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Graph 11 



Workers in Industrial Pursuits 



lopoo 



2OP00 J 0000 



40,000 



,. , , 1 , , ,, 



5O,00O 



6O,O0O 

 ,,.. 1 .,,, 



10,000 80,000 



Building trades 

 Metal industries 

 Clothing industries 

 Wood industries 

 Miscellaneous pursuits 

 Clay, glass, and stone industries 

 Officials 

 Engineers 



Food and confectionery indua. 



Printing and publishing 

 Leather and rubber industries 

 Textile industries 

 Painters, glaziers, and varnishers H 

 Cigar and tobacco industries ^ 

 Chemical industries || 

 Liquor and beverage g 

 {{Light, heat, and fuel || 

 'Paper and pulp mills g 

 Jewelry, gold 2nd silver workers 7 



§3. Workers in Specified Industrial Pursuits 



1. BiiildAng Trades 



The two largest groups under the building trades are general 

 laborers and carpenters, comprising about 65 per cent of the total 

 number of workers. The trades and pursuits incident to building 

 construction were as follows in 1910 : 





Males 



Females 



Total 



General and not specified laborers 



. , . 29,008 



391 



29,399 









24,254 



Painters, glaziers, and varnishers 



8,200 



6 



8.206 



Builders and building contractors 



5,811 



17 



5,828 





3.905 





3.905 



Plumbers and gas and steam fitters 



. , 2,941 





2,941 





1,949 





1,949 



Helpers in building and hand trades 



. . 1,769 



7 



1,776 



Paper hangers 



1,435 



53 



1,488 



Apprentices to building and hand trades 



469 



1 



470 



Roofers and slaters 



194 





194 



Structural iron workers 



176 





176 



Total 



. 80,111 



475 



80,580 



