Industrial Statistics




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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.—SUMMARY BY PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

TABLE III.—General Summary of Manufactories, Works, &c. (excluding Mines and Quarries), in Operation in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand in March, 1901, with the Number of Hands engaged, the Amount of Wages paid, the Nature and Amount of Power employed, and the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1900; also the Approximate Value of the Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.*

Provincial District. Number of Works. Motive Power employed. Amount of Horse Power. Number of Hands employed. Amount paid in Wages in 1900. Value of Materials used or operated upon in 1900. Approximate Value of Manufactures, &c. (excluding Repairs), 1900.† Approximate Value of
Number of Engines, &c., driven by Land (excluding Crown). Buildings. Machinery and Plant. Total.
Steam. Water. Gas. Oil. Horse. Wind. Electricity. Total.
Auckland .. .. 752 245 29 125 4 15 .. .. 8,971 8,295
Taranaki .. .. 267 116 65 10 13 4 .. .. 2,483 1,722
Hawke’s Bay .. 160 81 2 15 1 6 .. .. 1,973 1,600
Wellington .. 707 239 15 72 5 7 .. .. 8,182 6,786
Marlborough .. 61 33 10 2 2 .. .. .. 609 503
Nelson .. 198 94 18 13 1 4 .. .. 1,293 1,041
Westland .. .. 78 39 9 3 .. 2 .. .. 717 550
Canterbury .. 648 217 25 69 3 11 1 1 6,495 7,050
Otago .. 809 295 43 98 4 21 .. .. 8,390 8,745
Deduct industries not taken into account in 1896 and 1891 (for details see preceding table) .. 517 .. .. 7 .. .. .. .. 61 854
Totals, 1900 .. 3,163 1,359 216 400 31 72 1 15 39,052 36,292
Totals, 1895 .. 2,459 1,201 236 179 6 93 7 1 28,096 2,094
Totals, 1890 .. 2,254 991 288 119 4 112 .. .. 21,696 22,664
  • Not including Government Printing Office and Government Railway Workshops.
    † See note to first table.


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