New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

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✨ Industrial Statistics Tables



Census, 1906.—Industrial Statistics.

Registrar-General’s Office, Wellington, 4th January, 1907.

THE accompanying tables, showing the result of the Census taken in April, 1906, as regards meat freezing and preserving, butter and cheese, bacon-curing, fish curing and preserving, brewing, aerated-water and cordials, sawmills, flax-mills, woollen-mills, printing, coach building and painting, cycle-works, and furniture-factories, are published for general information.

E. J. von DADELSZEN,
Registrar-General.

MEAT FREEZING AND PRESERVING WORKS, WITH BOILING-DOWN ESTABLISHMENTS.

TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Meat-freezing and Meat-preserving Works in Operation in April, 1906, with Boiling-down Establishments, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Output for the Year 1905, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Approximate Value of Value of Materials used in 1905. Total Value of Output, 1905. Frozen Sheep. Frozen Lambs. Frozen Legs of Mutton. Frozen Beef.
M. F. M. F. Steam. Oil or Gas. Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Carcases. Value. Carcases. Value.
Auckland .. .. 8 406 5 £38,765 £207 7 1 1,420 £26,080 £73,060 £72,884 £19,447
Taranaki .. .. 4 134 .. 10,541 .. 4 .. 423 6,227 137,892 82,383 27,123
Hawke’s Bay .. 3 286 1 22,272 78 3 .. 1,344 34,263 158,283 145,268 42,153
Wellington .. 5 827 6 90,392 275 6 1 2,660
Marlborough .. 1 87 .. 2,802 .. 1 .. 150 26,820 257,243 254,948 61,939
Westland .. .. 1 6 .. 500 .. 1 .. 5
Canterbury .. 6 1,025 9 87,590 393 6 2* 2,196 21,503 99,119 80,809 21,340
Otago .. .. 9 386 12 24,409 368 9 .. 1,300
Meat-freezing .. 37 3,157 33 277,271 1,321 37 4 9,498 114,893 725,597 636,292 172,002†
Boiling-down works 19 70 .. 5,324 .. 14 .. 127 11,281 7,205 8,339 25,451
Total, 1905 .. 56 3,227 33 282,595 1,321 51 4 9,625 126,174 732,802 644,631 197,453†
Total, 1900 .. 48 2,233 49 204,216 1,419 50 1 7,450 87,776 428,075 404,707 344,983†
Total, 1895 .. 43 1,985 52 180,775 .. 42 .. 7,492 67,504 326,224 317,323 83,197†
Provincial Districts. Frozen Rabbits. Preserved Meats. Tallow. Bonedust. Other Manures. Neatsfoot and Trotter Oil. Bones, Horns, Hoofs, &c. Other Products. Frozen Produce (Butter and all other Frozen).
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity.
Auckland .. .. No. £ Cwt. £ Tons. £ Tons.
Taranaki .. .. .. .. 7,306 10,432 1,174 27,647 471
Hawke’s Bay .. .. .. 15,706 36,261 4,246 98,646 491
Wellington .. .. .. 6,900 20,216 4,316 99,488 3,125
Marlborough .. .. ..
Westland .. .. .. ..
Canterbury .. 2,632,874 60,329 1,800 2,983 1,765 41,177 535
Otago .. ..
Meat-freezing .. 2,632,874 60,329 44,453 88,719 12,534 290,946 4,956
Boiling-down works .. .. .. .. 1,376 25,586 914
Total, 1905 .. 2,632,874 60,329 44,453 88,719 13,910 316,532 5,870
Total, 1900 .. 6,040,047 144,616 70,245 171,151 14,767 298,821 6,514
Total, 1895 .. .. .. 44,639 74,369 10,958 172,310 3,248
  • Electric power.
    † Value of live-stock not included.

JAN. 10.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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🌾 Census Industrial Statistics for Meat Industry

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 January 1907
Census, 1906, Industrial statistics, Meat freezing, Preserving works, Boiling-down establishments, Wages, Production values
  • E. J. von Dadelszen, Registrar-General