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. Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
1906. 1901. 1896. 1891. 1905. 1900. 1895. 1890. 1905. 1900. 1895. 1890. 1905. 1900. 1895. 1890.
Musical instruments—
Musical-instrument factories .. 3 3 5 2 11 11 15 12 £* £* £2,282 £* £* £* £6,070 £*
Ornaments, minor art products, and small wares—
Picture-frame makers .. 14 9 .. .. 34 22 .. .. 16,296* 5,771 .. .. 16,775* 11,750 .. ..
Toy-factories .. 2 .. .. 1 29 .. .. 2 .. .. .. 7,381* .. .. .. 6,152*
Basket and perambulator factories 26 21 17 23 148 118 76 63 34,103* 17,942* 11,920* .. 17,190* 18,180* 10,850* ..
Cork-cutting .. 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 * * .. * * * .. *
Lapidaries, precious-stone-cutting works .. 3 3 .. 2 4 8 .. 4 * * .. * * * .. *
Equipment for sports and games—
Billiard-table factories .. 4 3 1 .. 25 7 2 .. 10,417 * * .. 7,263 * * ..
Designs, medals, type, and dies—
Rubber-stamp making .. 3 2 3 .. 5 3 4 .. * * * .. * * * ..
Ammunition—
Ammunition-factory .. 1 1 2 1 130 105 90 80 * * * * * * * *
Machines, tools, and implements—
Agricultural-implement factories .. 29 33 34 36 793 586 581 528 199,741 138,094 102,054 144,472 95,467 61,339 71,267 73,478
Brush and broom factories .. 11 12 15 11 154 128 92 81 36,345* 21,131* 23,363* 13,340 15,657* 13,829* 9,005* 7,233
Cutlery-factory .. 1 1 1 .. 3 2 6 .. .. * * .. .. * * ..
Bellows-factories .. .. 1 1 .. .. 2 1 .. .. * * .. .. * * ..
Carriages and vehicles—
Coach building and painting works 183 160 116 108 1,465 1,185 807 678 294,818 216,077 148,969 139,660 251,717 150,811 105,802 96,225
Cycle-factories .. 97 71 19 7 452 395 125 31 75,991 65,047 18,817 5,655 83,666 65,403 24,831 7,289
Harness, saddlery, and leatherware—
Saddlery and harness factories .. 106 115 23 8 544 652 266 184 140,813* 147,626* 63,735* 37,347* 108,674* 96,559* 34,559* 11,699*
Whip-thong factories .. 2 2 2 1 4 5 4 3 12,064 5,483 * 2,889 8,930 6,460 * 1,870
Portmanteau-factories .. 8 6 3 4 64 22 13 14 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Tanning, fellmongering, and wool-scouring works .. 99 119 117 105 1,336 1,963 1,629 1,199 1,836,310 1,888,107 1,237,252 1,026,349 182,682 235,952 171,405 153,592
Ships, boats, and their equipment—
Ship- and boat-building yards .. 30 32 40 37 237 211 108 145 66,572 45,811 25,233 35,847 14,722 15,198 14,288 10,172
Graving-docks and patent slips .. 7 7 6 9 24 32 29 64 12,327* 7,264* 5,422* 9,000* 447,420* 230,165* 331,806* 347,769*
Block and pump factories .. 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 45,321 44,854 30,166 31,083 32,692 40,893 23,623 16,799
Sail, tent, and oilskin factories .. 29 30 39 32 163 231 143 124 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Furniture—
Furniture and cabinetmaking works 172 144 71 94 1,528 1,310 496 585 328,185 241,024 85,327 131,314 239,375 170,338 84,673 96,543
Chair and washboard factories .. .. .. 6 1 .. .. 8 3 .. .. 1,277 * .. .. 2,020 *
  • The figures for these industries cannot be stated without divulging the operations of single establishments, contrary to promise.


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