FRUIT-PRESERVING AND JAM-MAKING.

TABLE X.—Showing the Number of Fruit-preserving Works and Jam Factories in Operation in April, 1896, the Number of Hands employed, the Quantity and Value of the Manufactures 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. | Value of Materials used in 1895. | Manufactures for the Year 1895. | | | | | | Approximate Value of | | |
| | | M. | F. | M. | F. | Steam. | H.P. | £ | Fruit bottled or preserved. | | Jam made. | | Other Preserves. | | Total Value of Manufactures. | Land. | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant. |
| | | | | | | | | | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| | | | | | | | | | lb | £ | lb | £ | lb | £ | | | | |
| Auckland* .. | .. | .. | 13 | 37 | 54 | } | 717 | 690 | 3 | 16 | 7,051 | 71,790 | 1,660 | 666,508 | 8,927 | 51,590 | 1,065 | 11,652 | 2,550 | 5,030 | 1,577 |
| Taranaki .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hawke's Bay | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | } | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Nelson .. | .. | .. | 1 | 16 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Canterbury | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 1 | } | 4,384 | 760 | 3 | 61 | 13,491 | 1,000 | 16 | 1,263,550 | 24,428 | 528 | 12 | 24,456 | 1,954 | 4,835 | 2,921 |
| Otago .. | .. | .. | 3 | 45 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals, 1895 | .. | .. | 22 | 103 | 90 | | 5,101 | 1,450 | 6 | 77 | 20,542 | 72,790 | 1,676 | 1,930,058 | 33,355 | 52,118 | 1,077 | 36,108 | 4,504 | 9,865 | 4,498 |
| Totals, 1890 | .. | .. | 15 | 74 | 43 | | 3,781 | 961 | 5 | 33 | 13,413 | 56,188 | 1,166 | 1,250,238 | 25,985 | 7,920 | 104 | 27,255 | 2,975 | 3,305 | 3,762 |

• One in connection with fish-canning establishment.

BREWERIES.

TABLE XI.—Showing the Number of Breweries in Operation in 1896, the Number of Hands, Horses, and Drays employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Materials used and of Beer brewed during the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant; with a Comparison of the Totals with the Results obtained for 1890 and 1885.

| Provincial Districts. | Number of Breweries. | Hands employed. | Wages paid. | Motive-power employed. | | | | | Horse-power. | Number of | | Materials used during 1895. | | | | Beer made in 1895. | | Approximate Value of | | |
| | | M | £ | Steam. | Water | Gas. | Wind. | Horse. | Hand. | H.P. | Horses employed. | Drays employed. | Sugar. | Malt. | Hops. | Value. | Quantity. | Value. | Land. | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant. |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | lb. | Bushels. | lb. | £ | Gallons. | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Auckland(1) .. | .. | 11 | 102 | 12,706 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 81 | 28 | 24 | 262,827 | 79,626 | 93,929 | 25,753 | 1,244,192 | 79,267 | 17,125 | 29,880 | 13,970 |
| Taranaki(2) .. | .. | 5 | 13 | 1,120 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 48 | 5 | 4 | 39,214 | 7,285 | 9,773 | 2,887 | 112,854 | 6,912 | 1,140 | 5,260 | 2,190 |
| Hawke's Bay .. | .. | 5 | 23 | 3,151 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 63 | 10 | 7 | 120,605 | 15,940 | 19,484 | 6,488 | 249,177 | 17,193 | 1,745 | 6,080 | 4,580 |
| Wellington(3) .. | .. | 12 | 55 | 7,448 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 73 | 19 | 18 | 268,245 | 41,991 | 49,126 | 18,752 | 701,418 | 41,821 | 8,850 | 11,987 | 8,744 |
| Marlborough .. | .. | 3 | 9 | 1,193 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | } | 18,178 | 25,641 | 6,307 | 279,889 | 18,027 | 4,402 | 10,165 | 4,870 |
| Nelson .. | .. | 12 | 30 | 3,550 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 39 | 21 | 20 | 114,720 | 10,279 | 12,913 | 5,133 | 181,581 | 9,716 | 255 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
| Westland .. | .. | 4 | 11 | 1,563 | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 6 | 5 | 265,623 | 60,310 | 76,229 | 22,896 | 1,022,983 | 76,177 | 9,960 | 26,336 | 13,135 |
| Canterbury .. | .. | 16 | 104 | 12,424 | 11 | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 40 | 45 | 34 | 466,675 | 94,450 | 137,744 | 37,490 | 1,457,184 | 87,621 | 8,056 | 23,325 | 14,361 |
| Otago .. | .. | 17 | 118 | 14,172 | 9 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 | 73 | 38 | 32 | | | | | | | | | |
| Totals, 1895 | .. | 85 | 465 | 57,327 | 56 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 441 | 180 | 149 | 1,607,144 | 328,059 | 424,839 | 125,706 | 5,249,278 | 336,734 | 51,533 | 115,033 | 63,850 |
| Totals, 1890 | .. | 102 | 476 | 54,825 | 62 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 409 | 208 | 163 | 1,345,935 | 348,134 | 441,364 | 134,087 | 5,022,732 | 300,508 | 66,764 | 113,565 | 56,496 |
| Totals, 1885 | .. | 98 | 475 | .. | 58 | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | 34 | 401 | 224 | 178 | 1,377,050 | 417,196 | 425,448 | 141,069 | 4,735,735 | 325,182 | 89,276 | 151,622 | 82,858 |

(1) Value of land, buildings, and plant of two breweries included in aerated-waters returns.
(2) Wages paid not stated in one case.
(3) One brewery not working in 1895.