The Home Office has published statistics showing that over 4,840, 000 people are engaged in manual Labour, either skilled or unskilled. The following are the statistics compiled at the end of June this year: Factory works—Government. works: Those coming under the terms of the Factory Law, 71,637, men and 25,538 women; others 36,002 men and 16,071 women; total ind 41,659 wanton, Those coming under the Factory Law terms, 641,889 men and 821,368 women; other 220,950 men and 127,807 women; total 90 839 men and 948,675 women. Mining workers: 235, 845 men and 75,- 436 women; total 810,781. Others! classes: 1,640,586 men and 75,436, women; total 2,031,118. Total: 2,892,409 men and' 1,486,302 women; crand total 4,348,711.
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