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Table o

Employment in Manufacturing Industry 1974-1976

Number of persons engaged

change on previous observation

* change on

a year ago

1974

Dec

600,128

1975

Mar

591,659

-1.4%

Jun

623,991

5.5%

Sep

627,631

0.6%

Dec

678,857

8.2%

13.13

1976

Mar

698,787

2.9%

18.1,5

Jun

748,846

7.26

20.0%

Sep

778,788

4.0%

24.16

Dec

773,746

-0.6%

14.0%

in establishments known to the Census and Statistics Department

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