New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 4

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✨ Statistics on Flax-Mills and Meat Works



FLAX-MILLS.

TABLE XIV.—Showing the Number of Flax-mills in Operation in April, 1891, the Number of Machines used, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Fibre dressed in the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. No. of Mills. No. of Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power used. Amount of Horse-power. No. of Machines used. Raw Material used in 1890. Fibre dressed in 1890. Tow produced. Total Value of all Manufactures. Approximate Value of Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Men. Boys. £ Steam. Water. Horse. H.P. Tons. £ Tons. £ Tons.
Auckland (1) 71 663 353 24,468 36 34 1 676 121 28,811 19,128 3,338 57,964
Taranaki 6 111 78 9,879 5 4 .. 131 18 8,618 3,570 1,081 15,675
Hawke's Bay (2) 3 47 20 3,569 3 .. .. 34 5 2,770 620 348 5,120
Wellington (3) 34 723 171 43,146 34 2 .. 401 61 32,824 10,823 4,595 72,290
Marlborough 12 228 36 9,203 7 7 .. 154 21 10,384 7,622 7,622 1,616
Nelson 7 42 30 2,669 5 4 .. 90 13 1,933 1,235 379 4,008
Westland (4) 2 10 7 .. 2 .. .. 39 13 1,933 1,235 379 4,008
Canterbury (5) 16 167 146 15,217 12 9 .. 222 32 15,409 13,548 2,125 36,960
Otago (6) 26 178 188 8,017 21 7 .. 247 33 8,939 2,664 990 16,091
Totals 177 2,169 1,029 116,168 125 67 1 1,994 304 109,688 59,210 14,412 232,802
Totals, Census 1886 30 247 .. 9 20 1 273 48 9,173 6,125 1,397 20,059 ..
  • Two girls included.

(1) Also six women employed. Four not in operation in 1890, and 24 for part of year only. Two mills, employing 12 men and 11 boys, had no record of wages paid. (2) One for part of year only. (3) Three not in operation in 1890, and eight for part of year only. (4) Two not in operation in 1890. (5) One not in operation in 1890, and three for part of year only. (6) One not in operation in 1890, and eight for part of year only.

BOILING-DOWN, MEAT-PRESERVING, AND MEAT-FREEZING WORKS.

TABLE XV.—Showing the Number of Boiling-down, Meat-preserving, and Meat-freezing Works in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Produce for the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. No. of Works. Number of Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power used. Amount of Horse-power. Frozen Sheep and Lambs. Frozen Beef. Preserved Meats. Tallow. Corned Beef Bonedust. Neatsfoot and Trotter Oil. Bones, Horns, Hoofs, &c. Total Value of all Produce for the Year 1890. Approximate Value of Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Hand. H.P. Carcases. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quan. Value.
Auckland (1) 7 189 3 17,999 122 6 .. 1 274 61,385 39,368 400,601 2,983 1,112,240 23,205 1,023 19,886
Taranaki (2) 3 75 .. 4,254 .. 2 .. 1 61 7,347 3,822 611,902* 4,050 1,234,376 15,430 452 9,072
Hawke's Bay 6 210 .. 30,495 .. 6 .. .. 721 335,966 170,195 2,660,300 21,514 205,636 5,215 1,256 24,464
Wellington 8 325 1 30,282 18 7 .. 1 1,182 370,102 229,864 15,002,432 162,792 1,350,173 23,809 2,402 50,377
Marlborough (3) 3 115 .. 3,595 .. 3 .. .. 82 43,095 21,283 226,200 1,697 382,500 18,950 51 1,070
Canterbury 6 342 3 35,155 7 5 .. 1 2,098 640,723 369,574 197,037 2,052 554,593 12,622 1,521 33,254
Otago (4) 10 305 .. 16,532 .. 10 1 .. 694 272,293 121,930 54,947 458 1,451,760 22,999 365 6,159
Totals 43 1,561 7 138,312 147 39 1 4 5,112 1,730,911 956,036 19,153,419* 195,546* 6,291,278 122,230 7,070 144,282
Totals, Census 1886 44 820 18 .. 33 2 10 1 712 463,614 288,276 1,321,630 16,984 5,526,382 82,640 5,457 111,195
  • Also 500,000lb. chilled meat, value £4,000. † Including £2,000, value of miscellaneous productions.

(1) One in connection with soap-works and one with fish-tinning establishment. (2) One in operation for only two months and a half in 1890. (3) Value of produce includes 125 bales rabbitskins, value £2,875, and 205 bales sheepskins, value £1,700. Value of land not stated in two cases. (4) One not in operation in 1890. One in connection with jam factory. Value of land not stated in two cases.



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🌾 Flax-Mills Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Flax-Mills, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Machinery, Value

🌾 Boiling-Down, Meat-Preserving, and Meat-Freezing Works Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Boiling-Down, Meat-Preserving, Meat-Freezing, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Machinery, Value