Bag and sack factories ..
.. .. .. .. .. I .. .. .. I I 3 2 20 22 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
†Flax-mills .. .. .. 15 I I I3 8 2 .. 5 7 52 645 2 647 17,544 .. 17,544 577 7,775 32,546 12,448 6,531 12,380 31,359
Values for industries of which less
than four of any one sort were found
in the returns .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 35,977 4,739 40,716 .. 298,369 435,381 25,437 49,745 132,387 207,569
Totals, Census 1896 .. 573 128 147 396 50 154 47 448 516 2,459 22,986 4,403 27,389 1,776,076 131516 1,907,592 28,096 3,285,247 9,549,360 1,063,989 1,743,073 2,988,955 5,796,017
Totals, Census 1891 .. 577 68 85 333 77 142 51 380 541 2,254 22,664 2,969 25,633 1,705,641 102999 1,808,640 21,696 .. 8,773,837 1,286,735 1,483,902 2,491,189 5,261,826
Totals, Census 1886 .. 463 52 100 253 71 131 46 329 501 1,946 19,601 2,494 22,095 Not obtained 15,491 .. 6,711,379 1,477,996 1,446,082 2,172,852 5,096,930

• For information as to quantities manufactured or produced, see special tables, post, and the final note to this table. Value of output, wages, &c., not shown where the number of establishments is so small that particulars might be identified. Value of manufacture at Government Railway-workshops and Government Printing Office not included. † For full particulars respecting these industries, see special tables, post.

NOTE.—Two or more distinct industries were carried on at some establishments. In such cases particulars of power, hands and plant employed, and wages paid, unless stated separately for each branch of industry, have been treated as belonging to the most important work.

THE following information is supplied as to quantities of manufactures or productions in case of certain industries for which no special tables have been considered necessary:—

Confectionery-works: 462 tons of confectionery.
Bone-mills: 2,253 tons bone-dust and root-manure, 35 tons tallow, 870 gallons oil.
Sausage-skin factories: 3,215 cwt. sausage-skins.
Chaff-cutting establishments: 27,924 tons chaff cut, also grain threshed and crushed and hay baled.
Paper-mills and paper-bag factories: 1,398 tons paper, 300 tons bags, and 1,125,000 bags.
Lime- and cement-works: 6,581 tons lime, 1,320 tons cement.
Heel- and toe-plate works: 5,487 gross of plates.
Spouting- and ridging-works: 457,308ft. of spouting and ridging, 130 tons lead-headed nails, 20 galvanised-iron tanks, 690 tons galvanised iron, 2,000ft. galvanised gutters.
Stove and range factories: 4,358 ranges, 555 ovens, 125 stoves, 98 coppers, and 300 grates.
Musical-instrument factories: 34 pianos, 7 organs, 10 harmoniums.
Basket and perambulator factories: 5,726 baskets, 3,403 perambulators and go-carts, 36 coal-baskets, 1,100 chairs and sundries.
Brush and broom factories: 251,056 brushes, 87,000 brooms, 3,588 bellows.
Venetian-blind works: 8,143 sets of blinds.
Mattress factories: 2,316 mattresses.
Chemical works: 1,993 tons acids, 8,000 tons manure, 41 tons rabbit and bird poison, £3,600 worth linseed-oil cake, £10,800 worth perfumery.
Hæmatite-paint works: 107 tons and 500 gallons hæmatite paint.
Sheep-dip works: 31,320 gallons sheep-dip and 20,000 gallons lubricating-oil.
Hat and cap factories: 6,860 dozen hats and caps.