New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 6

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✨ Industrial Statistics Tables



HOSIERY-FACTORIES.

TABLE XXVII.—Showing the Number of Hosiery-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.

— Number of Works. Hands employed. Wages paid. Motive Power. Horse-power. Value of Materials used during 1905. Manufactures for the Year 1905. Total Value of Manufactures during 1905. Approximate Value of
Males. Females. Males. Females. Steam. Gas. Half-hose: Quantity. Hose: Quantity. Shirts and Pants: Quantity. Other Knitted Goods: Value. Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Totals, 1905 .. 10 30 344 £ 3,230 £ 18,730 3 2 H.p. 46 £ 42,052 Doz. 44,165 Doz. 12,499 Doz. 19,129 £ 6,581 £ 67,588 £ 4,248 £ 5,513 £ 26,936
Totals, 1900 .. 17 17 265 1,328 6,702 2 5 71 18,032 39,601 9,529 1,053 480 31,265 4,605 6,790 8,602

During the year 1905 hosiery to the value of £144,370 was imported. (From the United Kingdom, £141,168; Germany, £2,125; other countries, £1,077.)

SOAP AND CANDLE WORKS.

TABLE XXVIII.—Showing the Number of Soap and Candle Manufactories 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 during 1905. Manufactures for 1905. Total Value of Manufactures. Approximate Value of
M. F. M. F. Steam. Water. Gas. Hand. Soap. Candles. Value of other Manufactures. Land. Buildings. Machinery and Plant.
Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value.
Auckland .. 6 67 14 £ 6,061 £ 532 4 .. 1 1 H.p. 142 £ 44,082 Cwt. 41,307 £ 32,708 Cwt. 6,604 £ 14,716 £ 14,125 £ 61,549 £ 1,962 £ 9,023 £ 9,076
Hawke’s Bay .. 2 67 2 6,477 62 6 .. .. .. 58 28,112 32,133 29,701 3,882 9,262 5,273 44,236 2,390 5,937 8,923
Wellington .. 4
Nelson .. 1 81 7 8,521 200 6 .. .. 1 77 47,066 42,385 44,603 6,751 24,407 3,761 72,771 5,095 12,573 13,587
Canterbury .. 4
Otago .. 2
Totals, 1905 .. 19 215 23 21,059 794 16 .. 1 2 277 119,260 115,825 107,012 17,237 48,385 23,159 178,556 9,447 27,533 31,586
Totals, 1900 .. 24 224 8 19,009 239 20 1 2 1 346 112,623 92,321 76,591 26,690 61,447 20,611 158,649 10,432 27,184 29,193
Totals, 1895 .. 22 187 3 16,882 21 17 .. .. .. 252 98,194 85,637 71,382 23,100 58,512 22,404 152,298 9,884 20,110 28,832

During the year 1905 the import of soap and soap-powder was valued at £44,434, against £23,308 in 1900. The import of candles for the same years was valued at £41,686 and £30,658 respectively.



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🌾 Hosiery Factories Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Hosiery factories, Industrial statistics, Manufacturing, Wages, Employment, Production value, Materials used

🌾 Soap and Candle Works Statistics for 1905

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Soap factories, Candle manufactories, Industrial statistics, Manufacturing, Wages, Employment, Production value, Materials used