New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 12

Page 492

✨ Industry Statistics Tables



COAL-MINES:

TABLE XLI.—Showing the Number of Coal-mines in Operation in April, 1906, the Number of Hands and Machine-power employed, the Quantity and Value of Coal mined during the Year 1905, the Cost of Production, and the Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Coal-mines Hands employed. Males. Wages paid. £ Motive Power. Steam. Water. Horse. Horse-power. H.p. Quality and Quantity in 1905. Brown. Tons. Pitch. Tons. Lignite. Tons. Bituminous and Semi-bituminous. Tons. Total Quantity of Coal won in 1905. Tons. Total Cost of Production. £ Total Value of Output. £ Approximate Value of Machinery and Plant. £
Auckland .. .. .. .. 11 524 55,150 6 .. 4 705 134,606 .. 7,068 118,202 259,876 67,990 103,755 43,024
Nelson .. .. .. .. 20 1,589 326,306 9 1 .. 2,785 4,045 .. 452 851,730 856,227 346,345 473,114 171,519
Westland .. .. .. .. 4 79 9,540 2 .. 3 12 16,658 .. 8,980 .. 25,638 11,599 14,549 3,630
Canterbury .. .. .. .. 13 1,137 123,262 20 .. 22 758 127,746 67,087 128,873 120,309 444,015 115,146 191,627 91,921
Otago .. .. .. .. 114
Totals .. .. .. .. 162 3,329 514,258 37 1 29 4,260 283,055 67,087 145,373 1,090,241 1,585,756 541,080 783,045* 310,094
  • The value of year’s output given in parliamentary report is £828,531.

NOTE.—Several private mines worked by owners for their own requirements are not included in the above.

FISHERIES.

TABLE XLII.—Showing the Number of Fisheries, the Number of Hands employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Number and Value of Boats and Nets used, and the Quantity and Value of Fish caught during the Year 1905, as shown by the Returns collected at the Census of April, 1906.

Provincial Districts. Number of Fisheries. Number of Persons engaged. Number of Persons working for Wages. Wages paid. £ Boats. No. Tonnage. Value. £ Nets. No. Value. £ Fish caught. Quantity. Value. £
Auckland .. .. .. .. 108 249 23 978 131 354 11,764 365 1,804 20,216 cwt. 70,627 doz. 200 cwt. 263 doz. 15,042
Taranaki .. .. .. .. 6 6 1 25 7 7 120 14 52 344
Hawke’s Bay.. .. .. .. 8 40 38 5,572 14 186 11,728 11 261 10,272 cwt. 9,505
Wellington .. .. .. .. 36 105 16 1,586 59 100 4,714 403 1,309 10,761 cwt. 9,330
Marlborough .. .. .. .. 27 90 4 149 59 70 4,381 171 458 6,669 cwt. 2,708 doz. 4,242
Nelson .. .. .. .. 10 12 .. .. 12 20 446 40 141 1,883 cwt. 779
Westland .. .. .. .. 2 6 .. .. 1 .. 23 36 52 75 cwt. 614 doz. 68
Canterbury .. .. .. .. 57 82 16 1,256 66 129 6,941 456 1,784 7,381 cwt. 603 doz. 7,141
Otago .. .. .. .. 51 192 37 3,559 116 501 12,401 69 675 37,607 cwt. 24,790
Totals, 1905 .. .. .. .. 305 782 135 13,125 465* 1,367 52,518 1,565 6,536 95,064 cwt. 74,815 doz. 71,241
  • NOTE.—The results shown in the table are not put forward as more than indicative of the actual facts, and as demonstrating that the basis of a substantial industry is in existence. As regards boats stated, they are in excess of the number of sea-going fishing-boats, which was about 330 according to the Marine Department, but they do not include anything approaching the total number of those licensed for fishing, which would amount to 1,085.

An attempt was made to obtain some account of the oyster dredging and gathering. Only sixteen returns were received, and 14 boats with 33 dredges were mentioned, valued at £5,262. The oysters gathered were stated at 38,803 cwt., valued at £6,122. The returns are deemed quite incomplete, and no table is given.



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🌾 Coal-mines Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Coal mining, Mines, Employment, Wages, Machinery, Production, Value, Provincial districts

🌾 Fisheries Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Fisheries, Fishing, Employment, Wages, Boats, Nets, Fish caught, Value, Provincial districts

🌾 Oyster Dredging and Gathering Statistics

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Oyster dredging, Oysters, Boats, Value, Quantity