MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.

TABLE I.—Showing the Number of Manufactories, Works, &c., of the undermentioned Descriptions in Operation in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand in April, 1906; with the Number of Hands engaged, the Amount of Wages paid, Amount of Horse-power (Machine) employed, and the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1905; also the Approximate Value of the Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant—continued.

| Manufactories, Works, &c. | Auckland. | Taranaki. | Hawke's Bay. | Wellington. | Marlborough. | Nelson. | Westland. | Canterbury. | Otago. | Total Number of Industries. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Amount of Power employed (Horse-power). | Value of all Materials used or operated upon during 1905. | Value of all Manufactures or Produce (including Repairs) for the Year 1905. | Approximate Value of | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Land (excluding Crown). | Buildings. | Machinery and Plant. | Total. |
| Working in wood— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| †Cooperages | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 5 | 1 | 22 | 114 | 2 | 116 | 9,409 | 94 | 9,503 | 158 | 19,370 | 38,124 | 10,283 | 7,200 | 9,253 | 26,736 |
| †Sawmills, sash and door factories | 83 | 34 | 28 | 98 | 15 | 59 | 42 | 18 | 67 | 444 | 9,098 | 13 | 9,111 | 834,371 | 556 | 834,927 | 13,278 | 206,644† | 2,128,766 | 373,313 | 181,899 | 649,631 | 1,204,843 |
| Woodware and turnery factories | 9 | 3 | .. | 1 | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 9 | 39 | 304 | .. | 304 | 26,258 | .. | 26,258 | 540 | 61,613 | 110,225 | 18,378 | 16,095 | 21,342 | 55,815 |
| Vegetable produce for fodder | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chaff-cutting establishments | 8 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | .. | 24 | 8 | 47 | 194 | 3 | 197 | 10,056 | 150 | 10,206 | 402 | 114,883 | 139,060 | 6,790 | 3,840 | 28,405 | 39,035 |
| Grass-seed-dressing establishments | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 9 | 10 | 25 | 92 | .. | 92 | 13,768 | .. | 13,768 | 367 | 131,415 | 270,028 | 15,043 | 23,800 | 15,665 | 54,508 |
| Paper-manufacture— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Paper-mills | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 87 | 29 | 116 | .. | .. | .. | 730 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Paper-bag and box factories | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 8 | 18 | 82 | 100 | 1,389 | 2,272 | 3,661 | 33 | 5,274 | 11,941 | 7,350 | 6,550 | 5,112 | 19,012 |
| †Gasworks | 10 | 2 | 3 | 9 | .. | 2 | 2 | 6 | 38 | 937 | 17 | 954 | 112,939 | 846 | 113,785 | 496 | 134,474 | 386,920 | 132,188 | 135,919 | 1,107,134 | 1,375,241 |
| Electric-lighting works | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | 13 | 118 | .. | 118 | 17,627 | .. | 17,627 | 6,029 | 24,406 | 82,030 | 48,245 | 51,222 | 223,961 | 323,428 |
| Process relating to stone, clay, glass, &c.— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| †Lime and cement works | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 9 | 20 | 280 | .. | 280 | 34,249 | .. | 34,249 | .. | 1,175 | 36,251 | 107,675 | 17,565 | 23,539 | 75,642 | 116,746 |
| †Brick, tile, and pottery works | 26 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 125 | 1,254 | .. | 1,254 | 99,246 | .. | 99,246 | 1,496 | .. | 216,550 | 96,001 | 83,367 | 94,463 | 273,831 |
| Monumental masonry | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 6 | 23 | 117 | 1 | 118 | 10,657 | 18 | 10,675 | 45 | 15,580 | 35,993 | 18,034 | 2,288 | 2,245 | 22,567 |
| Glass-works | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 14 | .. | 14 | 1,412 | .. | 1,412 | 4 | 1,859 | 5,123 | 2,640 | 2,500 | 200 | 5,340 |
| Electroplating works | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 17 | .. | 17 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pumice-works | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 12 | .. | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 25 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Metals, other than gold or silver— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| †Tinware-factories | 17 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 | 10 | 54 | 469 | 4 | 473 | 36,362 | 105 | 36,467 | 80 | 68,802 | 127,150 | 36,792 | 23,657 | 19,821 | 80,270 |
| †Iron and brass foundries, boiler-making, machinists, &c. | 16 | 1 | 5 | 11 | .. | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 71 | 1,814 | 24 | 1,838 | 144,340 | 702 | 145,042 | 1,221 | 173,685 | 376,527 | 87,392 | 67,851 | 129,632 | 284,875 |
| Heel- and toe-plate factories | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| †Engineering-works§ | 18 | 1 | 2 | 12 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | 18 | 61 | 1,846 | 22 | 1,868 | 166,805 | 1,191 | 167,996 | 1,109 | 223,365 | 437,036 | 80,837 | 49,237 | 119,827 | 249,901 |
| Range-making works | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 11 | 230 | .. | 230 | 22,481 | .. | 22,481 | 74 | 22,376 | 64,271 | 15,376 | 9,930 | 8,155 | 33,461 |
| Spouting and ridging factories | 9 | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 16 | 158 | 1 | 159 | 16,051 | 28 | 16,079 | 94 | 51,954 | 73,756 | 14,350 | 8,145 | 7,750 | 30,245 |
| Lead-headed nail works | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | 6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Books and publications— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| †Printing and bookbinding offices | 47 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 56 | 239 | 3,238 | 660 | 3,898 | 374,872 | 25,940 | 400,812 | 1,520 | 272,857 | 1,067,827 | 264,497 | 242,759 | 412,766 | 920,022 |

• For information as to quantities manufactured or produced, see special tables, ante, and the final note to this table. Value of output, wages, &c., not shown where the number of establishments is so small that particulars might be identified.
  † For full particulars respecting these industries, see special tables, ante.
  † The value of the wood used at the mills was not given in the returns, but an estimate of the total value of materials operated upon has been made on this account.
  § Value of manufactures at Government Railway Workshops not included (£427,341 in 1905), to maintain true comparisons with previous census results.
  || Value of manufactures at Government Printing Office not included (£83,556 in 1905), to maintain true comparisons with previous census results.