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The Committee takes note of the Government's report. It notes that, according to the figures from the National Employment Survey mentioned in the report, there were 4,260 women in the sector of exploitation of mines and quarries in 1996, of which the majority were professionals and office workers, but that they included 357 artisans and labourers, and 99 helpers to labourers. It asks the Government to continue to provide information on the application in practice of the provisions of the Convention, in accordance with point V of the report form.