§ Mr. GROVESasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he can present statistics to the House showing the percentages of unemployment in the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queens land, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania for the years 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924?
§ Mr. AMERYThe following are the percentages of members of unions returned as unemployed in each Australian State for each quarter of the years 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, and 1924:
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State 1920 1st quarter (Jan. to Mar.). 2nd quarter (Apr. to June). 3rd quarter (July to Sept). 4th quarter (Oct. to Dec). New South Wales 5.5 5.0 5.2 6.9 Victoria 4.5 5.6 5.3 7.3 Queensland 10.5 13.0 13.4 16.3 South Australia 4.4 4.1 5.9 5.1 Western Australia 3.7 3.4 3.2 4.8 Tasmania 3.6 2.4 3.1 3.0 Australia 5.6 6.2 6.2 7.8 1921. New South Wales 13.7 13.5 12.3 11.9 Victoria 8.7 9.8 10.2 5.9 Queensland 15.5 21.8 13.5 11.3 South Australia 7.9 9.1 8.5 6.1 Western Australia 8.9 8.3 9.2 8.0 Tasmania 4.8 10.3 15.7 16.7 Australia 11.4 12.5 11.4 9.5 1922. New South Wales 11.1 11.4 11.9 11.4 Victoria 6.2 7.8 7.4 5.2 Queensland 11.1 7.7 8.6 12.4 South Australia 6.6 6.4 6.6 3.3 Western Australia 8.5 11.4 11.1 8.9 Tasmania 13.7 10.4 6.7 3.9 Australia 9.2 9.6 9.6 8.6 1923. New South Wales 10.2 8.8 9.3 8.4 Victoria 4.4 5.7 6.4 5.2 Queensland 8.0 7.3 6.6 6.3 South Australia 2.7 4.9 4.0 6.1 Western Australia 6.9 6.2 5.8 3.8 Tasmania 4.1 4.9 3.9 2.0 Australia 7.2 7.l 7.4 6.6 1924. New South Wales 10.6 11.9 13.5 14.3 Victoria 5.1 6.4 7.8 9.1 Queensland 10.0 5.5 5.3 4.9 South Australia 3.8 4.4 5.4 4.9 Western Australia 4.8 4.8 6.1 6.1 Tasmania 2.1 5.2 4.2 3.8 Australia 7.6 8.3 9.5 10.3