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MANUFACTORIES, MACHINES, WORKS.—SUMMARY BY PROVINCIAL DISTRICTS.

TABLE III.—General Summary of Manufactories, Works, &c. (excluding Mines, Quarries, and Fisheries), in Operation in the several Provincial Districts of New Zealand in April, 1906, with the Number of Hands engaged, the Amount of Wages paid, the Nature and Amount of Power employed, and the Value of Manufactures for the Year 1905; also the Approximate Value of the Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.*

Provincial Districts. Number of Works, Industries, &c. Motive Power employed. Amount of Horse-power. Number of Hands employed. Amount paid in Wages in 1905. Approximate Value of Manufactures, &c. (including Repairs), 1905.† Approximate Value of
Number of Engines, &c., driven by Land (excluding Crown). Buildings. Machinery and Plant. Total.
Steam. Water. Gas. Oil. Horse. Hand. Wind. Electricity. Total. H.p. M. F. £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Auckland .. .. .. 885 280 30 110 29 2 43 .. 1 495 15,582 11,973 2,684 961,410 94,261 5,297,535 796,628 834,460
Taranaki .. .. .. 247 111 52 16 11 .. 2 .. .. 192 3,261 1,747 153 153,623 6,568 2,030,605 117,211 170,470
Hawke’s Bay .. .. 213 87 5 19 6 .. 10 .. .. 127 3,183 2,224 285 197,640 10,738 1,010,017 142,871 200,670
Wellington .. .. .. 842 258 5 106 16 5 18 .. 34 442 14,622 8,926 2,252 920,946 98,781 4,893,285 1,066,681 888,466
Marlborough .. .. 71 33 7 4 .. .. 1 .. .. 45 1,043 640 18 37,920 562 183,199 19,790 29,162
Nelson .. .. .. 233 91 18 16 11 .. 3 1 .. 140 1,493 1,306 354 93,916 12,590 420,177 90,615 81,107
Westland .. .. .. 112 57 15 16 .. .. .. .. .. 88 1,226 950 54 88,759 2,143 227,546 33,171 37,243
Canterbury.. .. .. 695 154 19 77 8 6 6 1 19 290 9,825 7,516 2,403 699,416 110,833 5,088,329 423,364 828,475
Otago .. .. .. 888 301 46 98 16 6 16 .. 1 484 10,100 9,664 3,210 825,963 141,550 4,293,542 574,531 781,849
4,186 1,372 197 462 97 19 99 2 55 2,303 60,335 44,946 11,413 3,979,593 478,026 23,444,235 3,264,862 3,851,902
Deduct industries not taken into account in 1901, 1896, and 1891 (for details see preceding table) .. 691 .. .. 10 .. .. .. .. .. .. 10 57 1,393 5,160 136,787 217,296 1,021,509 387,418 280,565
Totals, 1905 .. .. 3,495 1,372 197 452 97 19 99 2 55 2,293 60,278 43,553 6,253 3,842,806 260,730 22,422,726 2,877,444 3,571,337 5,365,232
Totals, 1900 .. .. 3,163 1,359 216 400 31 72 .. 1 15 2,094 39,052 35,438 6,288 2,895,279 203,282 17,141,149 1,713,254 2,419,803 3,826,574
Totals, 1895 .. .. 2,459 1,201 236 179 6 93 .. 7 1 1,723 28,096 22,986 4,403 1,776,076 131,516 9,549,360 1,063,989 1,743,073 2,988,955
Totals, 1890 .. .. 2,254 991 288 119 .. 112 .. 4 .. .. 21,696 22,664 2,969 1,705,641 102,999 8,773,837 1,286,735 1,483,902 2,491,189
  • Not including Government Printing Office and Government Railway Workshops. † See notes to Table I.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. Feb. 28.] 908



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