New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 22

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of each Description of Industry, Manufactory, &c., the Number of Hands employed, the Approximate Value of the Produce
or Manufactures for the Preceding Year, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant, as returned at the Census of 1901,
compared with the Results obtained at the Censuses of 1896 and 1891.

Description of Manufactories, Works, &c. Number of Works, &c. Number of Hands employed. Approximate Value of
1901. 1896. 1891. 1900. 1895. 1890. 1900. 1895. 1890.
Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
Animal food—
Meat freezing and preserving works 34 30 43 1,960 1,568 £1,615,219 £697,436 £476,151
Ham- and bacon-curing establishments 39 37 33 123 84 86,022 22,518 14,180
Fish curing and preserving works .. 28 27 27 75 140 19,537 9,729 12,842
Butter and cheese factories 247 170 74 576 269 1,535,150 388,750 234,006
Rabbit-packing .. 7 2 .. 32 .. 501,274 .. ..
Condensed-milk factory .. 1 1 1 10 2 150,957 362 100,453
Vegetable food—
Grain-mills 78 90 129 419 499 874,656 358,656 391,828
Biscuit-factories .. 20 17 22 425 331 991,812 127,147 58,866
Fruit-preserving and jam-making works 13 22 15 193 117 118,979 90,243 48,960
Sugar-boiling and confectionery works 26 12 12 69 53 58,092 20,935 18,867
Sugar-refining works 1 1 1 160 110 88,580 56,955 8,925
Fruit-canning works .. .. .. ..
Baking-powder factories .. .. .. ..
Drinks, narcotics, and stimulants—
Breweries 11 10 8 256 5 18,163 18,200 4,520
Malthouses 74 85 102 682 476 336,734 294,592 236,825
Colonial-wine making 33 31 27 145 95 553,627 300,508 42,442
Aerated-water factories 14 19 14 59 53 105,671 82,096 5,530
Coffee and spice works 125 132 112 452 347 151,811 98,609 89,344
Tobacco-manufactories 18 18 17 78 81 45,628 64,024 73,147
Cigarette-manufactories 2 2 1 20 19 74,339 47,572 30,850
Sauce and pickle factories 23 24 12 128 68 31,258 36,715 5,096
Vinegar-works 4 2 1 23 6 6,824 4,480 ..
Ice-factories 2 3 .. 5 3 13,417 11,909 ..
Animal matters not otherwise classed—
Bone-mills and other manure-works 13 15 9 46 25 12,246 4,628 5,239
Soap and candle works 24 22 19 190 209 152,298 155,714 74,443
Glue-factory 1 2 1 3 2 158,649 .. ..
Sausage-skin factories 10 6 5 56 73 13,472 10,582 545
Boiling-down works 14 13 13 77 12 30,674 3,949 ..
Oleomargarine-works 1 1 1 12 14 114,416 26,838 13,615
Fat-refining works .. .. ..
Working in wood—
Bark-mill .. .. ..
Cooperages 23 21 11 138 37,521 21,787 11,175
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.
    † Included in meat-freezing.


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