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Table No. 10. FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.

Table No. 11. PRODUCTION OF WOOL, 1890 TO 1896.

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Number of Hands employed.! Year. Number of Factories. Males. Females. Total. 1892*... 1893 ... 1894 ... 1895 ... 1896 .. 1897 ... 1,857 2,192 2,324 4,096 4,647 5,177 14,464 17,702 18,490 22,324 23,807 27,429 5,992 7,320 7,361 7,555 8,580 9,489 20,456 25,022 25,851 29,879 32,387 36,918 * " The Factorie: Railway Workshops. Act, 1891," came into force on 1st January, 1892. t Exclusive if hands in Government I" Year 1890. Year 1895. Increase. 1890-95. Horse-power H.-p. 21,696 H.- P . 28,096 H.-p. 6,400 Total approximate value of manufactures or produce* ... £ 8,773,837 £ 9,549,360 £ 775,523 Total approximate value of— Land ... Buildings Machinery and plant 1,286,735 1,483,902 2,491,189 1,063,989 1,743,073 2,988,955 -222,746t 259,171 497,766 Totals* 5,261,826 5,796,017 534,191 * Omitting Government Railway Workshops and Government Printing O: ice. f Decrease.

Year ending 30th September Quantity exported. Quantity purchased by Local Mills. Total Annual Produce. 1890 ... 1891 ... 1892 ... 1893 ... 1894 ... 1895 ... 1896 ... Lb. 102,522,185 108,619,473 110,860,050 119,643,874 128,480,457 129,333,769 128,309,673 Lb. 2,979,293 2,918,073 3,388,954 2,629,855 2,476,155 3,299,132 3,989,934 Lb. 105,501,478 111,537,546 114,249,004 122,273,729 130,956,612 132,632,901 132,299,607 (a.) Number op Sheep. 1890 ... ... ... ... ... 16,116,113 1891 ... ... ... ... ... 16,753,752 1892 ... ... ... ... ... 18,570,752 1893 ... ... ... ... ... 19,380,369 1894 ...• ... ... ... ... 20,230,829 1895 ... ... ... ... ... 19,826,604 1896 ... ... ... ... ... 19,138,493* * It was computed that over 500,000 sheep were destroyed by a snowstorm : this accounts for reduction. (b.) Number op Flocks. Size of Flocks. 1890. 1891. 1892. . 1893. j 1894. 1895. 1896. Under 500 500 and under 1,000 ... 1,000 and under 2,000 2,000 and under 5,000 5,000 and under 10,000 10,000 and under 20,000 20,000 and upwards ... 7,662 1,528 854 586 283 236 160 8,272 1,691 969 666 287 239 169 8,822 2,033 1,193 761 314 231 176 9,629 2,239 1,315 836 341 241 178 10,314 2,427 1,409 933 345 230 179 11,336 2,497 1,405 904 341 232 183 12,028 2,605 1,460 892 340 231 147 Totals ... 11,309 12,293 13,530 14,779 15,837 16,898 17,703