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Appendix 13

(Chapter 4: Employment)

Number of Establishments and Employment in Selected

Manufacturing Industries

231

Establishments

Industry

Textiles

Bleaching, dyeing and finishing

Cotton knitting

Cotton spinning

1971

1972

1973

1971

Persons employed

1972

1973

319

370

454

10,931

13,558

16,614

269

248

213

9,585

7,694

5,129

33

31

32

***

20,685

19,191

20,423

Cotton weaving

Made-up textile goods except wearing apparel

Wool spinning

Woollen knitting

256

258

297

31,049

28,441

29.125

127

144

308

1,629

1.873

3,252

11

16

11

10

3,360

3,396

3,065

1,269

1,332

1,467

36,250

32,916

15,313

Wearing apparel except footwear

Garments

Gloves...

2,310

2,687

4,591

115,151

124,496

137,932

211

193

279

8,509

7,687

11,039

Footwear except rubber, plastic and wooden footwear

Shoes

210

225

469

4,182

+

***

***

3,991

4,303

Furniture and fixtures except primarily of metal

Wooden furniture

333

433

774

3,142

3,612

5,496

Paper and paper products

Paper boxes

389

453

624

5,397

5,783

6,362

Printing and publishing

Job printing

Newspaper printing

Rubber products

Rubber footwear

Plastic products

Plastic flowers and foliage

Plastic toys

Plastic products (miscellaneous)

Fabricated metal products

Aluminium ware

Electroplating

Metal toys

Padlocks and bolts

Pressure stoves and lanterns

Tools and dies

973

1,008

1,068

14,010

13,842

13,515

24

25

25

3,340

*

3,238

3,168

E

4:

:

209

199

213

9,323

7,239

6,088

501

476

550

12,264

12,877

10,867

1,152

1,246

1,316

36,786 37,046

35,723

1,366

1,512

1,754

19,900

22,194

23,919

53

67

89

2,135

2,236

2,912

233

253

315

2,099

2,347

2,960

71

73

91

2,226

2,403

2,284

72

93

112

1,746

2,018

2,126

34

33

39

1,804

1,674

1,672

365

434

504

2,057

2,214

2,407

Torch cases

Wrist watch bands

...

45

45

45

3,332

2,912

2,411

127

151

195

5,377

5,551

5,938

Electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances and

supplies

Dry batteries

Electric bulbs

Electronics

+1

Transport equipment

Aircraft repairing

Ship building and repairing

Professional and scientific, measuring and

controlling equipment, and photographic and

optical goods

Cameras

Watches and clocks

Other manufacturing industries

Jewellery and related articles

Wigs

27

68

281

22235

27

74

305

390

98890

10

2,776

2,493

2,213

4,158

4,307

4,752

41,624

49,772

56,070

50

NO

2

2

2

2,009

2,028

2,341

53

59

11,880

10,279

8,463

106

198

126

26

22

144

2$

22

2,651

2,617

2,796

4,187

4,574

5,887

187

216

468

2,676

3,251

5,228

342

194

131 19,896

9,433

2,871

Note: The figures for 1971 and 1972 refer to employment in manufacturing establishments which have been registered

with or recorded by the Labour Department.