New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 2

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✨ Furniture-factory Statistics



FURNITURE-FACTORIES.

TABLE XIII.—Showing the Number of Furniture-factories in Operation in April, 1906, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount of Wages paid, the Value of Material used, and the Total Manufactures for the Year 1905; also the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts. Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Material used. Total Value of Manufactures. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Oil. Electric. H.p. £ £ Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Auckland 48* 406 29 £31,759 £1,071 .. .. 18 1 .. 129 43,638 83,854 £21,562 £25,629 £12,541
Taranaki 13 64 2 4,663 108 .. 4 5 1 .. 33 6,819 12,269 6,915 6,160 1,681
Hawke's Bay 9† 50 .. 3,115 78 2 .. 3 1 .. 34 4,389 8,028 2,750 2,420 1,705
Wellington 40‡ 241 20 32,117 1,093 1 .. 13 .. 5 165 36,617 83,310 26,499 18,499 7,598
Marlborough 2 35 2 3,109 42 1 .. 4 .. .. 22 3,799 7,259 1,020 2,455 1,040
Nelson.. 4 30 5 1,535 207 1 .. 3 .. .. 42 2,106 3,399 2,052 1,948 1,653
Westland 6 382 23 32,256 732 5 1 7 1 2 180 37,427 76,807 20,850 22,013 9,925
Canterbury 27 227 12 22,205 494 2 .. 7 .. .. 101 22,689 53,259 17,318 20,249 4,893
Otago .. 23
Totals, 1905 172 1,435 93 130,759 3,825 12 5 60 4 7 706 157,484 328,185 98,966 99,373 41,036
Totals, 1900 144 1,243 67 88,843 2,262 17 4 29 2 3 369 101,595 241,024 75,200 71,884 23,254
Totals, 1895 71 472 24 33,257 787 12 1 9 1 .. 127 25,080 85,327 34,767 39,974 9,932
  • Four not in operation on 29th April, 1906.
    † One not in operation on 29th April, 1906.
    ‡ Two not in operation on 29th April, 1906.


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🌾 Furniture-factories Statistics for 1905

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Furniture factories, Statistics, Employment, Wages, Production, Provincial districts, Land value, Buildings, Machinery, 1905, 1900, 1895