New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 103

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✨ Industrial Statistics



FURNITURE-FACTORIES.

TABLE XXIII.—Showing the Number of Furniture-factories in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount of Wages paid, the Value of Material used, and the Total Manufactures for the Year 1900, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial District. Number of Factories. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive-power. Horse-power. Value of Material used. Total Value of all Manufactures. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil. Electric. H.p. £ £ Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Auckland 26 236 11 14,819 354 1 .. 11 .. .. 55 18,129 41,176 10,558 13,855 4,388
Taranaki 14 81 5 3,586 88 .. 3 3 2 .. 29 3,690 8,681 6,420 5,530 1,870
Hawke's Bay 7 39 3 2,387 72 .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,585 5,534 2,720 3,150 287
Wellington 36 307 18 24,310 724 4 1 7 .. 3 103 34,475 72,598 31,847 18,402 5,884
Marlborough 1 28 2 1,698 52 1 .. 2 .. .. 11 1,515 5,001 1,260 1,950 505
Nelson 4 27 .. 1,574 .. 2 .. 1 .. .. 17 1,955 4,759 460 710 1,295
Westland 4 264 14 21,488 479 7 .. .. .. .. 85 20,675 53,761 7,255 10,435 5,223
Canterbury 20 261 14 18,981 493 2 .. 5 .. .. 69 18,571 49,514 14,680 17,852 3,802
Totals, 1900 144 1,243 67 88,843 2,262 17 4 29 2 3 369 101,595 241,024 75,200 71,884 23,254
Totals, 1895 71 472 24 33,257 787 12 1 9 1 .. 127 25,080 85,327 34,767 39,974 9,932

SADDLERY-AND-HARNESS FACTORIES.

TABLE XXIV.—Showing the Number of Saddlery-and-Harness Factories in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands employed and Amount paid in Wages, the Value of Materials used, and the Value of all Manufactures (including Repairs) for 1900, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial District. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Materials used. Total Value of Manufactures (including Repairs). Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Gas. H.p. £ £ Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Auckland 22 220 20 12,531 903 1 3 25,805 47,851 10,285 8,925 2,020
Taranaki 7 27 .. 1,371 .. .. .. 3,189 6,442 2,720 1,175 270
Hawke's Bay* 7 56 .. 4,317 .. .. .. 7,942 12,772 3,920 2,720 575
Wellington 29 135 1 9,793 65 .. .. 15,580 34,201 19,965 11,515 674
Nelson 5 15 .. 582 .. .. .. 1,054 1,970 950 1,195 125
Westland 1 89 .. 5,439 .. .. .. 11,313 22,279 5,360 5,580 740
Canterbury 24 87 2 6,775 58 .. .. 10,841 22,111 11,180 5,925 740
Totals, 1900† 115 629 23 40,808 1,026 1 3 75,724 147,626 54,380 37,035 5,144
  • Value of materials used and value of manufactures not stated in one case.
    † Including a number of small saddlery-and-harness-making concerns which were not dealt with as “factories” at the previous census. For this reason no comparison of totals has been exhibited.


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🌾 Census 1901 Industrial Statistics for Furniture-factories

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
29 November 1901
Census, Industrial statistics, Furniture-factories, Manufacturing, Wages, Motive power, Horse-power, Provincial districts, 1901

🌾 Census 1901 Industrial Statistics for Saddlery-and-Harness Factories

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
29 November 1901
Census, Industrial statistics, Saddlery factories, Harness factories, Manufacturing, Wages, Motive power, Horse-power, Provincial districts, 1901