New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 104

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✨ Industrial Statistics



Census, 1901.—Industrial Statistics.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 2nd December, 1901.
E. J. VON DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.

THE accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken for the 31st March last as regards ship- and boat-building, sail-, tent-, and oilskin factories, fruit-preserving and jam-making, and gasworks, are published for general information.

SHIP- AND BOAT-BUILDING.

TABLE XXV.—Showing the Number of Ship- and Boat-building Yards in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power employed, the Number and Value of Vessels and Boats built during the Year 1900, the Value of Materials used, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial District. Number of Yards. Hands employed. Wages paid. Machine-power. Amount of Horse-power. Vessels built in 1900. Number of Boats, Punts, &c., built in 1900. Value of Imported Materials used. Value of Materials produced in the Colony. Value of Labour, &c. Total Value of Manufactures. Value of Repairs executed. Total Value of all Manufactures for 1900 (including Repairs). Approximate Value of
M. £ Steam. Water. Gas. H.p. Under 50 Tons. 50 to 100 Tons. 100 to 200 Tons.
Wood. Steel. Wood. Steel. Wood.
Auckland* 17 176 11,306 4 .. 2 46 23 9 7 2 2 151 6,152 11,757 12,443
Wellington 3
Nelson 1 35 2,170 .. 1 .. 3 2 .. .. .. .. 64 219 2,261 2,764
Canterbury 2
Otago 9
Totals, 1900 32 211 13,476 4 1 2 49 25 9 7 2 2 218 6,371 14,018 15,207
Totals, 1895 40 108 6,724 5 .. 1 49 21 1 2 .. 3 284 3,104 5,939 8,281
  • Value of machinery and plant not stated in two cases. Value of plant not stated in three cases.

SAIL-, TENT-, AND OILSKIN-FACTORIES.

TABLE XXVI.—Showing the Number of Sail-, Tent-, and Oilskin-factories in Operation in March, 1901, the Number of Hands employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1900, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial District. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Value of Materials used. Sails. Tents and Flys. Horse-covers. Tarpaulins. Oilskins. Various Articles. Total Value of all Manufactures. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. £ No. No. No. No. No. £ £ £
Auckland* 9 28 14 2,612 412 5,790 340 3,706 58 318 4,711 60 cyanide-cloths, 540 flags 10,962 9,700
Taranaki 1
Hawke’s Bay 2 32 48 2,578 1,074 5,434 220 3,381 5,320 850 3,119 70 flags, 298 various 11,299 9,100
Wellington 4
Nelson 1
Westland 1 44 3 1,597 63 6,049 100 927 4,652 251 523 139 various 10,501 2,696
Canterbury 5
Otago 7 46 16 3,659 447 7,355 21 2,631 8,117 198 3,285 1,200 yds. hose for sluicing, 55 flags 12,092 1,480
Totals, 1900 30 150 81 10,446 1,996 24,628 681 10,645 18,147 1,617 11,638 .. 44,854 22,976
Totals, 1895 39 92 51 5,660 1,361 .. 280, and 21,630 yds. 4,703 7,477 {597 and 600 yds.} 7,328 {430 wool-sheets 361 undefined 1,960 yds. canvas hose} 30,166 13,105
  • Value of land, buildings, and plant not stated in one case.


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🎓 Census 1901 Industrial Statistics for Ship- and Boat-Building

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
2 December 1901
Census, Shipbuilding, Boatbuilding, Industrial Statistics, Workforce, Wages, Horsepower, Vessels Built, Repairs, Materials Value, Auckland, Nelson
  • E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General

🎓 Census 1901 Industrial Statistics for Sail-, Tent-, and Oilskin-Factories

🎓 Education, Culture & Science
2 December 1901
Census, Sailmaking, Tent Factories, Oilskin Production, Industrial Statistics, Workforce, Wages, Manufactures, Materials Value, Auckland, Hawke’s Bay, Westland, Otago
  • E. J. Von Dadelszen, Registrar-General