The Daily News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 22 August 1907, Page 2

The Daily News. THURSDAY, AUGUST 22.

SIGNS OK ritOiJUKSS. INew ZeaUuul industrial progress during | | the past lew yeaid has beeu unprecedented. in ilio iulv.iiitM sheets of that useful publication, Ino OJlicial Year Book, the furnishes some pariiculiirs of our progress in iliis direction. The returns deal willi manufactories and works, and show, under the heading "hands employed," that in IiJOO t la-re were -Hi,S .n- ■ gaged in llie various industries of tho i colony, whilst in 1005 the number increased In sl>,&>!>, which represents an increase of over twenty per cent in the five years. The increase was only in respect of males. There was a decrease in ilie number of females in many of the industries. The wage; paid in the factories or industrial works dealt with in the census returns were returned for Jltu.j ill and for 1000 at t"vj<)2.fi47. the increase on the total sum bring at iho rate of per cent. The average amount of paid to male hands iif t'.fO.j was ,LSS His lid. and USI 17s lld in JDfif); for females, £4l 17s Sd | against 131 (Is -id in l!Hili. It would seem that tho wages have materially in. creased. <TT course the average is not based on the of adults: it is ba<ed on the wages of persons of all aires and of boih m-xcs. The increase for the year 10(H) over 1001 in the horse-power stated in tiie returns was 21,222. The approximate value of the land used for purposes of the factory was returned as 13.2<i4.5G2 in 100(1. against C 1.050,■l2B in 1001. The value of the lands used for mining is not included in the above figures, and (he value of (!rown lands has hem omitted throughout. A very large Tn.ma-e will be found in the value of machinery and plant, from C 3.532.457 in 1001 to £5.3112,,>22 in I00(i. being at the rate of 7io.t>S per cent:'. Jesuits "oinewliat of 1 liis nature are what might be expected. considering the everiu'Teasnig u>" and improvement in machinery that is ]*r-k e« d with time. The value of ih> building -»|<o iii'.-re) f'rom L'2.575.<170 to CJWii.DOi or -I!'-")." ;;w cent. The value of all iii:<nufaetures or produce in 1005 was 123.441.235. as against 'J 17.852.1 :J3 in 101)0, the in.-rease in live years being £5,501,10£ | This iri at tlx- rate of 31.31 per cent.! for the quimiuennium, a very satisfactory rate of progress, taking all the m-inufavtories and works collectively. The development is analysed in the following statement, winch includes nearly the whole increase, and lias been worked down to a limit of 120,000 to show the main, feature-,. The factories or works in with our great primary indu-drles, agricultural, pastoral. timber. and I-ax, include the greater part of them oir-y:—

I'l'illcipai :iii ;:i; o, CUlstlS i'JUlj: ALcUI irei'/.ilig uud preserving \vuiJ.- ; wiili boitli:g.UoV.il, j, l 1 j billler aild cheese lactone.-, J-ijUiUjibl.'; .-a-,asii ana uour laddies. xoiiU.UVi; grain mills, Xoij,SU~: priming and bookbinding cstablisllliUUis \iiuL Ouvoriiiiieut), u.iujjjLZ; ila.iiiiilU, gasworks, Xuti,3jJ; ham mid baeuu curing establishments £154,3/3; brick, tile and pijLLciy works, il)i,32U; furniture and cabinetmaking, £B7,l(ii; eoachbuilding and painting works, £78,741; woodwurc and turnery factories, £72,073; lime and cement works, agricultural implement factories, Hil,U47; electric lighting works, £OS,7;J(j; sugar-boiling and confectionery works, £Sli,Uju; 'fruitpreserving and jam-making, £3!),(HO: j woollen mills, £37.'JtiU; aerated water factories, J137,75U; hosiery establishments, ,C3li ; .'JJ3; chemical works, '£3J,ooti; grass-sceu dressing, j;iß,7s»; tinware lactones, _CJB,.)(j.j; biscait factories £27,-187; bone-mills and manure-works, £20,200; ship and boat-building yards £'20,701.

[The addition of the figures for the total lvalue of manufactures is not absolutely (justified to the, fullest extent of the lamount shown (tweilty-lhree and a-half million pounds sterling), but the degree |of repetition of value is not so great as jto prevent the total given being of great |help in judging of development. No doubt the above amount is over the fact, because. fur instance, some of the butter made is included in the returns for moat-freezing establishments as well as ill the butt' l !* factory returns, timber cut is valued under sawmilling, and some again ill Hie furniture-making line. Also, leather is valued in the tannery returns and some part of it again in the boot and saddlery items. A certain amount of duplication, (he HegiStrnr-Ocncral states, is unavoidable. The total increase iu value of manufactures for the period l!K)i)-l!)(i5 (,C5,5f11,102) is not so large :is Unit stated previously for mill), when the sum was £7,1)01),000; bat the latter represented (he rise from a period of depression, which is not llie case ill respect of the latter period. The printed tables relating to individual industries show that uuahtities have risen, as well as the value of manufactures, so that the development, says (lie I'egis-trar-fleneral. is not merely a question of market prices, hut of actual output.