New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

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✨ Industrial Statistics Tables



SAWMILLS AND SASH AND DOOR FACTORIES.

TABLE VII.—Showing the Number of Sawmills and Sash and Door Factories in Operation in April, 1906, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of the Produce for the Year 1905, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant; also Comparison with Previous Censuses.

Provincial Districts. Number of Mills. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Produce for the Year 1905. Total Value of all Manufactures for the Year 1905. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Electric. Water. Gas or Oil.
Auckland .. 83 3,614 4 £287,989 £270 75 .. 5 2 5,157
Taranaki .. 34 574 3 53,592 99 28 .. 7 .. 811
Hawke’s Bay .. 28 672 1 67,180 10 25 .. 2 .. 835
Wellington .. 98 1,607 4 183,670 151 84 2 .. 16 2,159
Marlborough .. 15 194 .. 15,785 .. 13 .. .. 1 490
Nelson .. 59 492 .. 36,856 .. 52 .. 8 3 890
Westland .. 42 577 1 57,410 26 34 .. 7 1 937
Canterbury .. 18 266 .. 22,719 .. 13 1 .. 3 393
Otago .. 67 1,102 .. 109,170 .. 64 .. 2 3 1,606
Totals, 1905 444 9,098 13 834,371 556 388 3 31 29 13,278
Totals, 1900 334 6,805 7 513,622 266 317 .. 24 3 8,744
Totals, 1895 299 4,055 4 323,223 274 .. 29 1 6,409

During the year 1905 the import of sawn undressed timber was 11,074,673 sup. ft., valued at £77,702, and of sawn dressed timber 136,683 sup. ft., valued at £2,881. The export during the same year was 74,202,637 sup. ft. sawn undressed timber, valued at £306,552, and 960,482 sup. ft. sawn dressed timber, valued at £11,688.

FLAX-MILLS.

TABLE VIII.—Showing the Number of Flax-mills in Operation in April, 1906, the Hands and Power employed, the Number of Machines used, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Fibre dressed during the Year 1905, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. No. of Mills. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power, Horse-power. Number of Machines used. Raw Material used in 1905. Fibre dressed in 1905. Tow produced in 1905. Total Value of Output for 1905. Approximate Value of
Men. Boys. £ Steam. Oil. Water. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity.
Auckland .. 75 1,047 57 46,416 52 8 15 921 84 Tons. £ Tons. £
Hawke’s Bay .. 4 186 .. 9,385 4 .. 3 98 7 51,602 58,413 5,713 134,233
Taranaki .. 3 6,725 5,660 804 19,646
Wellington .. 41 1,038 1 91,291 40 1 .. 681 44 71,137 61,284 7,524 183,518
Marlborough .. 12 213 1 9,368 8 .. 4 172 14 8,838 9,810 958 24,495
Nelson .. 13 150 10 7,542 8 1 5 112 13 4,797 3,983 623 14,373
Westland .. 8 112 4 7,809 4 .. 4 116 8 4,630 2,653 502 11,364
Canterbury .. 8 98 27 7,188 5 .. 3 106 9 6,067 7,321 784 20,139
Otago .. 76 1,107 25 48,461 65 .. 11 881 89 45,375 36,770 5,220 136,302
Totals, 1905 .. 240 3,951 125 227,460 186 10 45 3,087 268 199,171 185,894 22,128 544,070
Totals, 1900 .. 101 1,519 179 101,046 75 .. 34 1,190 105 96,571 53,064 12,035 201,235
Totals, 1895 .. 52 484 163 17,544 23 .. 30 553 65 21,770 7,775 2,999 31,771

The export of phormium fibre in 1905 was 27,877 tons, valued at £696,467, while the output of the mills for that year totals only 22,128 tons, valued at £544,070. Part of the export must therefore have been manufactured in the previous year.



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🌾 Sawmills and Sash and Door Factories Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Sawmills, Sash and door factories, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Provincial districts, 1905, 1900, 1895, Imports, Exports

🌾 Flax-mills Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Flax-mills, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Provincial districts, 1905, 1900, 1895, Raw material, Fibre dressed, Tow produced, Exports