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MONDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1982
GENERAL CARGO WAREHOUSES MADE UP 63 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS BUT ACCOUNTED FOR ONLY 38 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WORKFORCE IN THE STORAGE SECTOR.
THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 49 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL INCOME AND RECEIPTS, FOLLOWED BY MULTI-PURPOSE WAREHOUSES (40 PER CENT) AND COLD STORAGE (11 PER CENT). HOWEVER, EMPLOYMENT IN THE MULTI-PURPOSE WAREHOUSES WAS THE HIGHEST, ACCOUNTING FOR ABOUT 45 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL, WITH COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE AT $30 000 PER ANNUM. EMPLOYMENT IN THE COLD STORAGE ONLY ACCOUNTED FOR 18 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL WITH COMPENSATION PER EMPLOYEE AT $25 000 PER ANNUM.
THERE WERE 50 ESTABLISHMENTS ENGAGED IN COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES DURING THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1980, EMPLOYING 16 010 PERSONS.
TOTAL INCOME AND RECEIPTS GENERATED BY THIS SECTOR WERE $2 814 MILLION, WITH $643 MILLION SPENT ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES AND $641 MILLION ON OPERATING EXPENSES.
CAPITAL STOCK AT THE END OF THE YEAR WAS ESTIMATED TO BE $3 222 MILLION, WITH $258 MILLION AS DEPRECIATION AND $855 MILLION AS GROSS ADDITIONS TO FIXED ASSETS OVER THE YEAR.
TABLE 2 SUMMARISES THE PROVISIONAL RESULTS ON THE
50 COMMUNICATIONS ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED INTO TWO GROUPS, NAMELY RADIO PAGING SERVICES, AND TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, COURIER AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
OF THE 50 ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE COMMUNICATIONS SECTOR, 33 ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ENGAGED IN TELEPHONE, TELEGRAPH, COURIER AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 88 PER CENT OF THE SECTOR'S TOTAL EMPLOYMENT, 96 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL INCOME AND RECEIPTS, AND 99 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL CAPITAL STOCK.
THE REST OF THE 17 ESTABLISHMENTS WERE ENGAGED IN RADIO PAGING SERVICES, EMPLOYING 1 964 PERSONS AND GENERATING A TOTAL INCOME OF $111 MILLION IN 1980.
THEY SPENT $38 MILLION ON COMPENSATION OF EMPLOYEES, AND $62 MILLION ON OTHER EXPENSES OF WHICH 74 PER CENT WERE ON PURCHASES, NOTABLY PURCHASES OF RADIO PAGERS FOR SALE,
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT IS NOW PREPARING A REPORT ON THE 1980 CENSUS, DESCRIBING IN DETAIL THE RESULTS AND THE METHODOLOGY EMPLOYED.
ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SERVICES STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. NO. 3-661070).
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