New Zealand Gazette – 1896 – No. 85

Page 1906

✨ 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.
--- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
£ 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 | 780
Hawke’s Bay .. .. 2 4 419 .. .. .. 1 1 ..
Wellington(2) .. .. 3 7 700 .. .. .. .. 3 .. 10,372 66,400 18,613 1,520 5,380 | 250
Marlborough .. .. 2 8 645 .. 1 .. .. 1 3
Nelson(3) .. .. 5 11 1,511 .. .. .. .. 5 .. 17,853 133,647 26,831 2,010 10,765 | 1,310
Canterbury(4) .. .. 10 38 3,610 2 .. .. .. 8 35 14,521 93,731 .. 325 3,315 | 569
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 | 2,909
Totals, 1890 .. 27 87 7,875 6 .. 1 .. 20 .. 47 54,983 326,070 80,341 7,845 31,270 | 3,327
Totals, 1885 .. 35 85 .. 1 .. 1 .. 1 1 12 55,515 390,300 96,015 18,625 38,315 | 3,360

(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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🏛️ Publication of 1896 Census Industrial Statistics for Breweries and Malthouses

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
7 November 1896
Census, 1896, Industrial Statistics, Breweries, Malthouses, Statistics, Provincial Districts
  • E. J. Von Dadelzen, Registrar-General