New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 4

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✨ Industrial Statistics: Boot Factories

BOOT AND SHOE FACTORIES.

TABLE XX.—Showing the Number of Boot and Shoe Factories in Operation in April, 1906, the Hands and Power employed, the Amount paid in Wages, the Quantity and Value of Manufactures for the Year 1905, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.

Provincial Districts.	Number of Works.	Hands employed.	Wages paid.	Motive Power.	Horse-power.	Value of Materials used in 1905.	Manufactures for 1905.	Total Value of Manufactures for 1905.	Approximate Value of
		M.	F.	M.	F.	Steam.	Water.	Gas.	Hand.	Oil.	H.p.

Auckland	26 }	497	231	£46,603	£5,899	..	..	1	11	2	107
Taranaki	1 }
Wellington	18	238	78	20,463	4,380	..	..	..	7	1	63
Nelson	1 }
Canterbury	15 }	481	249	52,314	11,100	2	..	6	3	..	108
Otago..	11	302	130	23,446	7,290	..	1	7	..	..	50
Totals	72	1,518	688	£142,826	£28,669	2	1	14	21	3	328

The value of boots and shoes imported during 1905 was £282,211. Of this amount, £209,545 represents the value of British manufacture, and £72,666 foreign, including United States of America £61,340.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1907, No 4

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🏛️ Industrial Statistics: Boot and Shoe Factories

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
KeywordsStatistics, Industrial, Boot Factories, Shoe Factories, Employment, Wages, Manufactures, Provincial Districts, Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Canterbury, Otago

🏭 Value of Imported Boots and Shoes

Domain🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
KeywordsImports, Boots, Shoes, British Manufacture, Foreign Manufacture, United States

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