✨ Census Industrial Statistics
Census, 1896.—Industrial Statistics.
Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 7th November, 1896.
THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken in April last as regards breweries, malthouses, butter- and cheese-factories, are published for general information.
E. J. VON DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.
BREWERIES.
TABLE showing the Number of Breweries in Operation in 1896, the Number of Hands, Horses, and Drays employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Materials used and of Beer brewed during the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant; with a Comparison of the Totals with the Results obtained for 1890 and 1885.
| Provincial Districts. | Number of Breweries. | Hands employed. | Wages paid. | Motive-power employed. | | | | | | Number of | | Materials used during 1895. | | | | Beer made in 1895. | | Approximate Value of | | |
|--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | M. | £ | Steam. | Water. | Gas. | Wind. | Horse. | Hand. | Horse-power. | Horses employed. | Drays employed. | Sugar. | Malt. | Hops. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Land. | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant. |
| | | | | | | | | | | H.P. | | | lb. | Bushels. | lb. | £ | Gallons. | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Auckland(1) | .. | .. | 11 | 102 | 12,706 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 81 | 28 | 24 | 262,827 | 79,626 | 93,929 | 25,753 | 1,244,192 | 79,267 | 17,125 | 29,880 | 13,970 |
| Taranaki(2) | .. | .. | 5 | 13 | 1,120 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 39,214 | 7,285 | 9,773 | 2,887 | 112,854 | 6,912 | 1,140 | 5,260 | 2,190 |
| Hawke’s Bay | .. | .. | 5 | 23 | 3,151 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 63 | 10 | 7 | 120,605 | 15,940 | 19,484 | 6,488 | 249,177 | 17,193 | 1,745 | 6,080 | 4,580 |
| Wellington(3) | .. | .. | 12 | 55 | 7,448 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 73 | 19 | 18 | 268,245 | 41,991 | 49,126 | 18,752 | 701,418 | 41,821 | 8,850 | 11,987 | 8,744 |
| Marlborough | .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 1,193 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 69,235 | 18,178 | 25,641 | 6,307 | 279,889 | 18,027 | 4,402 | 10,165 | 4,870 |
| Nelson | .. | .. | 12 | 30 | 3,550 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 114,720 | 10,279 | 12,913 | 5,133 | 181,581 | 9,716 | 255 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Westland | .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 1,563 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 6 | 5 | 265,623 | 60,310 | 76,229 | 22,896 | 1,022,983 | 76,177 | 9,960 | 26,336 | 13,135 |
| Canterbury | .. | .. | 16 | 104 | 12,424 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 45 | 34 | 466,675 | 94,450 | 137,744 | 37,490 | 1,457,184 | 87,621 | 8,056 | 23,325 | 14,361 |
| Otago | .. | .. | 17 | 118 | 14,172 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 73 | 38 | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals, 1895 | .. | 85 | 465 | 57,327 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 441 | 180 | 149 | 1,607,144 | 328,059 | 424,839 | 125,706 | 5,249,278 | 336,734 | 51,533 | 115,033 | 63,850 |
| Totals, 1890 | .. | 102 | 476 | 54,825 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 409 | 208 | 163 | 1,345,935 | 348,134 | 441,364 | 134,087 | 5,022,732 | 300,508 | 66,764 | 113,565 | 56,496 |
| Totals, 1885 | .. | 98 | 475 | .. | 58 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 34 | 401 | 224 | 178 | 1,377,050 | 417,196 | 425,448 | 141,069 | 4,735,735 | 325,182 | 89,276 | 151,622 | 82,858 |
(1) Value of land, buildings, and plant of two breweries included in aërated-waters returns.
(2) Wages paid not stated in one case.
(3) One brewery not working in 1895.
MALTHOUSES.
| Provincial Districts. | Number of Works. | Hands employed. | Wages. paid. | Machine-power used. | Amount of Horse-power. | Value of Materials used in 1895. | Barley malted. | Approximate Value of | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | Steam. | Water. | Gas. | Horse. | Hand. | Wind. | H.P. | £ | Bushels. | £ | Land. | Buildings. | Plant. | |||
| Auckland(1) | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 735 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 10,135 | 62,630 | 15,145 | 2,830 | 8,450 |
| Hawke’s Bay | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | 419 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | |||||
| Wellington(2) | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | 700 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 10,372 | 66,400 | 18,613 | 1,520 | 5,380 |
| Marlborough | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 645 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | |||||
| Nelson(3) | .. | .. | 5 | 11 | 1,511 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 17,853 | 133,647 | 26,831 | 2,010 | 10,765 |
| Canterbury(4) | .. | .. | 10 | 38 | 3,610 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 8 | 35 | 14,521 | 93,731 | .. | 325 | 3,315 |
| Otago(5) | .. | .. | 20 | 20 | 1,778 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 20 | |||||
| Totals, 1895 | .. | 31 | 95 | 9,398 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 25 | .. | 59 | 52,881 | 356,408 | 82,096 | 6,685 | 27,910 |
| Totals, 1890 | .. | 27 | 87 | 7,875 | 6 | .. | 1 | .. | 20 | .. | 47 | 54,983 | 326,070 | 80,341 | 7,845 | 31,270 |
| Totals, 1885 | .. | 35 | 85 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | 55,515 | 390,300 | 96,015 | 18,625 | 38,315 |
(1) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in one case.
(2) Value of land, buildings, and plant included in brewery return in one case.
(3) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in two cases.
(4) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in two cases.
(5) Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in two cases, and included in brewery returns in two cases.
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NZ Gazette 1896, No 85
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🏛️ Publication of 1896 Census Industrial Statistics for Breweries and Malthouses
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration7 November 1896
Census, 1896, Industrial Statistics, Breweries, Malthouses, Statistics, Provincial Districts
- E. J. Von Dadelzen, Registrar-General