New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 106

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✨ Manufacturing Statistics



HOSIERY-FACTORIES.

TABLE XXXI.—Showing the Number of Hosiery-factories in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of 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. Manufactures for the Year 1900. Total Value of Manufactures. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Gas. Half-hose. Quantity. Hose. Quantity. Shirts and Pants. Quantity.
Auckland .. 1 2 42 £82 £1,121 .. 1 1 £3,304 Dozen. 6,900 Dozen. 2,370
Wellington .. 3
Nelson .. 1 3 54 236 1,383 1 .. 1 5,241 11,881 2,077
Canterbury .. 5
Otago* .. 7 12 169 1,010 4,198 1 4 69 9,487 20,820 5,082
Totals, 1900 .. 17 17 265 1,328 6,702 2 5 71 18,032 39,601 9,529
  • One factory not in operation in 1900, and one factory in operation six months only.

NOTE.—The above table does not include 53,920 dozen hose, half-hose, under-shirts, pants, and other knitted garments which are given in “Woollen-factories” return.

ENGINEERING-WORKS.

TABLE XXXII.—Showing the Number of Engineering-works in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power 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. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Materials used in 1900. Total Value of all Manufactures and Repairs in 1900. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil.
Auckland .. 10 66 .. £6,626 £.. 2 .. 7 1 59
Wellington .. 9 524 .. 40,199 .. 6 1 2 .. 252
Nelson .. 2 299 1 18,939 26 6 .. 4 .. 100
Canterbury .. 8
Otago .. 8 548 4 61,610 235 5 .. 2 .. 130
Totals, 1900 .. 37 1,437 5 127,374 261 19 1 15 1 541

NOTE.—In a few instances returns for “Engineering-works” are included in “Iron- and Brass-foundries,” and particulars of manufactures in nearly all cases are not stated.

The above table does not include fifteen Government Railway and Maintenance workshops (eight Railway workshops and seven Maintenance workshops): Hands employed in year 1900, 1,626; wages paid, £185,355; horse-power employed, 760; materials used, £192,050; manufactures and repairs (3 locomotives, 34 bogie carriages, 20 bogie brake-vans, 441 wagons, 1,102 tarpaulins, and repairs to the value of £36,306), the total value of manufactures and repairs in the Railway workshops being £365,946, and the value of machinery and plant, £97,659. The value of materials used and value of repairs are not stated in Maintenance workshops returns.



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🌾 Hosiery-factories Data, 1901 Census

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
14 December 1901
Hosiery-factories, Manufacturing, Wages, Steam power, Gas power, Horse-power, Materials used, Biscuit output, Knitted goods, Output value, Provincial districts, Auckland, Nelson, Otago

🌾 Engineering-works Data, 1901 Census

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
14 December 1901
Engineering-works, Manufacturing, Repairs, Wages, Steam power, Water power, Gas power, Oil power, Horse-power, Materials used, Manufactures value, Provincial districts, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago, Government Railway workshops, Maintenance workshops

🌾 Hosiery-factories Statistics, 1900-1901

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hosiery factories, Manufacturing, Workforce, Wages, Steam power, Gas power, Output value, Raw materials, Provincial districts, Auckland, Nelson, Otago

🌾 Engineering-works Statistics, 1900-1901

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Engineering works, Manufacturing, Workforce, Wages, Steam power, Water power, Gas power, Oil power, Output value, Raw materials, Provincial districts, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Otago