Brewery and Malthouse Statistics




BREWERIES.

TABLE XVII.—Showing the Number of Breweries in Operation in 1901, the Number of Hands, Horses, and Drays employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Material used and of Beer brewed during the Year 1900, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant, with a Comparison of the Totals with the Results obtained for 1895.

Provincial District. Number of Breweries. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Number of Materials used during 1900. Beer made in 1900. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Wind.
Auckland .. 9 159 .. £19,335 .. 6 .. 3 ..
Taranaki .. 8 53 .. 6,268 .. 8 .. .. ..
Hawke’s Bay 10 79 1 11,876 25 7 2 1 ..
Wellington .. 12 51 .. 4,225 .. 10 .. .. ..
Nelson .. 4 17 .. 2,134 .. 3 1 .. ..
Westland .. 16 156 4 18,473 52 12 2 1 1
Canterbury .. 15 162 .. 21,182 .. 10 1 1 ..
Totals, 1900 .. 74 677 5 83,493 77 56 6 6 1
Totals, 1895 .. 85 465 .. 57,327 .. 56 6 4 2

MALTHOUSES.

TABLE XVIII.—Showing the Number of Malthouses in Operation in March, 1901; also the Number of Hands employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Malt made during the Year 1900, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant.

Provincial District. Number of Malthouses. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Materials used. Barley malted. Approximate Value of
Steam. Water. Gas. Horse. Hand.
Auckland .. 4 13 £1,367 1 .. 1 .. 2
Hawke’s Bay 1 12 1,191 1 .. .. { 1 } 1
Wellington .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Marlborough .. 2 .. .. .. { 1 } .. .. { 1 }
Nelson† .. 4 22 2,094 .. { .. } .. .. { 4 }
Westland .. 1 .. .. .. { .. } .. .. { 1 }
Canterbury .. 10 51 5,201 2 .. .. .. 8
Otago .. 8 47 5,141 1 .. 3 .. 4
Totals, 1900 33 145 14,994 5 1 4 2 21
Totals, 1895 31 95 9,398 3 1 1 1 25
  • Value of land, buildings, and plant included in brewery returns in one case.
    † Value of machinery and plant not stated in two cases.
    ‡ Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in seven cases, and included in brewery returns in three cases.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF NZ Gazette 1901, No 101





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🌾 Table of Breweries Operations and Output in 1901

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
23 November 1901
Breweries, Beer production, Wages, Motive power, Horses, Drays, Sugar, Malt, Hops, Land value, Buildings value, Machinery value, Employment, Manufacturing, Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Provincial districts

🌾 Table of Malthouses Operations and Output in 1901

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
23 November 1901
Malthouses, Barley malting, Wages, Motive power, Horse-power, Materials used, Land value, Buildings value, Plant value, Employment, Manufacturing, Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland, Canterbury, Otago, Provincial districts