New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

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✨ Industrial Statistics



BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES.

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of Butter and Cheese Factories in Operation in April, 1906, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Output for the Year 1905, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, and Plant; also a Comparison of the Totals with the Results obtained for 1895 and 1900.

Provincial Districts. No. of Factories. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Materials used in 1905. Produce for the Year 1905. Value of all Products during 1905. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil.
Auckland .. 57 313 7 25,956 112 52 2 2 2
Taranaki .. 69 334 3 30,988 67 60 19 1 4
Hawke’s Bay .. 19 82 4 6,497 52 18 .. .. ..
Wellington .. 51 264 5 28,906 110 41 1 1 ..
Marlborough
Nelson 17 48 1 4,158 15 15 .. .. ..
Westland
Canterbury .. 16 118 4 9,822 165 10 1 .. 1
Otago .. 35 297 4 24,115 160 33 1 1 ..
Totals, 1905 264 1,456 28 130,442 681 229 24 5 7
Totals, 1900 247 1,165 23 95,461 972 223 37 7 1
Totals, 1895 170 548 28 39,716 441 234 33 .. 1

NOTE.—In connection with the above factories there are 459 skimming-stations (Auckland 110, Taranaki 79, Hawke’s Bay 32, Wellington 121, Marlborough 1, Nelson 12, Westland 1, Canterbury 43, Otago 60).

In addition to the above registered factories there are 384 private dairies (Auckland 24, Taranaki 228, Hawke’s Bay 40, Wellington 6, Marlborough 2, Nelson 15, Canterbury 37, Otago 32), the operations of which are not included in the Census returns.



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