New Zealand Gazette – 1887 – No. 7

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✨ Census Statistics



MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.

TABLE II.—General Summary of certain Manufactories, Works, &c. (specified in the preceding Table I.), in Operation in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand in the Month of March, 1886, with the Number of Hands, the Nature and Amount of Power employed, and the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1885; also the Approximate Value of the Land, Buildings, and Machinery and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Industries, Works, &c. Number of Hands employed. Industries classified according to Machine-power employed. Amount of Horse-power. Value of Manufactures, &c. (including Repairs), for the Year 1885. Approximate Value of Total Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
M. F. Steam. Steam and Gas. Steam and Water. Steam and Wind.
Auckland .. 508 5,985 486 187 3 4 ..
Taranaki .. 52 403 17 15 .. .. ..
Hawke's Bay .. 100 941 10 43 2 1 ..
Wellington .. 254 2,886 189 123 1 3 ..
Marlborough .. 73 533 7 24 .. 1 1
Nelson .. 202 2,038 26 88 .. .. ..
Westland .. 52 377 3 20 .. 1 ..
Canterbury .. 340 3,676 638 139 2 1 ..
Otago .. 687 6,322 1,118 176 .. 7 ..
Totals, Census 1886 2,268 23,161 2,494 815 8 18 1
Totals, Census 1881 1,643 16,599 1,339 568 1 21 3
Totals, Census 1878 1,271 13,728 449 438 .. 26 3

PRINTING ESTABLISHMENTS.

TABLE III.—Showing the Number of Printing Establishments in New Zealand in Operation in March, 1886, the Hands and Power employed, the Value of the Production for the Year 1885, and the Approximate Value of the Land, Buildings, and Machinery and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Establishments. Number of Hands employed. Machine-power used. Amount of Horse-power. Total Value of Production. Approximate Value of
M. F. Steam. Water. Water and Gas. Steam, Water, and Gas.
Auckland(1) .. 28 351 40 .. 4 .. 1
Taranaki(2) .. 5 71 .. .. 3 .. ..
Hawke's Bay(3) .. 8 104 1 .. .. .. ..
Wellington(4) .. 23 384 19 3 7 1 ..
Marlborough(5) .. 3 28 3 1 .. .. ..
Nelson(6) .. 10 73 1 1 .. .. ..
Westland .. 6 56 .. 1 .. .. ..
Canterbury(7) .. 16 389 18 1 2 1 ..
Otago(8) .. 36 543 26 4 7 .. ..
Totals .. 135 1,999 108 11 23 2 1
Totals, Census 1881 106 1,735 44 15 13 .. ..

(1) Two recently started. (2) Value of production not given in three cases employing 53 hands; value of materials not stated in four cases. (3) Value of production not given in four cases employing 32 hands; value of materials not stated in three cases. (4) Value of production not given in seven cases; one not in operation in 1885, and one in operation only one month. (5) Value of materials not given in one case. (6) In four cases value of production not stated, and in one case value of land, buildings, and plant not stated. (7) Value of production not stated in five cases. (8) One not in operation in 1885, two for six months only; in two cases value of production not given; in five cases value of land and buildings not stated.

NOTE.—Value of materials operated upon, £60,268 (roughly approximate).



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