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The Committee takes note of the first and second reports of the Government on the application of the Convention. It would be grateful if in its next report the Government would provide further information on the following points:

Article 3 of the Convention. Please describe the manner in which registers are established and maintained for all occupational categories of dockworkers, indicating in particular whether there is a single register or separate registers for various occupational categories. Please give particulars of the numbers of dockworkers, including those in Zanzibar, on the registers and of variations in their numbers during the period covered by the report in accordance with Point V of the report form.

Article 4. Please describe the arrangements for the periodic review of the strength of registers of dockworkers, as well as the measures instituted to prevent or minimise detrimental effects on dockworkers when a reduction in the strength of a register becomes necessary.

Article 5. Please indicate whether any measures have been taken to encourage future co-operation between employers' and workers' organisations in improving the efficiency of work in ports.

Article 6. Please provide particulars of the vocational training provisions (as mentioned in the Government's report under Convention No. 142) which apply to dockers.