New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 21

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✨ Industrial Statistics Tables



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. Number of Industries in Provincial Districts. Total Number of Industries. Number of Hands employed. Wages paid. Amount of Power employed (Horse-power). Value of all Materials used or operated upon during 1905. Value of all Manufactures or Products (including Repairs) for the Year 1905.* Approximate Value of
Auckland. Taranaki. Hawke's Bay. Wellington. Marlborough. Nelson. Westland. Canterbury. Otago. Males. Females. Total. Males. Females. Total. Land (excluding Crown). Buildings. Machinery and Plant. Total.
Musical instruments—
*Musical-instrument factories I .. .. .. .. .. .. I I 3 II .. II £ £ £ 7 £ £ £ £ £ £
Ornaments, minor art products, and small wares—
*Toy-factories I .. .. .. .. .. .. I .. 2 29 .. 29 .. .. .. 5 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Picture-frame makers .. .. .. 6 .. .. .. 5 3 14 33 I 34 2,467 110 2,577 2 8,438 16,296 9,760 6,808 207 16,775
Basket and perambulator factories 5 .. I 7 .. .. .. 7 6 26 121 27 148 9,073 793 9,866 12 16,788 34,103 10,710 5,990 490 17,190
*Cork-cutting I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I 4 .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
*Lapidaries .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 3 3 4 .. 4 .. .. .. 8 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Equipment for sports and games—
Billiard-table factories I .. .. 2 .. .. .. I .. 4 25 .. 25 2,504 .. 2,504 17 4,701 10,417 3,150 3,070 1,043 7,263
Designs, medals, type, and dies—
*Rubber-stamp making .. I .. I .. .. .. .. I 3 5 .. 5 .. .. .. 3 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ammunition—
*Ammunition-factory .. I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I 26 104 130 .. .. .. 40 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Machines, tools, and implements—
†Agricultural-implement factories 2 2 3 2 .. .. .. 9 II 29 788 5 793 78,801 241 79,042 419 91,043 199,741 27,878 30,791 36,798 95,467
Brush and broom factories 5 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 2 II 99 55 154 7,597 2,083 9,680 62 16,331 36,345 4,200 6,665 4,792 15,657
*Cutlery-factory .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. I I 3 .. 3 .. .. .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. ..
Carriages and vehicles—
†Coach building and painting works 38 14 15 41 2 13 3 26 31 183 1,465 .. 1,465 116,204 .. 116,204 395 122,384 294,818 116,916 97,238 37,563 251,717
†Cycle-factories 5 I 3 19 .. 9 I 41 18 97 436 16 452 30,073 758 30,831 94 37,092 75,991 38,020 33,664 11,982 83,666
Harness, saddlery, and leatherware—
†Saddlery and harness factories 22 9 7 24 I 7 I 14 21 106 514 30 544 40,872 1,341 42,213 13 72,662 140,813 65,038 36,554 7,082 108,674
*Whip-thong factories I .. .. I .. .. .. .. .. 2 4 .. 4 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Portmanteau-factories 4 .. .. 2 .. .. .. I I 8 45 19 64 2,800 791 3,591 6 6,459 12,064 3,745 4,325 860 8,930
†Tanning, fellmongering, and wool-scouring establishments 13 3 12 16 5 4 .. 27 19 99 1,334 2 1,336 102,418 88 102,506 980 1,201,318 1,836,310 48,386 80,380 53,916 182,682
Ships’ boats and their equipment—
†Ship- and boat-building yards 19 .. .. 3 .. .. .. 2 6 30 237 .. 237 20,889 .. 20,889 88 52,070 66,572 5,273 4,125 5,324 14,722
Graving-docks and patent slips 2 .. .. I .. .. .. 2 2 7 24 .. 24 3,946 .. 3,946 1,630 .. 12,327 177,400 214,877 55,143 447,420
*Block and pump factories 2 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 I .. I .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
†Sail, tent, and oilskin factories 3 2 I 7 .. 2 I 7 6 29 97 66 163 8,342 2,863 11,205 .. 23,303 45,321 15,279 14,500 2,913 32,692
  • 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.



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