Industrial Statistics Table




BUTTER- AND CHEESE-FACTORIES.

TABLE showing the Number of Butter- and Cheese-factories in operation in 1896, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Output for the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant; also a Comparison of the Totals with the Results obtained for 1890 and 1885.

Provincial Districts. No. of Factories. Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power used. Horse-power. Value of Materials used in 1895. Produce for the Year 1895. Value of all Products in 1895. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil. Horse. Hand.
Auckland(1) 21 82 6 5,900 99 39 2 .. .. .. 4
Taranaki(3) 53 175 6 12,077 64 56 27 .. 1 3 ..
Hawke’s Bay(3) 8 14 1 835 52 7 1 .. .. .. ..
Wellington(4) 18 81 2 7,034 42 44 .. .. .. .. 3
Marlborough 2 7 .. 279 .. 2 .. .. .. .. ..
Nelson(5) .. 10 25 3 522 .. 10 1 .. .. .. ..
Canterbury 14 59 .. 5,184 .. 25 1 .. .. .. ..
Otago(6) .. 44 105 10 7,885 184 51 1 .. .. .. ..
Totals, 1895 .. 170* 548 28 39,716 441 234 33 .. 1 3 7
Totals, 1890 .. 74 218 51 13,800 1,128 60 6 1 .. 2 5
Totals, 1885 .. 36 91 19 .. .. 30 .. .. .. .. 6
  • In connection with the factories are 105 creameries: Auckland, 24; Taranaki, 31; Wellington, 29; Nelson, 1; Canterbury, 12; Otago, 8. These have not been counted as separate industries, but the number of hands employed, the wages paid, the machine-power used, and the value of land, buildings, plant, &c., are included in the figures given for the factories.

(1) Value of materials used not stated in six cases. (2) Value of materials used not stated in eleven cases, value of land in three cases, of buildings and plant in one case. (3) Value of land not stated in one case. (4) Value of materials used not stated in six cases, value of land in four cases. (5) Value of materials used not stated in five cases, of land and buildings in one case. (6) Value of land not stated in four cases, of buildings and plant in one case.



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🏛️ 1896 Census Industrial Statistics for Butter and Cheese Factories (continued from previous page)

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
7 November 1896
Census, 1896, Industrial Statistics, Butter Factories, Cheese Factories, Dairy Industry, Statistics, Provincial Districts