trades  which  contribute  to  the  board  13

enables  me  to  present  the  following  distribution  of  the
sixty-two  unions  in  relation  to  the  numbers  of  their
members.  To  these  figures  I  append  a  third  column
compiled  from  the  returns  of  occupations  in  the  1891
Census  Report  in  order  to  furnish  a  general  indication  as
to  how  far  the  trade  unions  in  the  general  groups  of
industry  are  fairly  representative  of  the  whole  body  of
workers.

Trades.

Engineering  and  Metal  Trades
•Shipbuilding
Building  and  furnishing  .  .  .
Textiles
Mining
1  rinting  and  Kindred  Trades
Clothing,  Leather,  Glass,  Kc.

Number
of
Unions.

11
4
13
2
2
20
10

Number  of
Members  of
Unions.

111,889
53.895
"6,043
10,629
68,030
34.632
4.973

Total
Occupied  in
the  Trade.  *

342,231
70,517
820,582
1,128,589
561,637
145,307
unknown

§  3-  Trades  which  Co?itribute  to  the  Board  of
Trade  Returns.

Now  the  first  thing  evident  is  that  the  trade  union
figure  of  unemployment  is  based  on  returns  which  are  in
many  cases  too  small  to  adequately  represent  the  mass
industry  to  which  they  refer.  Only  in  the  case  of  the
Employers  as  well  as  employed  arc  included  here,  and,  in
some  cases,  a  large  number  of  dealers  as  well  as  makers.  Other
difficulties  of  classification  prevent  these  figures  from  being  any-6’ing
  but  a  general  indication  of  the  relative  importance  of  the
several  groups  of  industry.