New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 8

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✨ Manufacturing Statistics



SAWMILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES.

TABLE XVIII.—Showing the Number of Sawmills and Sash and Door Factories in Operation in April, 1896, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of the Produce for the Year 1895, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant, also Comparison with the previous Census.

Provincial Districts. No. of Mills. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive-power used. Amount of Horse-power. Produce for the Year 1895. Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year 1895. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Horse. Not stated.
Auckland 49 1,044 82,175 45 3 1
Taranaki 19 334 27,595 17 6
Hawke’s Bay 23 298 1 27,154 23
Wellington 64 972 3 83,487 63 2
Marlborough 4 76 7,013 4
Nelson 42 236 15,339 35 7
Westland 25 161 10,705 19 6
Canterbury 22 232 16,028 22
Otago 51 702 53,727 46 5
Totals, 1895 299 4,055 4 323,223 274 29 1
Totals, 1890 243 3,260 6 271,814 218 23 2

GASWORKS.

TABLE XIX.—Showing the Number of Gasworks in Operation in April, 1896, the Hands employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Value of Materials used, the Quantity and Value of Gas, &c., manufactured during 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 all Materials used in 1895. Produce for the Year 1895. Total Value of all Produce for 1895. Approximate Value of
Males. Females. Males. Females. Steam. Water. Gas. Gas made.
Quantity.
Auckland 5 99 £9,070 8 3 41 £16,466 Cubic feet.
Taranaki 7 79 £11,137 3 1 26 16,187 149,778,900
Hawke’s Bay 151,184,000
Wellington 5 20 £3,084 1 2 16 3,683 36,086,000
Marlborough
Nelson 4 34 £5,107 3 1 16 12,369 89,031,200
Westland 6 61 2 £9,349 £102 4 1 1 27 15,625 105,980,200
Canterbury
Otago
Totals, 1895 27 293 2 £37,747 £102 19 1 8 126 64,330 532,060,300
Totals, 1890 27 249 £31,700 17 1 3 117 66,363 426,602,764


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🌾 Statistics of Sawmills and Sash and Door Factories

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Sawmills, Sash and Door Factories, Statistics, Production, Wages, 1895 data

🏗️ Statistics of Gasworks Operations

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
Gasworks, Statistics, Production, Wages, 1895 data