✨ Gas Manufacturing Statistics
GAS-MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS.
TABLE XXXII.—Showing the Number and Character of Organization of Gas-manufacturing Establishments in Operation in April, 1911, with Particulars as to the Hands employed, Amount of Wages paid, Expenses connected with Production, Distribution, &c., Revenue from all Sources for the Year to the 31st March, 1911, and the Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant.
| Provincial Districts. | Number of Works.* | Character of Organization. | Hands employed. | Wages paid. | Coal used during the Year. | Total Quantity of Gas generated during the Year. | Total Quantity of Gas sold during the Year. | Revenue. | Expenditure. | Approximate Value of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Firm, or Limited Partnership. | Municipal. | Registered Company. | ||||||||
| Public | Private | Male. | Female. | Male. | Female. | Quantity. | ||||
| Auckland .. | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | .. | 175 | 8 | £22,322 | £195 | Tons. 52,647 |
| Taranaki .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 72 | .. | £9,071 | .. | 13,708 |
| Hawke’s Bay | 6 | .. | ||||||||
| Wellington | 10 | .. | 6 | 4 | .. | 246 | 2 | £27,712 | £130 | 39,157 |
| Marlborough | 2 | .. | 6 | 1 | .. | 33 | 1 | £5,046 | £104 | 10,696 |
| Nelson .. | 3 | .. | ||||||||
| Westland .. | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | 83 | .. | £12,109 | .. | 26,467 |
| Canterbury | 8 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | 142 | .. | £16,461 | .. | 18,487 |
| Otago | 4 | .. | ||||||||
| Southland | 1 | .. | ||||||||
| 48 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 2 | 751 | 6 | £92,721 | £429 | 161,162 |
Sources of Revenue from Gas Sales.
| Provincial Districts. | Sinking Fund accrued. | Total Depreciation and Reserve Funds. | Street-lighting. | General Lighting. | Heating and Cooking. | Motive Power. | General Lighting, Heating, Cooking, and Motive Power, where these have not been kept separate. | Range of Net Charges per 1,000 cubic feet of Gas for † |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps. | Consumers. | Gas-stoves. | Gas-fires. | Gas-engines. | Total Horse-power. | |||
| No. | Cubic Feet. | £ | No. | Cubic Feet. | £ | |||
| Auckland .. | £105 | £116,671 | 1,900 | 17,838,440 | £7,365 | 836 | 7,556,900 | £3,636 |
| Taranaki .. | 1,354 | 26,231 | 522 | 6,241,800 | 1,723 | 508 | 6,796,820 | 2,802 |
| Hawke’s Bay | ||||||||
| Wellington | 9,539 | 87,607 | 978 | 12,981,740 | 3,158 | 3,051 | 26,307,750 | 10,496 |
| Marlborough | ||||||||
| Nelson .. | 664 | 800 | 473 | 4,016,800 | 1,502 | 1,171 | 23,248,000 | 6,839 |
| Westland .. | ||||||||
| Canterbury | 2,186 | 92,693 | 1,431 | 14,141,334 | 4,661 | 13,330 | 162,202,465 | 47,203 |
| Otago | 2,032 | 27,743 | 1,211 | 12,068,445 | 3,159 | 353 | 2,237,000 | 1,045 |
| Southland .. | ||||||||
| 15,880 | 351,745 | 6,515 | 67,288,559 | 21,568 | 19,249 | 228,348,935 | 72,021 |
- See introductory note.
† Includes an item of £6,892 for expenditure, details of which have not been given.
† In cases where no separate charges are made for general lighting, heating and cooking, and motive power, the range of net charges for all three in the respective provincial districts were as follows: Auckland, 4s. 3d. to 8s. 4d.; Taranaki and Hawke’s Bay, 6s. 8d. to 9s. 2d.; Wellington, 5s. 10d. to 8s. 4d; Otago and Southland, 5s. 10d.; and for Dominion, 4s. 3d. to 9s. 2d.
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NZ Gazette 1912, No 67
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