H.—ll.

Factories— continued. Table 2 —Summary— continued.

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Year ending 31st March, 1915. Total Number of Persons engaged. Wages paid ■g i during the Trade. Tota i u £ Year ended Employers.* Employees. Persons .go |31st March, engaged. c « 1914. Z S Male. ! Female. Male. Female. Chemical and Treatment of By-product Trades— £ Candle, soap, starch, and soda manufacturing .. 32 .. 275 39 346 31 32,903 Chemicals, drugs, and patent-medicine manufacturing 57 .. 204 96 357 68 29,603 Glue-making .. .. I .. 8 3 12 1,05] Ink-manufacturing .. .. .. .. 1 •• 4 .. 5 1 663 Manure-manufacturing .. .. .. .. 34 .. 318 ..352 42 29,659 Oil canning and packing .. .. .. .. II .. 23 I 35 10 3,240 Paint, varnish, and glue making .. .. .. 34 61 3 08 32 6,323 Sheep-dip manufacturing .. .. .. 2 .. 3 .. 5 2 350 Wax-vesta manufacturing .. .. .. 2 .. 20 124 146 2 9,067 Ornamental and Minor Art Trades— Eloctroplating and engraving .. .. .. 25 51 3 79 21 5,689 Glass bevelling, silvering, &c. .. * .. 7 .. 79 .. 86 6 9,525 Lapidary-work .. .. .. .. .. 4 .. 1 .. 5 2 50 Leadlight-making 20 .. 84 2 106 16 8,682 Ornamental sign and ticket writing .. .. 18 .. 43 3 64 15 5,834 Picture framing and gilding .. .. .. Ill .. 98 16 225 92 12,647 21 6 2 16 15 02 Stone, Clay, and Allied Trades— Asphalt, concrete-block, and pipe making .. .. 28 ., 86 .. J14 29 7,594 Brick, tile, and pottery manufacturing .. .. 142 .. 1,111 .. 1,253 120 124,480 Fibrous-plaster working .. .. .. .. 28 .. 88 .. 116 21 9,506 Lime and cement manufacturing .. .. .. 19 .. 529 .. 548 17 79,404 Monumental masonry .. .. .. .. 67 .. 211 .. 278 49 23,215 Pumice grinding and working .. .. .. ] .. 23 .. 24 1 2,810 Stone quarrying and crushing .. .. .. 73 1 507 581 83 44,120 20 120 21 17 49 I 83 1 Light, Heat, and Power Producing and Distributing— Electric light and power generating .. .. 51 .. 372 4 427 67 56,26] Gas, coke, and coal-tar manufacturing .. .. 64 .. 788 3 855 66 124,235 67 66 51 64 4 3 Miscellaneous Trades— Ammunition and fireworks manufacturing .. .. 3 .. 28 7] J02 3 7,67] Artificial-limbs manufacturing .. .. .. 2 .. .. .. 2 2 Asbestos-goods manufacturing .. ., ., 1 .. 2 .. 3 1 300 Automatic-machinery manufacturing .. .. 4 .. 18 .. 22 4 1,84] Bagmaking (calico, flax, and jute) .. .. .. 8 5 20 45 78 10 3,789 Basket, wickerware, and perambulator making .. 44 .. 159 20 223 38 J6,16] Brush and broom manufacturing .. .. .. 16 1 112 38 167 13 13,452 Cardboard-box making .. .. .. .. 12 3 43 J27 185 14 11,679 Cork-cutting .. .. .. .. .. 2 .. 3 .. 5 1 108 Cigar and cigarette making and tobacco-cutting .. 14 2 13 15 44 14 2,403 Dentistry (mechanical) .. .. .. .. 285 I 187 177 650 249 32,491 fellmongery and wool-scouring Firewood and chaff cutting .. 158 .. 199 I 358 146 .17,5]8 Flax-milling 132 .. J,358 1,490 128 165,087 Flock and kapok manufacturing .. .. .. 9 .. .10 2 21 . 6 1,379 Hair-working (wigs, &c.) .. .. .. .. 12 6 6 22 46 16 1,214 Kauri-gum sorting and packing .. .. .. 36 .. 169 .. 205 28 21,087 Laundry-work (Europeans) .. .. .. 76 113 173 735 1,097 142 47,422 Laundry-work (Chinese) .. .. .. .. 250 .. 18 I 269 204 1,146 Lead-headod-nails manufacturing .. .. .. 4 .. II •■ 15 5 1,20J Musical-instrument manufacturing.. .. .. 18 .. 42 .. 60 18 6,273 Oil boring and refining .. .. .. .. .. .. 14 .. 14 1 3,120 Optical and scientific instrument manufacturing .. 14 .. 21 .. 35 13 3,029 Organ-building .. .. .. .. .. Jl •• 41 .. 52 11 5,253 Paper-milling and paper-bag making .. .. 6 .. 117 53 176 6 15,534 Photography 125 21 90 183 419 133 16,890 Printing, bookbinding, and stationery-manufacturing 4]5. 3 2,882 876 4,176 359 442,835 Rag-sorting and marine-stores preparing .. .. 23 .. 45 70 18 4,]88 Rope and twine manufacturing .. .. .. 13 .. 198 12 223 11 19,319 Sails, tents, flags, and oilskin manufacturing .. 45 3 J19 107 274 44 20,605 Seed cleaning and packing, &c 56 .. 234 1 291 68 23,283 Watch and jewellery making and repairing .. ., 253 .. 491 23 767 239 56,241 Wool and hemp dumping.. .. .. .. 62 .. 434 496 70 33,799 3 2 I 4 8 44 16 12 2 14 285 168 132 9 12 36 76 250 4 18 5 ] 3 2 I 6 7J 45 20 38 127 15 177 I "a 22 735 I 3 2 1 4 10 38 13 14 1 14 249 146 128 . 6 16 28 142 204 5 18 1 ]3 II 6 133 359 18 II 44 68 239 70 ii3 14 11 6 125 415 23 13 45 56 253 62 21 3 53 183 876 2 12 107 1 23 3 Totals .. .. .. .. 13,565 1,466 56,301 17,480 88,812 13,937 7,264,029 13,565 1,466 56,301 17,480 88,812 13,937 7,264,029 * Includes managers and others persoi tally ongi iged in thi ) work of tl he factory Note.—Thero were 13,523 factories registered last accounted for by the fact that in several registered facti tailoring, dressmaking, and boot-repairing. pear. 1 iries m< Che nun ire than iber of i one disti factories inct trai shown above de is carried oi 13,937) is i, such as