New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 8

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✨ Manufacturing Statistics



MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.—COMPARATIVE TABLE, 1896, 1891, AND 1886.

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of each Description of Industry, Manufactory, &c., the Number of Hands employed, the Approximate Value of the Produce or Manufactures for the Preceding Year, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant, as returned at the Census of 1896, compared with the Results obtained at the Censuses of 1891 and 1886.

Description of Manufactories, Works, &c. Number of Works, &c. Number of Hands employed. Approximate Value of
1896. 1891. 1886. 1895. 1890. 1885. Manufactures, &c. Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
1895. 1890. 1885. 1895. 1890. 1885.
Animal food—
†Meat freezing and preserving works 30 43 44 1,960 1,568 838 £1,615,219 £1,464,659 £543,878 £697,436 £476,151 £442,962
Bacon-curing establishments 37 33 37 123 84 137 86,022 83,435 58,799 22,518 14,180 26,709
Fish curing and preserving works 27 27 21 75 140 122 10,292 19,537 12,182 9,729 12,842 8,146
Butter and cheese factories 170 74 36 576 269 110 501,274 150,957 43,094 234,006 100,453 47,513
Cream factories .. .. 1 .. .. 2 * * .. * * ..
Condensed-milk factory 1 1 .. 10 2 .. * .. .. * .. ..
Rabbit-preserving works 2 .. .. 32 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vegetable food—
Grain-mills 90 129 121 419 499 448 874,656 991,812 754,830 355,847 391,828 329,304
Biscuit factories 17 22 22 425 331 185 118,979 127,147 47,784 58,866 48,960 43,805
Fruit-preserving and jam-making works 22 15 20 193 117 216 36,108 27,255 32,292 18,867 10,042 20,520
Confectionery-works 12 12 11 69 53 110 33,235 17,248 17,130 8,925 10,921 14,610
Sugar-refining works 1 1 1 160 110 27 * * * * * *
Baking-powder factories 10 8 2 19 27 9 10,153 5,637 4,120 10,155 4,520 2,400
Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants—
Breweries 85 102 98 465 476 475 336,734 300,508 325,182 230,416 236,825 323,756
Malthouses 31 27 35 95 87 85 82,096 80,341 96,015 37,504 42,442 60,300
Colonial-wine works 19 14 10 53 24 15 8,963 3,456 3,626 12,832 5,530 3,198
Aerated-water factories 132 112 112 347 261 273 98,609 91,691 94,098 89,344 73,147 93,478
Coffee- and spice-works 18 17 14 119 81 149 74,339 64,024 98,234 31,095 30,850 32,439
Tobacco factories 2 1 1 19 53 30 * * * * * *
Ice factories 3 .. 1 3 .. 4 * .. * * .. *
Sauce- and pickle-works 24 12 9 68 41 35 13,417 6,407 3,145 11,909 5,096 3,445
Vinegar-works 2 1 1 6 3 3 * * * * * *
Animal matters (not otherwise classed)—
Soap- and candle-works 22 19 18 190 209 204 152,298 155,714 130,745 58,826 74,443 75,928
Bone-mills 15 9 7 46 25 19 12,246 4,628 8,337 9,449 5,239 5,269
Glue factory 2 1 3 3 2 11 * * 900 * * 1,850
Sausage-skin and violin-string factories 6 5 1 56 73 6 13,472 10,582 .. 1,500 545 ..
Boiling-down works 13 † † 77 † † 37,056 † † 13,615 † †
Oleomargarine works 1 .. .. 12 .. .. * .. .. * .. ..
Working in wood—
Bark-mill .. 1 1 .. 6 8 .. * * .. * *
Cooperages 21 11 14 76 53 60 19,233 11,540 11,862 11,175 5,720 7,255
Saw-mills, sash and door factories.. 299 243 268 4,059 3,266 5,042 898,807 832,959 1,177,713 586,422 500,272 964,095
Barrow and ladder factory 1 1 1 4 4 3 * * * * * *
Fruit-case factory .. 1 1 .. 3 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Woodenware factories 19 5 .. 81 51 .. 18,276 9,050 .. 13,427 11,440 ..
Fire-kindler factories 2 .. 1 4 .. 4 * .. * * .. *
Working in vegetable produce for fodder—
Chaff-cutting works 52 63 83 212 205 265 78,497 63,236 54,440 42,378 36,300 64,969
Grass-seed-cleaning works 3 .. .. 7 .. .. * .. * * .. *
Linseed-oil mill .. .. 1 .. .. 6 .. .. .. .. .. ..


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