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THE recent increase of 6,362 unemployed in Scotland occurred mainly in the towns and particularly in Glasgow. This is shown in the Ministry of Labour Gazette, on sale tomorrow, which also points out in an analysis of the unemployment position that in Scotland the incidence of prolonged unemployment among younger men was higher than in other parts of the country.

Unemployment in Scotland reached its peak point in three years on 16 January, when it was 74,292, an increase in one month of 6,362. The rise occurred in the principal towns. The Gazette tables show that continuous unemployment of more than six months' duration is experienced by relatively few men under 40.

Prolonged unemployment was heavily concentrated in the development areas. The total number of men unemployed for more than six months was 54,254, of whom 39,707 were in the North-Western and Northern regions and Scotland and Wales, and within those regions, 32,437 were in the development areas.

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