New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 22

Page 655

✨ Industrial Statistics



MAR. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 655

MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, &c.—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. 1890.
Chemicals and by-products—
Perfumery-manufactory .. .. 1 4 9 6
Varnish-manufactories .. .. 3 19 .. 8
Ink-manufactories .. .. 1 5 2 1
Starch-manufactories .. .. 2 32 27 13
Chemical-works .. .. 8 95 114 55
Haemate-paint factories .. .. 3 12 12 9
Sheep-dip factories .. .. 6 7 29 ..
Match-factories .. .. 2 183 121 ..
Herbal-remedies factories .. .. 4 23 10 ..
Blacking-factories .. .. 3 3 5 ..
Coconut-oil mill .. .. 2 10 2 3
Textile fabrics—
Woollen-mills .. .. 9 1,693 1,416 1,175
Flock-mills .. .. 4 10 10 9
Cleaning and dyeing works .. .. 16 51 58 48
Dress—
Corset and belt manufactories .. .. 6 25 .. ..
Clothing and boot and shoe factories .. .. 147 5,208 4,407 3,233
Waterproof-factories .. .. 4 114 93 ..
Hat and cap factories .. .. 15 117 72 112
Hosiery-factories .. .. 7 282 133 51
Fibrous materials—
Rope and twine works .. .. 24 192 150 222
Bag and sack factories .. .. 3 6 22 14
Flax-mills .. .. 52 1,698 647 3,204
Tow-hackling .. .. 1 .. .. 3
Values for industries where less than four of any one sort were found in
the returns (see note) .. .. .. .. .. ..
Miscellaneous industries, returns not included above .. .. 74 296 .. ..
Totals .. .. 3,163† 2,459 2,254 2,389
Manufactures.
1900. 1895. 1890.
£ £ £
6,732 .. ..
.. 6,850 5,765
.. .. ..
64,834 41,568 75,320
2,578 1,011 1,503
.. .. 9,138
18,396 .. 2,265
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
359,382 279,175 302,423
4,105 789 1,705
7,855 13,667 7,530
2,249 .. ..
858,280 570,315 616,158
13,378 .. ..
25,641 21,628 22,354
31,265 5,650 10,902
87,863 76,711 52,400
.. .. ..
203,492 234,266 32,546
.. .. ..
694,896 345,950 435,381
61,749 .. ..
17,141,149† 9,549,360 8,773,837
Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
1900. 1895. 1890.
£ £ £
.. .. 6,813
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
44,471 23,766 ..
5,943 3,015 1,250
.. 2,716 ..
3,410 .. ..
.. .. ..
.. .. ..
223,473 259,955 ..
2,570 1,230 ..
9,980 9,581 ..
.. .. ..
166,739 141,872 ..
7,845 5,316 ..
19,217 10,560 26,005
19,997 4,565 4,040
40,961 36,086 ..
.. .. ..
64,446 31,359 146,792
.. .. ..
207,569 128,303 ..
59,659 .. ..
7,959,631† 5,796,017 5,261,826
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise. † Total, excluding, for purposes of comparison with previous
    census years, monumental-masonry works (27), tailoring (175), dressmaking (290), and shirtmaking (25) establishments, not taken into account in 1896 and 1891.


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