✨ Census Manufacturing Statistics
CENSUS, MARCH, 1886.—MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.
TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Manufactories, Works, &c., of the under-mentioned Descriptions, which were in Operation in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand in March, 1886; with the Number of Hands, Amount of Machine-power employed, the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1885, the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery and Plant, and a Comparison with the Industries returned in 1881.
[Classified according to the Sub-Orders of Class V. (Industrial) of the Occupations of the People.]
Provincial Districts (Number of Industries in):
- Auckland
- Taranaki
- Hawke's Bay
- Wellington
- Marlborough
- Nelson
- Westland
- Canterbury
- Otago
Columns include:
- Total Number of Industries
- Number of Hands employed (Males, Females, Total)
- Amount of Power (H.P.)
- Value of all Materials used or operated upon during 1885
- Value of all Manufactures (including repairs) for the Year 1885
- Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery and Plant, Total
- Industries returned in 1881 (Number of Works, &c., Hands employed - M, F)
Manufacturing categories:
V. 8 1 Printing establishments (¹) .. ..
V. 8 2 Musical-instrument factories .. ..
V. 8 8 Cartridge factory .. ..
V. 8 9 Machines, tools, implements—
Agricultural-implement manufactories
Machinists and millwrights .. ..
V. 8 10 Carriages and harness—
Coach-building and painting works (²)
V. 8 11 Ships and boats—
Ship- and boat-building works (³)
Block and pump manufactories
Patent slips.. .. ..
V. 8 13 Furniture—
Furniture manufactories (⁴) ..
Chair and wash-board manufactories ..
Bellows-making manufactories
Blind, Venetian, manufactories ..
V. 8 14 Chemicals—
Baking-powder manufactories ..
Chemical works .. ..
Cleaning and dyeing works ..
Fire-kindlers, manufacture of
Hematite-paint factories ..
Ointment, manufacture of ..
Perfumery, manufacture of ..
V. 9 1 Textile fabrics—
Woollen mills .. ..
Ornamental-silk factory ..
V. 9 2 Dress—
Boot factories .. ..
Clothing factories (⁵) ..
Hat and cap factories (⁶) ..
Oilskin manufactories (with sails) (⁷) ..
Stocking-weaving manufactories
Fibrous materials—
Flax-mills .. .. ..
Rope- and twine-works ..
Sail factories (also oilskins) ..
V. 10 1 Animal food—
Bacon-curing establishments (⁸) ..
*Cheese and butter factories (⁹) ..
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