MEAT FREEZING AND PRESERVING WORKS, WITH BOILING-DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS.

TABLE IV.—Showing the Number of Meat-freezing and Meat-preserving Works in Operation in April, 1896, with Boiling-down Establishments, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Output for the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. | Number of Works. | Hands employed. | Wages paid. | Machine-power used. | Amount of Horse-power. | Approximate Value of | Value of Materials | Total Value of | Frozen Sheep. | Frozen Lambs. | Frozen Legs of Mutton. | Frozen Beef.
| | M. | F. | Steam. | Water. | Land. | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant. | used, 1895. | Output, 1895. | Carcases. | Value. | Carcases. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value.
| | | | | | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | No. | £ | No. | £ | lb. | £ | lb. | £
Meat freezing and preserving—
Auckland .. .. | 5 | 157 | .. | 9,158 | 5 | .. | 1,096 | 10,000 | 27,050 | 25,200 | 3,846 | 116,234 | 67,870 | 43,763 | 5,156 | 2,709 | .. | .. | 219,523 | 2,737
Taranaki .. .. | 2 | 44 | .. | 2,140 | 2 | .. | 50 | 1,835 | 70,970 | 93,900 | 12,436 | 194,045 | 242,024 | 137,211 | 15,361 | 7,234 | .. | .. | 346,768 | 3,582
Hawke's Bay .. | 4 | 285 | 46 | 33,862 | 4 | .. | 1,907 | 23,680 | 71,690 | 57,727 | 22,800 | 348,412 | 376,797 | 163,711 | 70,559 | 31,784 | 2,260,656 | 15,650 | 609,429 | 6,260
Wellington .. | 5 | 404 | .. | 45,897 | 5 | .. | 1,211 | 275 | 76,000 | 80,714 | 25,322 | 689,276 | 654,598 | 384,489 | 433,501 | 212,667 | .. | .. | .. | ..
Marlborough .. | 1 | 25 | .. | 2,600 | 1 | .. | 1,398 | 12,458 | 74,614 | 55,387 | 16,224 | 267,252 | 262,022 | 138,145 | 234,647 | 91,846 | 202,750 | 723 | .. | ..
Canterbury .. | 4 | 591 | 6 | 52,195 | 4 | .. | 1,389 | 16,211 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Otago .. .. | 9 | 402 | .. | 29,973 | 10 | 3 | 1,389 | 16,211 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Totals—
Meat-freezing, &c. | 30 | 1,908 | 52 | 175,825 | 31 | 3 | 7,326 | 64,184 | 320,324 | 312,928 | 80,628 | 1,615,219 | 1,603,311 | 867,319 | 759,224 | 346,240 | 2,463,406 | 16,373 | 1,175,720 | 12,579
Boiling-down works | 13 | 77 | .. | 4,950 | 11 | .. | 166 | 3,320 | 5,900 | 4,395 | 2,569 | 37,056 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Totals, 1895 .. | 43 | 1,985 | 52 | 180,775 | 42 | 3 | 7,492 | 67,504 | 326,224 | 317,323 | 83,197 | 1,652,275 | 1,603,311 | 867,319 | 759,224 | 346,240 | 2,463,406 | 16,373 | 1,175,720 | 12,579
Totals, 1890 .. | 43 | 1,561 | 7 | 138,459 | 39 | 1 | 5,112 | 67,206 | 229,607 | 179,338 | .. | 1,464,659 | Carcases, 1,730,911; value, £956,036 | .. | .. | 19,153,419 | 195,546

Provincial Districts. | Chilled Beef. | Preserved Meats. | Tallow. | Corned Beef. | Bonedust. | Other Manures. | Neatsfoot and Trotter Oil. | Bones, Horns, Hoofs, &c. | Other Products. | Frozen Produce (Butter and all other Frozen).
| Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Value.
| lb. | £ | lb. | £ | Tons. | £ | Casks. | £ | Tons. | £ | Tons. | £ | Gallons. | £ | Tons. | £ | £ | £
Meat freezing and preserving—
Auckland .. .. | 381,310 | 4,766 | 672,512 | 16,766 | 305 | 5,248 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 385 | 60 | 7 | 20 | 1,547 | 38,618
Taranaki .. .. | .. | .. | 629,633 | 6,862 | 1,794 | 31,656 | .. | .. | 56 | 238 | 93 | 337 | 2,366 | 329 | 55 | 49 | 5,857 | 690
Hawke's Bay .. | .. | .. | 1,907,178 | 21,170 | 3,493 | 46,714 | .. | .. | 767 | 3,010 | 543 | 1,694 | 3,655 | 470 | 6 | 69 | 49,400 | 4,400
Wellington .. | 397,465 | 4,080 | 749,025 | 14,700 | 3,236 | 53,552 | .. | .. | 1,038 | 3,733 | 900 | 3,150 | 6,341 | 917 | .. | .. | .. | 16,068
Marlborough .. | .. | .. | 1,041,292 | 14,871 | 673 | 10,560 | .. | .. | 369 | 1,747 | .. | .. | 1,080 | 157 | .. | .. | 3,203 | 6,000
Canterbury .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Otago .. .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ..
Totals—
Meat-freezing, &c. | 778,775 | 8,846 | 4,999,640 | 74,369 | 9,501 | 147,730 | .. | .. | 2,230 | 8,728 | 1,536 | 5,181 | 13,827 | 1,933 | 68 | 138 | 60,007 | 65,776
Boiling-down works | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1,457 | 24,580 | .. | .. | 1,018 | 3,137 | 670 | 4,243 | 1,240 | 164 | 45 | 50 | 4,882 | ..
Totals, 1895 .. | 778,775 | 8,846 | 4,999,640 | 74,369 | 10,958 | 172,310 | .. | .. | 3,248 | 11,865 | 2,206 | 9,424 | 15,067 | 2,097 | 113 | 188 | 64,889 | 65,776
Totals, 1890 .. | 500,000 | 4,000 | 6,291,278 | 122,230 | 7,070 | 144,282 | 6,339 | 14,006 | 2,703 | 15,484 | .. | .. | 10,575 | 2,010 | 3,059 | 6,490 | 4,575 | ..

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