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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