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SUMMARY.

Total number of persons under the Factories Act— 1891-92 .. .. .. .. 20,456 1892-93* .. .. .. .. 25,022 Increase .. .. .. 4,566 * Does not include employee of Railway Commissioners.

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Males. Females. Males. Females. Manufacture of jams, biscuits, and confectionery Fruit and vegetable evaporating Sugar-refining works Fish-curing and -canning works Bakeries Butter and cheese factories Bacon-curing Hat and cap factories Shirt-making Hosiery Clothing manufacture Tailoring .. .. Dressmaking and millinery Printing, publishing, and bookbinding.. Cabinet-making and upholstery Perambulator manufacturing Wood turning and carving Venetian-blind manufacture Ship- and boat-building Sawmilling, &c. Monumental mason works Chair-making Box-making Piano manufacturing and repairing Engineering, boilermaking, &o. Blacksmithing, &c. Electrical engineering Making and repairing agricultural implements Galvanised-iron works Carriage-and coach-building.. Plumbing, tinsmithing, and gasfitting works Brassworkings Tinware and japanning Sewing-machine repairs Brickmaking .. Pottery works Meat-freezing and -preserving works .. Gut-works Manure-works Wool-dumping Gasworks Patent fuel 306 2 116 24 447 75 3 26 1 1 287 811 1,995 580 25 45 25 9 1,481 10 15 10 22 1,291 195 32 379 87 7 "l2 1 38 113 140 1,556 922 2,436 230 34 3 Sail- and tent-making Rope and twine works Flax-milling Woollen-mills Carpet-weaving Photographic studios Waterproof-clothing manufacture Laundry works Leather manufacturing Portmanteau and bag-making Tanning and currying Saddle- and harness-making Manufacture of boots and shoes Whip-thong manufacture Dyeing-and cleaning-works.. Chemical and acid works Tea blending and packing Coffee- and spice-mills Pickle, sauce, and vinegar works Ham- and bacon-curing Making cigarettes, tobacco, &o. Flour-milling Chaff-cutting and corn-crushing Watchmaking and jewellery works .. Lapidary works Perambulator manufacture Wickerware Cycle works Cement-making Sorting and packing kauri-gum Brush and broom manufacture Paper-bag making Paper manufacture Soap- and candle-making Aerated-water and cordial factories .. Fellmongery and wool-scouring Brewing and malting Coopering Bottle sorting and washing Drugs and herbal remedies Umbrella factories Ammunition factories Gun making and repairing 60 154 1,262 635 3 65 13 8 21 12 322 394 1,859 3 11 45 98 60 4 14 16 249 42 94 3 7 5 77 25 123 42 6 36 137 165 445 404 73 5 4 4 8 6 28 7 630 80 67 120 "l2 613 "l5 10 6 8 "36 4 "l "3 22 671 388 1 9 28 5 4 26 35 6 140 70 791 48 11 28 228 6 1 7 "7 19 Totals 17,702 7,320