Enfield Cable Works, Ltd., Brimsdown, Middlesex; General Electric Co., Ltd., Southampton.—Wire, Flameproof: General Electric Co., Ltd., Southampton; London Electric Wire Co, & Smiths, Ltd., London, E.— Building Alterations : Hudson Bros., London, S.W.; R. Cleminshaw, Hull; W. Dobinson & Son, Llandudno; Shrewsbury Building Contractors, Ltd., Shrewsbury. Batteries : Gloucester Repeater Station: D.P. Battery Co., Ltd., Bakewell.—Cabling and Loading Coils ; Ballymena-Londonderry : United Telephone Cables. Ltd., London, W.C. Sub-Contractors (for Ballymena-Londondeny): Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd. Salford, Lancs, for Loading Coils; Junction Beverley-Hoimea Hitchin-Sandy: United Telephone Cables, Ltd., London, W.C. Sub-Contractors (for Beverley-Homsea) and (Hitchin-Sandy) : Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London, E., for Loading (kuk; Norwich—Great Yarmouth: United Telephone Cables, LW., London, W.C. Sub-Contractors (for Norwich-Great Yarmouth) : Automatic Telephone & Electric Co., Ltd., Liverpool, for L ^ to g Coils- Oxford-Chipping Norton: Standard Telephones & Cables, Ltd., London, E.; Stoke-on-Trent-Market Drayton, Portsmouth- Shanklin-Ryde: Pirelli-General Cable Works, Ltd,, Southampton. Sub-Contractors (for Stoke-Market Drayton and Portsmouth- R yde): Salford Electrical Instruments, Ltd., Salford, LanM., lor Loading Coils; Chesham-Amersham-Gerrards Cross : Pireffi-General Cable Works, Ltd., Southampton. Sub-Contractors (for Chesham- Gerrards Cross) : Automatic Telephone & Electric Co., Ltd^ nool, for Loading Coils.—Carrier Cables Scheme : London-Oxfoto : Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Conduit Uying, : Farringdon (Berks)-Clanfield (Oxon): W. P. & P. G. Hay^, Ltd., Warrington; Inverness: G. Duncan & Co., Inverness; Banbury (Oxon) Banbury-Daventry-Fenny Compton,Upper Largo: Beadingtonbridge, Preston-Blackpool, Maesteg, Tunbridge(Tunbridge WeUs-SIeechea Cross) (Section I), ’Constn. Co., Ltd., Liverpool; Camberley (South and North)^^^ mans worth, Preston, Totnes, Lyme Regis, Ickmeld-Stowkley,Bodmin-Wadebridgo (Sections I and “ft,* f_:Thomson & Co. (Ldn.), Ltd., London, E.C.; Newport (Mon.)Risca-Ebbw Vale: H. Smith (Ely. & PubHcNewport, Mon.; Falkirk: Christie & ^ddleton. Ltd., ’Derb^Duffield-Ripley-Alfrcton: E. E. Jeavons *Tiptmi; Bognoi^Middleton, Tunbridge Wells-Hawhurst (Tunbndgo

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N e ^ k ^ ’s (Additional Power P lant):S ^ c Tavistock, Guernsey : GeneralE quS en t ^ B Coventry-Television Thnsmissioni ^ i o S - E M T Alexandra Palace, London:S e n c v Middlesex.-Voice

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Barnaley.-Printine anri ^^d.).work p L t i n r ( S r n d " f & T P ®(1937) Jobwork Printing •* Ch ? Group 692693 (1937) Jobwork PrinHn^^^^û ^ânchcster; Group694 (19371 TohwnrP T> 3 ’ Utd., Oldham; GroupiTndom SE^ ^«n-yman & Sori. Ltd^G.O.C. Alderahot Comm“and° Wm“ May’T ^ “T w

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LABOUR GAZETTE.Command Orders and MisceUaneous Printing for G.O.C. 44th (Home Counties) Division and Home Counties Area: Royal ArtUlery ^stitution , London, S .E .; Recruiting Posters, Admiralty : Fosh & ^ ose. Ltd., London, E .; Pads, Army Forma : Waterlow & Sons, Ltd., Dunstable; Fanfold, Ltd., London, N.W .; Pads, Naval Message Forms : Love & Malcolmson, Ltd., RedhiU; Pads, Telegram Forms : H.M. Stationery Office Press, Harrow.—Miscellaneous : Bags, ManUla Topless : McCorquodale & Co., Ltd., Wolverton — Cloth, White Cotton (RoUs of 500 yds.) : Lawton & Co. (Manchester), Ltd., Manchester.—Envelopes, Glazed Brown, Buff and Thick Buff, Scotland : A. B. Swain & Co., Ltd., Ware.—Pencil, Ordinary “ B ” • Royal Sovereign PencU Co., Ltd., London, N .W ,; Venus PencU Co.*. Ltd.| London, E.—PencilB, Black, Geo# Rowney & Co.Ltd., London, Stationery Cabinets (Four Drawer): JolinsSon & Watts, Ltd., London, E.C.—Tags, India : Faire Bros. & Co., Ltd., Leicester.—Toilet RoUs : British Patent Perforated Paper Co., Ltd., London, E.—Waste, CoUection, Purchase and Disposal of, Edinburgh (1937): E. Chalmers & Co., Ltd., Leith.

H.M. OFFICE OF WORKS.Building Services : Axminster (Devon) Post Office and Telephone

Exchanges—Erection : StanseU& Son, Taunton. Bosham AutoW tio Telephone Exchange—Completion of Buildings, Fencing, e tc .: H . J. Penwarden, Bosham. Bristol Branch Post Office, Horfield—Adaptations : J. Perkins & Sons, Ltd., Bristol. Cheadle Telephone Exchwige —Erection: H. Bolton, Cheadle, Stoke-on-Trent. Chester Telephone Exchange—Erection of Hoarding: J. Mayers, Sons & Co., Ltd., Chester. ClerkenweU Road Branch Post Office—Alterations: Soole & Son, Ltd., Richmond, Surrey. Coronation—Flag Poles : Silver and Edgington, Ltd., London, E.C. Coronation—Temporary Water Mains in Hyde, Green and St. James’s Parks : F . R. Hipper- son & Son, Ltd., London, E.C. Cuffley, Herts., Telephone E x e to g e —Erection: H. J. Gower & Co., London, E.C. East India Dock (North Quay)—Erection of Custom’s Office : Runham, Brown Bros.,London, E. Elmbridge Telephone Exchange, Surbiton (Surrey)__Erection of Garage: Limpus & Son, Ltd., Kingston-on-Thamea. Garston (Nr. Watford) Telephone Exchange—Erection: Payne Bros., Watford, Herts. Grange-over-Sands Post Office—Erection; W. Eaves & Co., Ltd., Blackpool. Hampton Court, Home P a r k - Erection of Camp: F. R . Hipperson & Son, Ltd., London, E.C. National GaUery—Erection of Repairers’ Studio and New Gallery. Galbraith Bros., Ltd., London, S.E. Post Office Stores, Fordrough Lane, Birmingham—Fittings : T. Bradford & Co., Manchester. Post Office Training School, Shirehampton, Bristol—Erection of Lecture Huts : F. Pratten & Co., Ltd., Bath. Rampton State In stitu tio n - Erection of Cottages, e tc .; J. H. Gilbert, Doncaster. St. Austell Post Office—Improvements to Public Office: J. Williams & Co. (Cornwall), Ltd., St. Austell. Salford District Sorting O ffice- itera tio n s and Additions : Feamley & Sons, Ltd., Salford. South Mimms Telephone Exchange—Erection: S. Warboys & Sons, Potters Bar. Warminster Post Office—Erection of Garage : Downing, Rudman & Bent, Ltd., Chippenham, Wilts. Engineering Services : Camberley Post Office—Heating and Hot Water Supply : H. C. Goodman, Ltd., Reading. Hyde Park, Serpentine—Boat and Chlorammating Apparatus : Wallace & Tieman, Ltd., London, W Popesgrove Telephone Exchange—Heating and Hot Water Services :

^ E . Bradley, Ltd., London, N. Royal Ordnance Factory, C horle^B oiler House Equipm ent: J. Thompson (Wolverhampton). Ltd., Wolverhampton; Foster, Yates & Thom, Ltd., Blackburn; Babcock & Wilcox, Ltd., London, E.C. Electrically Driven Heavy Duty Sliding, Surfacing and Screw-cutting General Purpose L athes: J. Lang & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow. Surfacing and Screw-cuttine L i h e s : Churchill-Redman, Ltd., Halifax. ElectricaUy-driven Shapmg Machme : Butler Machine Tool Co., Ltd., Halifax. Vertical ^ . 8 Machines: James Archdale & Co., Ltd., Birmingham. Swizzle Stick Incorporating Machines : Thompson Bros. (Bilston), Ltd., BUston. Pneumatic Power Hammer : B. & S. Massey, Ltd., Manchester Horizontal Boring Machine : G.'Richards & Co., Ltd., Manchester. Melting and Collecting Pans ; London Aluminium Co., Ltd., Birmingham. Planing Machines : Butler Machine Tool Co Ltd., Halifax; J. Stirk & Sons, Ltd., Halifax. Swing Lathes': J. Lang & Sons, Ltd., Johnstone; Holbrook Machine Tool CJo., Ltd. London, E. Precision Type Slotting Machine : Butler Machine Tool Co., L w ., Halifax. Pellet Pressing Machines : G. J. Worssam & Son, Ltd., Itondon, N . Wellingborough Post Cffice and Telephone Exchange—Heatmg and Hot Water Service : F. Evans & Sons, Ltd., ^ m in gh am Miscellaneous : Airmen’s Lockers: Sankey-Sheldon (Harris & Sheldon), Ltd., London, E.C. Bookcases—Enclosed: A. G. Faraer & Sons, Ltd., Bristol; Papworth Industries, Cam- bndge. Brass Brackets for Reversible M e t s : H. Gill Stamping, Lto., Biraimgham, Cast Iron Standards: Dudley & DoweU. Ltd Birmmgham. Chairs—W.7 : W. Hands & Sons, Ltd., High Wycombe; Web-Harven Furniture Products, High Wvcom&

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CRO\VN AGENTS FOR THE COLONIES.Accumulator Boxes, etc. ; Chloride Electric Storage Co., Ltd.,

London, S.W.—A.G.A. Buoy ; Gas Accumulator Co. (U.K.), Ltd., Brentford.— Asbestos Cement Pipes : Turners Asbestos Cement Co., London, S.E.— Beacon Lamps, etc. : Gas Accumulator Co. (U.K.), Ltd., Brentford.— Bismuth Carbonate : Howards & Sons, Ltd., lliord.__Bitumen Boilers, etc. : Municipal Appliances Co., Ltd., BamberBridge.— Blasting Powder : Curtis & Harvey, Ltd., London, S.W.— Block Tin ; Capper, Pass & Son, Ltd., Bristol.— Blue Serge ; J. Harper & Sons, Bradford; Co-operative Wholesale Society, LW., Buckfastlclgh.-Boring and Turning M i l l : Webster & Bennett, Ltd., Coventry.— Brake Vans : Birmingham Railway Carnage & Wagon Co.. Ltd., Birmingham.— Bridging Materials: Cleveland Bndge & Engineering Co., Ltd., Darlington; P. & W. MacLellan, Ltd., GlSgow.— B.R.C. Fabric : British Reinforced Concrete Engineering Co., Ltd., Stafford.— Bronze Wire, etc. : Rd. Johnson & N e p ^ f ’ Ltd., Manchester.— Cable, etc. : W. T. Henley s Telegraph Works C o . Ltd., London, E.C.— Carriage and Wagon Tyres and Axles: T. Firth & J. Brown, Ltd., Sheffield.— Carriage Underframes and Bogies : Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., Birmingham.—Cattle Wagons : Metropolitan-Cammell Carriage &Wagon Co., Ltd., Birmingham.— Ceiling Fans : General Electnc Co Ltd., London, W.C.—Cement : Cement Marketmg Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—C.l. Culverts : WaUs, Ltd., Birmingham.— C.l. Pipes : Stanton Ironworks Co., Ltd., Nottingham.—Coal Tar : Lancashire Tar Distillers, Manchester.— Coats : North British Rubber Co., London, W.—Colas ; Colas Products, Ltd., London, W.C.— Concrete Pump, etc. : Concrete Pump Co., Ltd., London, S.W. Copper Cable, etc. : British Insulated Cables, Ltd., Prescot.— Copper IngOw : Phosphor Bronze Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Copper Tubes : I.C.I. Metals, Ltd., Birmingham.— Copper Wire : British Insulated Cables, Ltd., London, W .C.; Lawler, Ayers & Co., Ltd., London, E.C. Coronation Mugs : James Green & Nephew, Btd.,^London, KC.Coronation Souvenirs : Metal Box Co., London, W.C.— Cotton D r ill :E. Spinner & Co., Manchester.— Cotton Lint, etc. : Vernon & Co., Ltd., Preston.— Cotton Wool, etc. : Vernon & Co., Ltd., Preston.— Covered Goods Wagons, etc. : Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd,, Birmingham.— Covered Goods Wagons : Metropolitan Cammell Carriage & Wagon Co., Ltd., Birmingham.— Crossings and Switches (Manufacture) : Anderston Foundry Co., Ltd.,Middlesbrough.—Crossing and Switch Spares (Manufacture) : wca Foundry Co., Ltd., Newport, Mon.— Cylinder Oil : Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London, S.W .— Dental Equipment: Amalgamated Dental Co., London, W .— Dredge : Ruston-Bucyrus, Ltd., Lincoln.— Dry_ Core Cable, etc. : British Insulated Cables, Ltd., London, W.C. Ejector and Compressing Machinery for Sewerage : Hughes & Lancastw, Ltd., London, S.W.— Fans, etc. : J. Stone & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. _Fencing and Gates : Wm. Bain & Co., Ltd., Coatbridge.— Galvanized Steel Sheets ; Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Co., Ltd., Wirral; J. Lysaght, Ltd., B risto l.-Gas Engines, etc. ; Crossley- Premier Engines, Ltd., Nottingham.— Gas Engines and Alternators . Ruston & Hornsby, Ltd., Lincoln.— Gauze, etc. ! Vernon & Co., Ltd., Preston.— Glycerine : Gale, Baiss & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.Granulators, etc.: H. R. Marsden, Ltd., Leeds.— Headers and Tubes : Hathorn, Davey & Co., Ltd., Leeds.— Hydraulic Pumping P lan t : MacTaggart Scott & Co., Ltd., Loanhead.— InfUSions, etc. : Allen & Hanburys, Ltd., London, E.—Jerseys : S. D. Stretton & Sons, Ltd., Leicester.— Khaki Clothing : Milns Ca^t^mght Reynolds, LM.,London, E.— Lathe : J. Lang & Sons, Ltd., Johnstone.— Uttice Towers : Blaw-Knox, Ltd., London, W.C.— Launch : Bergius Co., Ltd., Glasgow.— Linotype Machinel: Linotype & MachinOTy, Ltd., London, W.C.— Locomotive Boiler : Nasmyth, Wilson & Co., Ltd., Manchester.— Locomotive Tyres : Taylor Bros. & Co., U d., Manchester.__Lorry Chassis :—Morris Industries Exports, Ltd., Cowley.—Lymph : Lister Institute, Elstree.— Marble and Faience : Penning & Co., Ltd., London, W.— Material for Conversion of Engines : Vulcan Foundry, Ltd., Newton-le-Willows.— Material for Reconditioning Pier : British Steel Piling Co., Ltd., London, S.W.— Mercury Arc Rectifying Equipment; British Thomson Houston Co., Ltd., Lonemn, W.C.— Metaforms : A. A. Byrd & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.— Mortar Pans etc. ; V. & R. Blakemore, Birmingham.— Mowers : Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, Ltd., Ipswich.— M.S. Bars : Whitehead Ii;on & Steel Co., Ltd*., Ne\vport, Mon.— M.S. Plates, etc. : P. & W. MacLoUan, Ltd., Glasgow.—M.S. Sheets : Wolverhampton C.l. Co., Ltd., Wirral.— Oil : C. C. Wakedeld & Co., Ltd., London,Oil Engines : Norris, Henty & Gardners, Ltd., London, E.C. Oils . SheU Co. o f Palestine, Ltd., London, E.C.; Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Oxygen Cylinders ; Chesterheld Tube Co., LM., Chesterfield.— Paint : Red Hand Compositions, Ltd., London, b.W .; Torbay Paint Co., Ltd., London, S.W .; Thomas Huhbuck & Son, Ltd., London, E.C.—Paper : Thomas & Green, Ltd., High Wycombe;

April, 1937.J. Dickinson & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.— Paper, etc. : Wiggins Teapo & A. Pirie (Export), Ltd., London, E.— Pile Driving Winch, ' etc. : British Steel Piling Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Pipes for Water Tanks, etc.: Staveley Coal & Iron Co., Ltd., Chesterfield.—Pipework for Power Station : Stewarts & Lloyds, Ltd., Birmingham.—Plate Splitting Spears, etc. : J. Bennie & Sons, Ltd., Glasgow, S.W.— Portable Oil Engines : Blackstone & Co., Ltd., Stamford.—Postage Stamps : De La Rue & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Power Boat : British Power Boat Co., Southampton.— Pressed Steel Tank for Water Supply : Braithwaite & Co. (Engineers), Ltd., London, S.W.— Printing Paper : Ryburndale Paper Co., Ripponden.— Puncher Slotting Machine : Muir Machine Tools, Ltd., Manchester.—Quinine : Howards & Sons, Ltd., Ilford.—Quinine Hydrochlor: Howards & Sons, Ltd., Ilford.—Quinine Tablets : Howards & Sons, Ltd., Ilford.— Rail Clips : C. Richards & Sons, Ltd., Darlaston.—• Railings : Bayliss, Jones & Bayliss, Ltd., London, E.C.— Rails for Crossings and Switches : Barrow Haematite Steel Co., Ltd., London, S.W.— R.S. Joists : R. A. Skelton & Co., Ltd., I^ndon, E.C.— Safes : J. Tann, Ltd., London, E.C.—Sanitary Fittings : Shanks &; Co., Ltd., London, W.—Seals : Acme Lead Seal Co., London, E.— Sleeper Adzing and Boring Machine : J. Pickles & Sons (Engineers), Ltd., Hebden Bridge.— Sluice Valves, etc. : Glenfield & Kennedy, Ltd., Kilmamock.-^teel Casements, e tc .: Williams & Williams, Ltd., Chester.—Steel Grillage and Tower for Water Supply Tank ; Braithwaite & Co. (Engineers), Ltd., London, S.W.—Steel Piling, etc,: British Steel Piling Co., Ltd., London, S.W.—Steel Scaffolding: London Midland & Steel Scaffolding Co., Ltd., London, S.W.— Steel Shuttering for Concrete : A. A. Byrd & Co., Ltd., London, E.C.— Steel Sleepers : Guest, Keen & Baldwins Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., London, E.C.—Steam Cranes : T. Smith & Sons (Rodley), Ltd., Rodley.—StOVeS : Forth & Clyde & Sunnyside Iron Co., Ltdi, London, W.—Submarine Telephone Cable : Siemens Bros. & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Superheater Spares: Superheater Co., Ltd, London, W.C.—Tab. Hyd. Emetin : Whiffen & Sons, Ltd., London. S.W.—Teleprinters : (>eed & Co., Ltd., Croydon.—Timber ; C. Leary & Co., London, E.C.—Tinctures, etc. : Gale Baiss & Co., Ltd., London, S.E.—Tipping Chassis : Albion Motors, Ltd., Glasgow.— Train Lighting Equipment: J. Stone & Co., Ltd., London, S.W.; Hewettic Electric Co., Ltd., Walton-on-Thames.—Tug ; Ferguson Bros. (Port Glasgow), Ltd., Port Glasgow.—Twill : E. Spinner <fc Co., Manchester.—Waterproof Coats : J. Mandleberg & Co., Ltd., Salford.—Water Softening Plant : Paterson Engineering Co., Ltd., London, W.C.—White M eta l: J. Stone & Co., Ltd., London, S.W. White Metal Ingots : Glacier Metal Co., Ltd., Alperton.—Wirelosi Materials : Marconi’s Wireless Telegraph Co., Ltd., London, W.C.

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Local Government in the Tyneside A rea , Report of the Royal C om m ission . Cmd. 5402.

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The Food Council, Report for the Year, 1936.

The 6rst general report o f the Council appointed in I 9Z5 to investigate and report regarding the supply or price o f articles o f food . T h e report is presented under the commodities in w hich investigations have been made, together with a general review o f food prices and marketing schemes. There are tables showing the annual average retail prices o f foodstuffs from 1929 to 1936 and average retail meat prices from 1924 to 1936.

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A Borstal Experim ent in Vocational Guidance, Industrial Health Research Board. (Report N o. 78.)

Can m odem psychology help the prison administration to give Borstal boys a fresh start in life b y finding out the kind o f work they are best fitted to d o ? Trials recently made have had encouraging results.Specimens o f the tests revealing the w idely varying abilities o f the boys are given in the report which is a human document o f unusual interest. From it all w ho are concerned in planning careers for boys can get a picture o f the various factors, o f temperament, character, manual skill and intellectual ability which must go to form a judgment o f individual ability.

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Hours of Em ploym ent of Young Persons in certain unregulated occupations. Reportof Departmental Committee. (Home OMce.) Cmd. 5394.

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CONTENTS.Employment Wages, Cost of Living, and Trade Disputes in

April .................................................................................................... 171

Special Articles, Reviews, e tc .:—Report of the Ministry of Labour for the year 1936 . . . . . . 1723The London Omnibus Dispute . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7 3The Special Areas (Amendment) Act, 1937 . . . . . . . . 173Unemployment Insurance : Proposed Extension :—

Non-Private Domestic Servants Private Outdoor Domestic Service

Average Earnings and Hours of Labour in October, 1935 Flour Milling Joint Industrial CouncilWages and Conditions in the Road Motor (Goods) Transport Industry:

Report of C o m m it t e e ............................................................................Poor Relief in the Fourth Quarter of 1936 Wages and Hours Movements Overseas . .Working Hours and Wages in the United States, 1935-36 Wages and Working Hours of Factory Workers in Japan

Employment and Unemployment in AprilGeneral S u m m a ry ....................................... . . . . , , . , 1 8 0U nem ploênl Chart ........................................................................... 181Composition of Unemployment Statistics ; Great Britain . . . . 181Numbers on the Registers of Employment Exchanges , . 181Vacanciei Notified to, and Filled by. Employment Exchanges . . , . 181

Employment in some of the Principal Industries :—Wool .................................Boot and Shoo •• •Brick .................................Building «« •• *Pottory •• •• •Paper* Printing and Bookbinding Dock Labour *Seamen •• «

Numbers on the Registers in the Principal Towns ...........................Unemployment Among Insured Persons : Industrial Analysis . .Principal Variations in Numbers Unemployed . . . . . . . .Periods of Registered Unemployment: Analysis in respect of persons

applying for Insurance Benefit or Unemployment Allowances Applicants for Insurance Benefit and Unemployment Allowances:

Divisional AnalysisNew Entrants into Unemployment Insurance

Juvenile Unemployment Statistics.—Registered Unemployed. Divisional Analysis. . . . . . . ..Insured Unemployed: Divisional Analysis . . . . . . ..Vacancies Filled Divisional Analysis . . . . . . . . . . .,Attandanccs at Courses o( Instruction .. . . «. ..

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Unemployment among Boys and Girls, under 16 years of age, in Insured Industries

Unemployment Insurance : Adjudications by the Statutory Authorities

Unemployment Fund ...........................................................................Industrial T ra n sferen ce ...........................................................................Employment Overseas ...........................................................................Changes in Rates of Wages and Hours of Labour in AprilTrade Disputes in A p r i l ...........................................................................Changes in Cost of Living: Statistics for 1st M a y ...........................Retail Prices O v e r s e a s ...........................................................................Fatal Industrial Accidents...........................................................................Industrial D isea ses.......................................................................................Building Plans Approved: Statistics for April and for First

Quarter of 1937 .......................................................................................Poor Relief in April ...........................................................................Prices and Wages in tbe Iron and Steel Industries . .

Coal Mining ^ 182Iron Mining .. 182ShaU Mining • • .. 182Pig Iron ** •• .. 182Iron and Steel • • • * .. 183Tinplate and Steel Sheet** .. 183Engineering ** .. 183Shipbuiidiag •• «, .. 183Cotton • • * * .. 184

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Official Notices, etc.—Legal Cates ftH cting Labour •• ••Unemployment Insurance:-^

Decisiont given by the Umpire*• «* *.Unemployment Insurance Statutory Committee

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Weight Lifting by Industrial Workers Official Publicationa Received , . Government C o n tr a c ts ........................

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