New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 21

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✨ Industrial Statistics Table



MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.—COMPARATIVE TABLE, 1906, 1901, 1896, AND 1891.

TABLE II.—Showing the Number of each Description of Industries, Manufactures, &c., the Number of Hands employed, the Approximate Value of the Produce or Manufactures for the preceding Year, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant, as returned at the Census of 1906, compared with the Results obtained at the Censuses of 1901, 1896, and 1891—continued.

Description of Manufactories, Works, &c. Number of Works, &c. Number of Hands employed. Approximate Value of
Manufactures.
1905.
Working in wood—continued.
Sawmills, sash and door factories 444 334 299
Barrow and ladder factories . . 1 1
Woodware and turning factories 39 28 19
Fruit-case factories . . . . . .
Fire-kindler factories . . . . . .
Vegetable produce for fodder—
Chaff-cutting establishments 47 55 53
Grass-seed-dressing establishments 25 25 3
Paper-manufacture—
Paper-mills . . . . 3
Paper-bag and box factories . . 8 7
Gasworks . . 38 30
Electric-lighting works . . 13 6
Process relating to stone, clay, glass, &c.—
Lime and cement works.. . . 20 15
Brick, tile, and pottery works . . 125 108
Tobacco-pipe factories . . . . 1
Glass-works . . 4 2
Glass-bevelling works . . . . 2
Electro-plating works . . 3 2
Pumice-works . . 1 1
Metals, other than gold or silver—
Tinware-factories . . 54 60
Iron and brass foundries, boiler-making, engineering, machinists,&c. (not including Government Railway Workshops) . . 132 102
Heel- and toe-plate factories . . 3 3
Range-making works . . 11 9
Spouting and ridging factories . . 16 35
Lead-headed nail factories . . 2 1
Iron-pipe and fluming works . . . . 2
Copper-boiler-making works . . . . . .
Fencing-standard factory . . . . . .
Books and publications—
Printing-offices, bookbinding and paper-ruling (not including Government Printing Office) . . 239 188
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.


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💰 Census 1906 Industrial Statistics Publication (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
15 February 1907
Census, 1906, Industrial statistics, Manufactories, Works, Wages, Production values