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Appendix II A

(Chapter 3: Occupations, Wages and Labour Organization)

Industrial Undertakings and Persons Employed in Main Industrial Groups

Industrial Undertakings

Industry

Persons Employed

1954 1955 1956

1954

1955

1956

Mining & Quarrying

5

24

64

1,075

1,268

2,226

Food Manufacture

260

294

323

6,421

6,358

6,708

Beverages

Tobacco Manufacture.

29

29

29

917

991

1,007

6

6

6

1,253

1,143

1,291

Manufacture of Textiles *

566

604

639

34,021

37,064

42,254

Manufacture of Wood & Cork

102

112

131

1,682

1,729

2,214

Footwear & Wearing Apparel *

124

216

255

5,701

8,603

10,342

Manufacture of furniture

17

21

29

560

686

1,050

Paper & paper products

16

23

30

414

483

593

Printing & publishing

336

356

380

6,437

6,752

6,966

Leather & leather products

10

12

15

256

322

363

Rubber products

56

58

72

7,845

7,944

7,386

Chemicals & chemical products *

92

888

26

96

3,048

3,038

2,769

Coal products

1

1

Non-metallic products

61

66

21

13

13

73

2,171

2,315

2,379

Basic metal

19

20

30

1,266

1,285

1,403

Metal products *

347

433 476

20,583

23,397

26,062

Manufacture of Machinery

147

183

206

2,306

2,711

3,371

Electrical apparatus *

40

47

50

1,859

1,987

2,134

Transport & Transport Equipment *

38

41

45

9,709

11,052 12,859

Miscellaneous *

117

158

221

3,535

4,950

6,955

Construction (Terrazzo)

4

68

48

Electricity & Gas

7

7

8

1,291

1,311

1,808

Petroleum Installations.

4

LO

5

n

5

497

527

667

Transport (cargo packing)

5

6

6

63

67

84

Storage

1

CAD

3

3

402

537

944

Cable & Wireless, & Telephones

2

2

2

882

974

861

Motion Picture industry

7

5

5

480

392

423

Laundry & dry cleaning

75

102

120

1,198

1,518

1,728

Total:

2,494 2,925 3,319 115,453 129,465 146,877

* Similar figures for selected industries in these groups are given in Appendix IIB.

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