APPENDIX B .—(contd. 
III.—Abandoned Schemes summarised by Causes of Abandonment and Trades. 
Cause of Abandonment. 
Number 
of 
Schemes 
in 
existence 
at 
1st A ugust, 
1912. 
Trade. 
Apathy of 
employees 
and 
dissatis 
faction of 
employers 
with 
results. 
Diminu 
tion of 
profits, 
and losses 
or want 
of success. 
Enterprise 
aban 
doned, and 
liquida 
tion or 
dissolu 
tion. 
Changes 
in or 
transfer of 
business. 
Substitu 
tion of 
increased 
wages or 
shorter 
hours, or 
other 
benefits. 
Dissatis 
faction 
of em 
ployees. 
Job 
finished 
or death 
of 
employer. 
Special 
circum 
stances. 
Not 
known. 
Total. 
Building trades 
3 
2 
i 
i 
i 
_ 
i 
9 
3 
Mining and quarrying 
Metal, engineering, and shipbuilding :— 
3 
— 
2 
— 
— 
i 
— 
6 
Metal 
3 
2 
1 
i 
— 
— 
— 
— 
i 
8 
i 
Engineering and shipbuilding ... 
8 
3 
1 
— 
i 
i 
i 
i 
i 
17 
4 
Textile trades 
4 
2 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
7 
7 
Clothing trades ... 
1 
3 
5 
3 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
12* 
5* 
Transport ... 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
i 
— 
— 
— 
2 
1 
Agriculture 
Printing, paper, and allied trades :— 
— 
3 
3 
3 
— 
— 
2 
— 
i 
12 
6 
Paper making 
1 
• — 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
4 
Printing, bookbinding, &c 
9 
3 
3 
7 
i 
i 
— 
: 
i 
25 
11 
Woodworking and furnishing trades 
3 
1 
2 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
7 
3 
Chemical, glass, pottery, &c. 
2 
— 
— 
— 
3 
— 
— 
1 
2 
8 
14 
Food and tobacco ... 
8 
4 
2 
3 
— 
— 
— 
1 
— 
18 
13 
Gas works ... 
1 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
1 
33 
Electricity supply ... 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
— 
2 
Other businesses 
12 
6 
4 
4 
2 
— 
— 
1 
1 
30° 
26* 
Total 
59 
29 
25 
22 
8 
4 
4 
4 
8 
163* 
133* 
* No recent particulars are available as regards three schemes which were started (two in the Clothing trades and one in “Other businesses”) to show 
wh.eth.er they are still in existence or have been abandoned.