New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 96

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✨ Industrial Statistics



FELLMONGERING, TANNING, CURRYING, WOOL-SCOURING.

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Fellmongering, Tanning, Currying, and Wool-scouring Establishments in Operation in March, 1901, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Output 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. Number of Tan-pits. Value of Hides, Skins, &c., operated on in 1900. Value of Bark, Coal, Soap, &c. Tons of Bark used, and Kind.
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil.
Wattle.
Australia. Tasmania. New Zealand. Other Kinds.
Auckland 16 264 .. 23,526 .. 13 .. .. .. 167 352 £135,293 £52,866
Taranaki 4 28 .. 1,661 .. 1 2 .. .. 24 .. 7,571 460
Hawke’s Bay 15 107 .. 7,725 .. 6 2 .. .. 50 41 20,676 3,679
Wellington(1) 14 300 .. 30,708 .. 4 1 .. .. 128 376 190,130 24,241
Marlborough 4 17 .. 1,402 .. .. 2 .. .. 16 .. 18,410 2,000
Nelson 4 24 .. 1,500 .. 1 .. 1 1 25 70 3,422 1,290
Canterbury 29 825 2 65,063 .. 18 2 .. .. 500 224 646,391 100,622
Otago 33 392 4 27,595 162 14 .. .. .. 198 153 140,072 44,200
Totals, 1900 119 1,957 6 159,180 162 57 9 1 1 1,108 1,216 1,161,965 229,358
Totals, 1895 117 1,623 6 116,715 268 49 8 .. 1 686 1,252 .. 134,176
Provincial District. Manufactures or Produce for the Year 1900. Total Value of Produce and Manufactures for the Year 1900. Approximate Value of
Wool scoured and slipped. Skins stripped of Wool. Hides tanned. Skins tanned. Pelts, salted or preserved. Other Products. Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Lb. No. No. No. No. £ £ £ £ £
Auckland 1,838,685 420,277 54,456 75,138 617,220 .. 230,421 16,420 19,440 17,335
Taranaki 117,162 8,981 1,800 1,551 38,668 .. 11,035 1,700 2,110 1,110
Hawke’s Bay 2,632,530 259,454 3,750 1,000 96,117 .. 96,157 2,803 5,770 5,293
Wellington(1) 5,494,920 663,423 25,417 6,688 725,534 Basils, 13,985 283,905 12,148 21,500 9,451
Marlborough 281,808 20,459 .. .. 10,000 .. 22,340 370 725 825
Nelson 126,000 .. 3,588 5,000 500 .. 6,401 675 1,250 1,700
Canterbury(2) 12,235,972 2,047,845 57,484 165,923 2,120,268 {Finished leathers, £28,648; skivers, £1,453; calfskins, £210; tallow, £2,470; green pelts, £7,180; dry pelts, £350.} 898,065 9,591 31,921 27,790
Otago 3,066,162 606,159 31,580 17,475 423,667 339,783 8,612 20,139 17,274
Totals, 1900 25,793,239 4,026,598 178,075 272,775 4,031,974 54,296 1,888,107 52,319 102,855 80,778
Totals, 1895 19,723,481 3,879,560 154,505 856,918 1,418,792 .. 1,237,252 41,490 77,186 52,729

(1) In two cases the value of Land, Buildings, Machinery and Plant is included in Freezing-works returns.
(2) In one case the value of Land, Buildings, Machinery and Plant is included in Freezing-works returns.



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🌾 Industrial Statistics from 1901 Census on Fellmongering, Tanning, Currying, and Wool-scouring

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
30 October 1901
Census 1901, Fellmongeries, Tanneries, Wool-scouring, Industrial statistics, Wages, Motive power, Horse-power, Tan-pits, Hides, Skins, Bark usage, Produce value, Plant and machinery value, Provincial districts, Steam power, Water power, Gas power, Oil power