New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 4

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✨ Manufacturing Statistics

SOAP- AND CANDLE-WORKS.

TABLE XXIV.—Showing the Number of Soap and Candle Manufacories in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the 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.

| Provincial Districts | No. of Works | Hands employed | Wages paid | Machine-power used | Amount of Horse-power | Value of Materials used during the Year 1890 | Manufactures for the Year 1890 | Total Value of all Manufactures | Approximate Value of |
| | | M. | F. | M. | F. | Steam | Water | Hand | H.P. | £ | Soap (Cwt. / £) | Candles (Cwt. / £) | Value of other Manufactures (£) | Land (£) | Buildings (£) | Machinery and Plant (£) |
| Auckland | 6 | 57 | 1 | 5,010 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 95 | 33,773 | 21,317 / 18,312 | 7,200 / 19,320 | 7,100 | 44,732 | 1,375 | 2,950 | 10,830 |
| Hawke's Bay* | 1 | 17 | .. | 1,285 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 50 | 19,043 | 22,770 / 18,022 | 6,678 / 17,002 | 11,502 | 46,526 | 1,892 | 5,146 | 23,198 |
| Wellington | 2 | 33 | 7 | 4,514 | 200 | 2 | .. | .. | 43 | 699 | 2,324 / 1,914 | .. / .. | .. | 1,914 | 340 | 534 | 393 |
| Nelson | 3 | 7 | .. | 300 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 4 | 6,619 | 15,496 / 11,272 | .. / .. | 5,000 | 16,272 | 4,375 | 1,670 | 1,650 |
| Canterbury | 4 | 24 | .. | 2,085 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 49 | 33,252 | 25,230 / 17,270 | 892 / 25,800 | 3,200 | 46,270 | 3,300 | 5,350 | 11,440 |
| Otago | 3 | 63 | .. | 8,000 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 18 | | | | | | | | |
| Totals | 19 | 201 | 8 | 21,194 | 200 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 259 | 93,386 | 87,137 / 66,790 | 14,770 / 62,122 | 26,802 | 155,714 | 11,282 | 15,650 | 47,511 |
| Totals, Census 1886 | 18 | 204 | .. | .. | .. | 17 | .. | 1 | 420 | 72,951 | 81,414 / 74,570 | 20,608 / 54,593 | 1,582 | 130,745 | 8,810 | 20,070 | 47,048 |

Value of materials used not stated.

SAW-MILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES.

TABLE XXV.—Showing the Number of Saw-mills and Sash and Door Factories in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of the Produce for the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts.

| Provincial Districts | Number of Mills | Hands employed | Wages paid | Motive-power used | Amount of Horse-power | Produce for the Year 1890 | Value of Undressed Timber | Value of other Materials used | Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year 1890 | Approximate Value of |
| | | M. | F. | M. | F. | Steam | Water | Gas | Horse | Not stated | H.P. | Sawn Timber (Feet / £) | Value of Posts, Rails, &c. (£) | Resawing, Planed Flooring, Skirting, &c. (Feet / £) | Moulding (Run. feet / £) | Doors and Sashes (No. / £) | Timber resawn, &c., at Country-mill Prices (£) | Land (£) | Buildings (£) | Machinery and Plant (£) |
| Auckland(1) | 47 | 1,004 | 3 | 82,905 | .. | 45 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1,436 | 70,006,749 / 294,673 | 27,143 | 14,536,398 / 76,694 | 2,904,000 / 7,516 | 21,162 / 10,952 | 62,057 | 340 | 416,978 | 35,224 | 52,048 | 91,449 |
| Taranaki | 11 | 206 | .. | 15,120 | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 201 | 6,342,562 / 24,506 | 315 | 908,814 / 4,580 | 213,336 / 1,285 | 1,870 / 6,339 | 3,306 | 1,381 | 37,025 | 3,007 | 3,078 | 17,674 |
| Hawke's Bay | 13 | 165 | .. | 16,034 | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 215 | 8,439,565 / 26,849 | 1,263 | 1,680,029 / 4,276 | 138,000 / 335 | 220 / 190 | 3,030 | 100 | 32,913 | 13,900 | 3,205 | 10,958 |
| Wellington(2) | 48 | 615 | 2 | 54,449 | .. | 45 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 820 | 27,044,739 / 79,676 | 7,357 | 5,524,885 / 24,167 | 1,429,385 / 7,586 | 6,230 / 9,736 | 14,879 | 2,910 | 128,522 | 68,140 | 14,850 | 43,630 |
| Marlborough | 6 | 60 | .. | 5,216 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 116 | 3,260,662 / 8,753 | 216 | 150,000 / 162 | .. / .. | .. / .. | .. | .. | 9,131 | 2,410 | 960 | 3,500 |
| Nelson(3) | 34 | 192 | .. | 16,944 | .. | 26 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | 396 | 10,304,080 / 27,337 | 1,322 | 326,600 / 771 | 487,500 / 852 | 614 / 486 | 834 | 285 | 30,768 | 7,472 | 2,982 | 13,493 |
| Westland(4) | 13 | 72 | .. | 6,562 | .. | 10 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 208 | 3,030,747 / 9,133 | 40 | 156,925 / 485 | 26,150 / 47 | 311 / 124 | 29 | 30 | 9,829 | 1,480 | 1,030 | 6,565 |
| Canterbury(5) | 20 | 249 | 1 | 18,364 | 31 | 20 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 281 | 3,978,146 / 16,049 | 5,469 | 2,224,065 / 12,739 | 1,904,494 / 4,078 | 4,206 / 3,112 | 12,336 | 348 | 41,447 | 16,315 | 4,195 | 12,200 |
| Otago(6) | 51 | 697 | .. | 56,180 | .. | 46 | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 964 | 29,708,971 / 79,559 | 13,168 | 4,944,233 / 20,221 | 1,333,719 / 4,087 | 17,662 / 9,311 | 15,970 | 3,953 | 126,346 | 12,802 | 10,410 | 47,205 |
| Totals | 243 | 3,260 | 6 | 271,783 | 31 | 218 | 23 | 2 | .. | 2 | 4,637 | 162,116,221 / 566,535 | 56,293 | 30,451,949 / 144,095 | 8,436,584 / 25,786 | 52,275 / 40,250 | 112,441 | 9,347 | 832,959 | 160,750 | 92,848 | 246,674 |
| Totals, Census 1886 | 268 | 5,031 | 11 | .. | .. | 237 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5,556 | 206,452,885 / 812,615 | 20,971 | 45,506,790 / 235,673 | 12,569,953 / 43,511 | 68,929 / 64,943 | .. | .. | 1,177,713 | 393,079 | 118,131 | 452,885 |

(1) Two not in operation in 1890, and three for only part of year.
(2) Two not in operation in 1890, and two for part of year only.
(3) One for part of year only. Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in two cases.
(4) Three for part of year only. Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in one case.
(5) Three for part of year only.
(6) Two not in operation in 1890, and six for part of year only.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1892, No 4

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