§ 57 Mr. T. JOHNSTONasked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) the weighted average nominal weekly hours of labour (exclusive of overtime) for adult male labour in the States of Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, respectively, for the year 1921;
(2) the weighted average nominal weekly rate of wage paid to adult male workers for a full week's work in Queensland, New South Wales, Western Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, respectively, for the year 1921;
(3) the percentages of unemployed registered in the States of New South Wales, Tasmania, and Queensland, respectively, for the year 1921.
| — | New South Wales. | Victoria | Queens land | South Australia. | Western Australia. | Tasmania | ||||||
| Weighted average nominal weekly rate of wage to adult male workers for ail full week's work (minimum rate), 1921. | 95s. | 10d. | 93s. | 7d. | 96s. | 8d. | 89s. | 5d. | 95s. | 0d. | 91s. | 8d. |
| Weighted average nominal weekly hours of labour by adult male workers during a full working week, 1921. | 45.66 | 46.95 | 45.52 | 47.07 | 46.24 | 46.84 | ||||||
| Average percentage of unemployed at end of 1921 in the Trade Unions re porting (Note: The total membership of these Unions was 370,491). | 11.9 | 5.9 | 11.3 | 6.1 | 8.0 | 16.7 |