OUR INDUSTRIES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9184, 5 September 1908, Page 6

OUR INDUSTRIES.

NUMBER OF HANDS EMPLOYED. r. is interesting to note from the official statistics up to March 31st last the number of hands employed in the principal industries, and the wages paid during the year in the Dominion. These figures show: Wages Employees, paid. Sawmilling, etc. 5,637 £502,061 Engineering 4,223 £378,307 Printing, stationary 3,608 £325,746 Tailoring 4,954 £300,800 Meat-freezing 3,140 £288,215 Blacksn.itbing, coach 4,082 £234,689 Carpentering, joinery 3,052 £219,721 Boots and shoes 3,168 £214,250 Flnxmilling 3,541 £199,189 Cabinet-making, etc. 2,623 £193,113 Dress, millinery 6,182 £181,680 Bread, small goods 2,617 £159,113 Plumbing, gas, tin 224 £144,020 Butter and cheese I*, 581 £138,947 Fellmongering 1,505 £136,526 Woollen milling 1,624 £124,171 Brick, tiles 1,340 £116,666 Gas, coke, etc. 784 £102,463 Ready-made clothing 1,950 £101,132 Brewing 915 £90,417 Agricultural imp. 835 £83,192 Saddlery 1,126 £65,818 Biscuits, etc. 1,069 £65,303 Ship-building 879 £61,727 Butchers'small goods 996 £54,418 Aerated waters 732 £49,894 Flour 481 £47,444 Cycle-engineering, etc. 961 £46,494 Watches and jewellery 759 £42,892 Laundry, (European) 1,205 £37,798 Shirts and underclothing 1,168 £35,738