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APPENDIX 111.

NEW ZEALAND. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE DOMINION OF NEW ZEALAND.

Table A. Summary Statement showing the principal facts with regard to the Industrial Development of the Dominion of New Zealand, according to the Census Returns for 1886, 1891, 1896, 1901, and 1906.

Note. —Particulars as to the tailoring, dressmaking, shirtmaking, and monumental masonry trades were not collected prior to 1901, and the relative details have consequently been excluded in order to secure uniformity. The mining, quarrying, and fishing industries do not come within the scope of the census. Owing to charges in the definition of a factory, .the figures for 1886, 1891, and 1896 are not strictly comparable with those for 190 i and 1906.

1886. 1891. 1896. 1901. 1906. Number of Establishments 1,946 2,254 2,459 3,163 3,495 Number of Hands Employed : Males ... Females 19,601 2,494 22,664 2,969 22,986 4,403 35,438 '6,288 43,553 6,253 Total 22,095 25,633 27,389 41,726 49,806 "Wages Paid : To males ... ... ... ) To females ... ... ... j £ Not ( obtained \ £ 1,705,641 102,999 £ 1,776,076 131,516 £ 2,895,279 203,282 £ 3,842,806 260,730 Total 1,808,640 1,907,592 3,098,561 4,103,536 Horse-power used H.-P. 15,491 H.-P. 21,696 28,096 H.-P. 39,052 H.-P. 60,278 Total approximate value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant. £ 5,096,930 £ 5,261,826 £ 5,796,017 £ 7,959,631 £ 11,804,013 Value of materials operated upon Not o' >tained. 3,285,247 7,399,698 12,681,358 Yalue of output (including repairs) 6,711,379 8,773,837 9,549,360 17,141,149 22,422,736