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—continued.

Description of Manufactory, 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.
Ships, boats, and their equipment— £ £ £ £ £ £
Ship- and boat-building works 40 37 53 108 145 172 25,233 35,847 56,132
Graving-docks and patent slips 6 9 4 29 64 15 5,422 9,000 3,100
Block and pump factory 1 1 1 1 1 2 * * *
Sail, tent, and oilskin factories 39 32 32 143 124 118 30,166 31,083 25,574
Furniture—
Furniture factories 71 94 75 496 585 707 85,327 131,314 162,375
Chair and washboard factories 6 1 4 8 3 11 1,277 * 1,590
Venetian-blind factories 15 9 7 45 29 39 9,878 4,776 6,470
Mattress factories 5 15 1,850
Chemicals and by-products—
Perfumery-works 2 1 1 9 6 4 * * *
Ointment-works 1 5 * * *
Ink factories 2 1 2 1 * * *
Starch- and soda-works 2 1 1 27 13 3 * * *
Chemical works 7 8 6 114 55 56 75,320 41,568 34,283
Hæmatite-paint works 5 3 5 12 9 19 1,503 1,011 2,178
Paint, varnish, &c., factories 3 8 * 6,850
Cocoanut-oil works 1 1 2 3 9,138 *
Sheep-dip factories 6 29 *
Match factories 2 121
Herbal-remedy factories 4 10 2,265
Blacking factories 2 5 *
Textile fabrics—
Woollen-mills 9 8 6 1,416 1,175 867 302,423 279,175 194,311
Flock-mills 5 4 4 10 9 12 1,705 789 1,692
Cleaning- and dyeing-works 16 12 10 58 48 33 7,530 13,667 4,510
Ornamental-silk factories 1 1 *
Dress—
Clothing and boot and shoe factories 92 66 53 4,407 3,233 2,923 616,158 570,315 514,506
Waterproof factories 4 93 22,354
Hat and cap factories 15 16 8 72 112 118 10,902 21,628 13,695
Stocking-weaving factories 7 6 5 133 51 168 9,357 5,650 6,200
Fibrous materials—
Rope- and twine-works 24 24 21 150 222 242 52,400 76,711 56,413
Textile-bag factories 3 1 22 14 * *
Flax-mills 52 177 30 647 3,204 249 32,546 234,266 20,059
Tow-hackling 1 3 *
Values for industries where less than four of any one sort were found in the returns (see note)* 435,381 345,950 207,718
Totals 2,459 2,254 1,946 27,389 25,633 22,095 9,549,360 8,773,837 6,711,379
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.


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