§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAasked the Minister of Labour the number, actual or estimated, of women employed in occupations in 1913 and at the present time respectively, and the proportion of the numbers so occupied to the female population between the ages of 16 and 60?
§ Sir K. WOODI have been asked to reply. The particulars asked for are not available for the years specified in the question, but the following tabular statement gives the best information available for the Census years 1911 and 1921: