WORK AND WEALTH.
-—4 ■ i SOME INTERESTING FIGURES. WAGE-EARNINGS Ol<' NEW. ZINLANDERS. An interesting return lias been issued by the - Registrar-General (Mr. E. J. von Dadelszcn), giving statistics of the estimated wage-earnings of . New ijealandcrs in 1908. The men of the Dominion aro computed to have. earned by their laboar 539,900, and '' the . women .£2,071,200, making a .total'of .£21,211,100. The following are details;— ' MALES.' ; ' Number • of . .Average .W,age- 'Annual Aggregate earners. Earnings. Earnings. Occupations. .£ £ Professional ... 12,221 141-.8 1,700,600 Domestic ... 0,701 , 70.3 531,400 Commercial. .... 29,003 115.9 3,301,400 Transport ...' 24,224 ' 108.0 2,010,200 Industrial ... 85,290 . 91.1 8,025,800 Agricultural, pas- ■ ' toral, mineral, • and other primary producers 03,021 73.3 ' . 4,003,000 Indefinite ! ... 0,020 95.0 571,900 227,033 94.8 *21,539,900 .FEMALES./. .. . Number , of Average . ' Wage- Annual Aggregate earners. Earnings. Earnings., Occupations. £ - '. £ Professional ... 8,008 67.2 -538,100 Domestic' x ... 27,596. 37.3 1,029,300 Commercial ... 0,424 . ' 37.0 1 /243.500 Transport ... 781 • 59.8 , 43,700 Industrial/ ... 15,310 40.1 " 014,200 Agricultural, pag- / , toral, mineral, j and other primary producers 1,932 22.4 43,300 Indefinite; .... 3,182 50.0 159,100 / ' 03,189. 42.3 2,671,200, ...! ...ViaUES 'OK.PRODUCTION.;. ' The estimated values of productions for 190506 are i assessed by the Registrar-General. as, follow:— '. '. £ : Net agricultural produco ... ... ... 0,163,695 Pastoralj dairy, and poultry produco 15,882,132 Mining'produce ... '.„ 3;571,991 Manufactures • _ , ... • 0,036,120 Miscellaneous (including fisheries and' forestry) ... . • ... . ... 1,701.251 ■ % 34.315.359 Value/of building trade, industries not . included in manufactories, and general labour .... .i. ■ 6,838,330 Total! ... ... '".L 41,153,769 Mr. von DadclszSn. notes that the sum given for tne last-mentioned item has been arrived at by an indirect, though recognised, method. It must not bo i considered as altogether guar: autee'd. ' • ' PRIVATE WEALTH; ' ' . Another return gives, the following estimate of ; private wealth in 1900 and 1890 :— / I ' " IS9O. ' . 1906/ ' . /£ • £■ Net 'private wealth ' /'' '.''' , . (estimated) . ... ... 142,632,000 " 304,654,000/ Public property (so far . iis ascertainable),. ' ■ (estimated) ; :.. 1 ... 40,200,000 ■. 02,041,000 , Native lanas and im- ' V. V provements,. ... ' 3,800,000 ; 9,708,000 .' 188,632,000 ..370,403,000' Deduct public indebted-. '. ness outside Dominion • V (general, and . local Governments') r 42,400,000 58,965,000 Totals . V.; '" 146,232,000 , 317,138:000 liicreaso (in round 'numbers)'.. ... . ~.i , ... .171,206,000
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 8
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319WORK AND WEALTH. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 158, 28 March 1908, Page 8
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