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table 7

number employed

Industry

March 1964

March

1974

metal ore mining

567

253

314

stone quarrying

1,727

758

969

tobacco manufacture

1,748

777

971

sawmills

2,194

1,217

977

basic metal industries

3,818

2,321

1,497

metal torch cases and torch

5,947

2,404

3,543

bulb bases

shipbreaking

994

312

682

artificial pearls and imitation

jewellery

2,042

1,398

644

buttons and buttons holes

1,109

788

321

textiles and wearing apparel

145,911

261,688

+115,777

paper products

2,584

6,952 + 4,368

printing

13,694

17,867

+ 4,173

plastics

42,087

65,697

+ 23,610

electronics

2,941

54,499

+ 51,558

cameras and spectacles

1,200

3,449

+ 2,249

watches and clocks

1,481

5,937

+ 4,456

wigs

484

1,988

+ 1,504

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