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 persons employed by the several industries within the State, the operation of labor saving machinery in its relation to hand labor, etc. Said statistics may be classified as follows:

First. In agriculture.

Second. In mining.

Third. In mechanical and manufacturing industries.

Fourth. In transportation.

Fifth. In clerical and all other skilled and unskilled labor not above mentioned.

Sixth. The amount of cash capital invested in lands, in building and machinery, severally, and means of production and distribution generally.

Seventh. The number, age, sex and condition of persons employed; the nature of their employment, the extent to which the apprenticeship system prevails in the various skilled industries, the number of hours of labor per day, the average length of time employed per annum, and the net wages received in each of the industries and employments within the State.

Eighth. The number and condition of the unemployed, their age, sex and nationality, together with the cause of their idleness.

Ninth. The sanitary condition of lands, workshops, dwellings; the number and size of rooms occupied by the workers, etc.; the cost of fuel, rent, food, clothing and water in each locality of the State; also the extent to which 1labor saving processes are employed to the displacement of hand labor.

Tenth. The number and condition of the Chinese in the State, their social and sanitary habits, number of married and of single, the number employed and the nature of their employment; the average wages per day at each employment, and the gross amount yearly; the amount expended by them in rent, food and clothing and in what proportion such amounts are expended for foreign and home productions respectively; to what extent their labor comes in competition with the other industrial classes of the State.

Eleventh. The number, condition, and nature of the employment of the inmates of the State prison, county jails, and reformatory institutions, and to what extent their imploymentemployment [sic] comes in competition with the labor of mechanics, artisans and laborers outside of these institutions.

Twelfth. All such other information in relation to labor as the commissioner may deem essential to further the objects sought to be attained by this statute.

Thirteenth. A description of the different kinds of labor organizations in existence in the State, and what they accomplish in favor of the class for which they were organized.

§ 2. INFORMATION TO BE FURNISHED.] It shall be the duty of all State, county and precinct officers to furnish upon the written request of the commissioner, all the information in their power necessary to assist in carrying out the objects of this act. And not