New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 4

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✨ Ship and Boat Building, Sail and Oilskin Factories



SHIP- AND BOAT-BUILDING.

TABLE VIII.—Showing the Number of Ship- and Boat-building Yards in Operation in April, 1891, the Number and Value of Vessels and Boats built during the Year, 1890, the Value of Materials used, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power used. Amount of Horse-power. Vessels built during 1890. Number of Boats, Punts, &c., built in 1890. Value of Imported Material used. Value of Material produced in the Colony. Value of Labour, &c. Total Value of Manufactures. Value of Repairs executed. Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year, 1890 (including Repairs). Approximate Value of
M. M. Steam. Hand. Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Under 50 Tons. 50 to 100 Tons. 100 to 200 Tons. 300 Tons and upwards.
Wood. Steel. Wood. Wood. Steel. Wood.
Auckland 24 119 £9,358 3 21 24 5 .. 2 1 .. 1 200 £3,981 £9,271 £11,010
Wellington 3 8 563 1 2 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. 31 218 77 400
Marlborough 1 1 .. .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 15 129 483 295
Canterbury 4 10 760 .. 4 .. 1 .. .. .. .. .. 27 100 165 370
Otago 5 7 150 .. 5 .. 1* .. .. .. .. ..
Totals 37 145 £10,831 4 33 28 7 .. 2 1 .. 1 273 £4,428 £9,996 £12,075
Totals, Census 1886 53 172 .. 4 49 47 47 1 4 1 1 .. 403 £12,075 £9,396 £25,645
  • Steamer built of wood.

SAIL AND OILSKIN FACTORIES.

TABLE IX.—Showing the Number of Sail and Oilskin Factories in Operation in April, 1891, the Number of Hands employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Works. Number of Hands employed. Amount paid in Wages. Sails. Tents and Flys. Horse-covers. Tar-paulins. Oilskins. Various. Total Value of all Manufactures for 1890. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. No. No. No. No. No. Land. Buildings. Plant.
Auckland 7 20 11 £1,194 £180 47 223 .. 64 3,625 .. £6,538 £1,355
Wellington 6 10 12 416 262 13 857 736 59 767 .. 3,313 3,390
Westland(1) 3 3 2 290 53 .. 262 100 .. 510 4,000 yards hydraulic hose 1,787 60
Canterbury(2) 7 14 4 1,369 85 30 350 1,600 119 1,037 50 binder-aprons and 60 life-belts 6,547 424
Otago(3) 9 21 27 1,640 846 12 2,920 5,286 120 6,507 1,500 yards hydraulic hose 12,898 1,840
Totals 32 68 56 £4,909 £1,426 102 4,612 7,722 362 12,446 .. 31,083 7,069
Totals, Census 1886 32 74 44 .. .. 180 2,273 5,348 764 10,248 1,000 yards hydraulic hose 25,574 6,655

(1) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in one case. (2) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in four cases. (3) Value of land not stated in three cases.



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🌾 Ship and Boat Building Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Ship-building, Boat-building, Statistics, Yards, Employment, Wages, Materials, Value, Repairs

🌾 Sail and Oilskin Factory Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Sail-making, Oilskin, Factories, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Value