are taken aver for Germans) and also owing to shortages of guards and gangers. Compared with three months earlier there has been a gross increase of 6,950 Germans and a gross decrease of 4,700 Italians employed in agriculture. The outlook for the future is gloomy. The labour force is diminishing and will diminish further after the end of the war in Europe, while needs will increase with the recovery in farm livestock numbers. 6. Wages. The Agricultural Wages Board decided to increase national minimum wage of adult male workers by 5/to £3.