New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 22

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✨ Industrial Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.—COMPARATIVE TABLE, 1901, 1896, AND 1891.

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—continued.

Description of Manufactories, Works, &c. Number of Works, &c. Number of Hands employed. Approximate Value of
1901. 1896. 1891. 1900. 1895. 1900. 1895.
Ornaments, minor art-products, and small wares— .. .. .. .. .. £ £
Picture-frame makers .. 9 .. 22 .. 5,771 ..
Toy-factory .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Basket and perambulator factories .. 21 17 118 .. 17,942 ..
Cork-cutting .. 1 1 3 .. 7,381 ..
Lapidaries, precious-stone-cutting works .. 3 .. 8 .. .. ..
Equipment for sports and games— .. 3 .. 7 .. .. ..
Billiard-table factories .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Designs, medals, type, and dies— .. 2 .. 2 .. .. ..
Rubber-stamp making .. .. .. 4 .. .. ..
Arms and explosives— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ammunition-factory .. 1 .. 105 .. 80 ..
Machines, tools, and implements— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Agricultural-implement factories .. 33 36 586 .. 138,094 ..
Brush and broom factories .. 12 11 128 .. 21,131 ..
Cutlery-factory .. 1 .. 92 .. 23,363 ..
Bellows-factory .. 1 .. 6 .. 13,340 ..
Carriages and vehicles— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Coach building and painting works .. 160 108 1,185 .. 144,472 ..
Cycle-factories .. 71 7 395 .. 65,047 ..
Harness, saddlery, and leatherware— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Saddlery and harness factories .. 115 8 652 .. 216,077 ..
Whip-thong factories .. 2 1 266 .. 65,817 ..
Portmanteau-factories .. 6 4 184 .. 147,626 ..
Tanning, fellmongering, and wool-scouring works .. 119 117 1,963 .. 5,483 ..
Leather and grindery works .. .. .. 1,629 .. 1,888,107 ..
Ships, boats, and their equipment— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ship- and boat-building yards .. 32 40 211 .. 45,811 ..
Graving-docks and patent slips .. 7 6 32 .. 7,264 ..
Block and pump factory .. 1 1 29 .. 5,422 ..
Sail and oilskin factories .. 30 32 231 .. 35,847 ..
Furniture— .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Furniture and cabinetmaking works .. 144 94 1,310 .. 241,024 ..
Chair and washboard factories .. 6 1 496 .. 85,327 ..
Venetian-blind works .. 15 9 8 .. 1,277 ..
Mattress-factories .. 12 .. 45 .. 13,233 ..
Wool-rug and mat making .. 2 .. 17 .. 16,296 ..
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.


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