New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 4

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✨ Manufacturing Statistics



BOOT AND SHOE FACTORIES.

TABLE XII.—Showing the Number of Boot and Shoe Factories in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands employed and Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and 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. Power. Amount of Horse-power. Value of Materials used during 1890. Manufactures for the Year 1890. Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year 1890 (including Repairs). Approximate Value of
Males. Females. Males. Females. Steam. Water. Gas. Hand.
Auckland .. .. 22 455 154 £34,816 £5,469 1 .. 4
Taranaki* .. 1 31 9 1,500 300 .. .. ..
Wellington† .. 6 183 53 14,022 1,996 .. .. ..
Canterbury .. 10 481 141 34,370 5,246 .. 1 4
Otago .. .. 8 325 111 22,332 4,939 1 1 3
Totals .. .. 47 1,475 468 107,040 17,950 2 2 11
Totals, Census 1886.. 42 1,294 360 .. .. .. 5 7 30
  • Value of land and buildings not stated. † Value of land not stated in four cases, of buildings in two cases, and of plant in one case.

ROPE- AND TWINE-WORKS.

TABLE XIII.—Showing the Number of Rope- and Twine-works in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the Value of Materials used, the Quantity and Value of Manufactures for the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. No. of Works. No. of Hands employed. Wages. Machine-power used. Amount of Horse-power. Material used during the Year 1890. Manufactures for the Year 1890. Total Value of all Manufactures. Approximate Value of
Males. Males. Steam. Water. Horse. Hand. H.P. Phormium.
£ Tons.
Auckland .. 8 100 6,305 1 1 1 5 47
Taranaki* .. 1 2 .. .. 1 .. .. 2
Hawke's Bay .. 1 3 139 .. .. 1 .. 1
Wellington .. 6 19 1,354 .. .. 2 4 2
Nelson† .. 1 .. 480 .. 1 2 .. 6
Canterbury .. 3 9 2 .. .. 2 71
Otago‡ .. 4 89 5,380
Totals .. .. 24 222 13,658 3 3 6 11 129
Totals, Census 1886 21 242 .. 5 4 1 11 163
  • Not in operation in 1890. † In connection with flax-mill. ‡ Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in two cases.


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🌾 Boot and Shoe Factories Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Boot and Shoe Factories, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Machinery, Value

🌾 Rope- and Twine-Works Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Rope- and Twine-Works, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Machinery, Value