✨ Statistics on Foundries and Gold Mines
IRON- AND BRASS-FOUNDRYS.
TABLE XXVIII.—Showing the Number of Iron- and Brass-foundries in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Manufactures and Value of Work for the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
Provincial Districts.
Number of Works.
Number of Hands employed.
M. | F.
Amount paid in Wages.
£ | £
Machine-power used.
Steam. | Water. | Gas. | Hand.
Amount of Horse-power.
H.P.
Value of Materials used or operated upon in 1890.
£
Total Value of Manufactures for 1890 (including Repairs).
£
Approximate Value of
Land. | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant.
£ | £ | £
Auckland (¹) ..
Taranaki ..
Hawke's Bay
Wellington (²)
Marlborough (³)
Nelson ..
Westland ..
Canterbury (⁴)
Otago (⁵) ..
Totals ..
Totals, Census 1886 ..
- This item represents the total value of manufactures, &c. (including repairs).
(¹) Onehunga Iron-works Company included.
(²) Value of materials not stated in three cases, of manufactures in one case, and of land in two cases.
(³) Value of land not stated in one case.
(⁴) Value of materials not stated in three cases, and of land and buildings in two cases.
(⁵) Value of materials not stated in three cases.
GOLD QUARTZ-MINES AND MACHINERY.
TABLE XXIX.—Showing the Gold Quartz-mines and Quartz-crushing Machinery in Operation in April, 1891, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Number of Tons of Quartz crushed, the Quantity of Gold produced during the Year 1890, and the Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.
Provincial Districts.
Number of Works.
Number of Hands employed.
M.
Wages paid.
£
Machine-power used.
Steam. | Water. | Horse. | Electricity. | Compressed Air. | Manual and unspecified.
Amount of Horse-power.
H.P.
Gold produced in 1890.
Oz.
Silver produced in 1890.
Oz.
Quartz crushed.
Tons.
Average Value of Gold per Ounce.
£ s. d.
Value of Gold and Silver produced in 1890.
£
Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.
£
Auckland(¹)
Nelson(²)
Westland(³)
Otago(⁴)
Totals ..
Totals, Census 1886 ..
(¹) Six not in operation in 1890, and four not in full work during year.
(²) Three not in full working order, five driving and tunnelling, and one prospecting.
(³) Two not in operation in 1890, and one not yet on payable quartz.
(⁴) Five not crushing in 1890, one prospecting, and four for only part of year.
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NZ Gazette 1892, No 4
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🌾 Statistics on Iron- and Brass-foundries
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesFoundries, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Value, Machinery, Plant
🌾 Statistics on Gold Quartz-mines and Machinery
🌾 Primary Industries & ResourcesGold Mines, Quartz-crushing, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Value, Machinery, Plant