§ The following Table shows for Scotland the average numbers of (1) unemployed persons registered at Employ-
| Year. | Average numbers of unemployed persons registered at Employment Exchanges. | Average numbers of claims admitted for insurance benefit or transitional benefit. | Average numbers of applications authorised for transitional payments or unemployment allowances. | |||
| 1931 | … | … | … | 357,660 | (a) 313,725 | — |
| (b) 171,277 | (b) 127,878 | |||||
| 1932 | … | … | … | 378,073 | 143,116 | 155,309 |
| 1933 | … | … | … | 364,114 | 112,678 | 167,216 |
| 1934 | … | … | … | 331,326 | 103,799 | 141,870 |
| 1935 | … | … | … | 314,041 | 106,965 | 123,245 |
| 1936 | … | … | … | 277,827 | (c) 95,664 | 107,777 |
| (a) Average for the period January to 11th November, 1931, including both insurance benefit and transitional benefit. | ||||||
| (b) Average for the period 12th November to end December, 1931. The transitional payments scheme came into operation on 12th November, 1931. | ||||||
| (c) Exclusive of claims admitted under the agricultural scheme. |