lo Dec, 19 1 2.] Report on Leongatha Labour Colony. 



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training is one of the most difficult problems that the management 



has to solve, and, to a very great extent, minimizes the value of the 

 labour which they perform : — 



Labourers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 



Milkers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 



Cooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 



Gardeners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 



Farm labourer, clerks . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 



Drapers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 



Aecountauts, usefuls, engine-drivers, bakers . . . . . . . . 12 



Ironmoulders, confectioners, miners . . . . . . . . . . 16 



Kitclienmen, solicitors, farm hands, waiters, firemen, tinsmiths . . . . 27 



Butchers, bullock-drivers, seamen, bootmakers, wheelwrights, tentmakers, 



frenchpolishers, bricklayers . . . . . . . . . . 16 



Cabinetmaker, engineer, bushman, baker, engine-fitter, school teacher, 

 bookkeeper, blacksmith, grocer, machinist, shearer, brass-fitter, boiler- 

 maker, sailor, printer, plumber, sailmaker, tailor, painter, plasterer, 



canvasser, &c. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 



266 



Their ages were as follow: — 



Under 30 years of age 

 Between 30 and 40 . . 

 Between 40 and 50 . . 

 Over 50 



46 



78 



101 



41 



266 



Work has been secured in the district at remunerative wages for 

 about 40 per cent, of these men, others have left with sufficient money 



COLONISTS HOEING BEANS. 



earned on the establishment to carry them along while looking for em- 

 ployment ; a few left without giving any notice of their intention to 

 leave, and five were sent to Melbourne for medical treatment. Thirty- 

 five were sent to work in and round Melbourne by the Secretary direct 

 from the head office; this number is not, however, included in the 



