Census, 1901.—Industrial Statistics.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 30th October, 1901.

THE two accompanying tables, showing the results of the census taken for the 31st March last, as regards sawmills, tanneries, fellmongeries, and wool-scouring works, are published for general information.

E. J. von DADELSZEN, Registrar-General.

TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Sawmills and Sash-and-door Factories in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of the Produce for the Year 1900, 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. | | | | Produce for the Year 1900. | | | | | | | Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year 1900. | Approximate Value of | | |
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| | | M. | F. | M. | F. | Steam. | Water. | Gas. | Horse-power. | Sawn Timber. | Value of Posts, Rails, &c. | Resawing, Planed Flooring, Skirting, &c. | Moulding. | Doors and Sashes. | | | Land. | Buildings. | Plant and Machinery |
| | | | | | | | | | | Ft. | £ | £ | Ft. | £ | Run. ft. | £ | No. | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ |
| Auckland | 48 | 2,348 | I | 156,497 | 90 | 50 | 2 | .. | 3,125 | 109,124,543 | 459,128 | 1,414 | 14,212,768 | 79,622 | 2,459,912 | 11,715 | 40,841 | 27,998 | 579,877 | 30,192 | 32,969 | 114,395 |
| Taranaki | 23 | 587 | I | 47,864 | 50 | 19 | 7 | .. | 692 | 11,881,139 | 49,398 | 145 | 3,109,193 | 7,970 | 305,055 | 2,436 | 8,399 | 6,295 | 66,244 | 15,832 | 7,728 | 42,670 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 26 | 532 | I | 42,631 | 22 | 26 | .. | .. | 523 | 22,382,990 | 66,384 | .. | 1,198,126 | 7,293 | 551,336 | 2,563 | 4,800 | 3,500 | 79,740 | 31,545 | 7,151 | 31,260 |
| Wellington | 66 | 1,114 | .. | 90,114 | .. | 63 | .. | 3 | 1,114 | 41,375,471 | 147,404 | 2,179 | 6,515,275 | 35,863 | 2,679,202 | 13,899 | 12,813 | 11,244 | 210,589 | 42,723 | 22,392 | 64,050 |
| Marlborough | 8 | 127 | I | 10,706 | 20 | 8 | .. | .. | 190 | 5,437,365 | 17,840 | .. | 300,000 | 610 | 2,000 | 12 | .. | .. | 18,462 | 5,120 | 1,970 | 29,050 |
| Nelson | 46 | 366 | .. | 26,721 | .. | 39 | 7 | .. | 607 | 12,212,951 | 35,618 | 12,437 | 1,545,590 | 3,128 | 363,350 | 993 | 1,989 | 1,861 | 54,037 | 17,782 | 6,630 | 21,955 |
| Westland | 29 | 264 | .. | 22,233 | .. | 23 | 6 | .. | 553 | 13,971,951 | 35,835 | 356 | 247,932 | 503 | 138,434 | 430 | 550 | 602 | 37,726 | 7,311 | 4,040 | 20,177 |
| Canterbury | 18 | 260 | .. | 20,885 | .. | 18 | .. | .. | 317 | 4,714,959 | 22,277 | 1,378 | 2,987,264 | 13,702 | 1,099,065 | 3,022 | 8,284 | 5,487 | 45,866 | 15,984 | 8,806 | 15,830 |
| Otago | 70 | 1,207 | 3 | 95,971 | 84 | 71 | 2 | .. | 1,623 | 40,482,149 | 137,164 | 1,368 | 4,708,098 | 23,436 | 1,554,244 | 7,900 | 13,700 | 6,280 | 176,148 | 20,909 | 16,329 | 68,820 |
| Total, 1900 | 334 | 6,805 | 7 | 513,622 | 266 | 317 | 24 | 3 | 8,744 | 261,583,518 | 971,048 | 19,277 | 34,824,246 | 172,127 | 9,152,598 | 42,970 | 91,376 | 63,267 | 1,268,689 | 187,398 | 108,015 | 408,207 |
| Total, 1895 | 299 | 4,055 | 4 | 323,223 | | 274 | 29 | 1 | 6,409 | 191,053,466 | 627,959 | 10,998 | 41,026,223 | 173,765 | 12,653,368 | 44,104 | 61,550 | 41,981 | 898,807 | 186,958 | 100,667 | 298,797 |