H.—44,

The above table has been compiled partly from statistics of those industries closely related to the manufacturing industries of the Dominion, such as meat-freezing, butter and cheese making, &c„ and partly from statistics of industries connected with public-utility concerns under monopoly conditions, such as gasworks and electricity generation and supply. To that extent, therefore, the position is somewhat obscured in so far as the real manufacturing industries of the Dominion are concerned. In the following table the industries are classified within four groups according to general character :—

Table showing for the Years ended 31st March, 1934, 1935, and 1936, Figures relating to the various Industries classified into Four Groups as stated.

Group 1. Group I includes industries such as meat-freezing ; ham and bacon curing ; butter, cheese, and condensed milk : sausage-casings ; fellmongering and wool-scouring ; boiling-down and manure-making. Number. £ £ £ £ £ 1933-34.. 13,285 I 2,603,547 28,179,195 34,127,214 5,948,019 8,908,253 1934-35.. 12,730 ! 2,557,906 31,459,836 37,213,253 5,753,417 8,921,964 1935-36.. 13,175 | 2,748,360 37,559,333 43,512,567 5,953,234 9,078,347 Group 2. Group 2 includes industries such as gas making and supply, electricity generation and supply. 1933-34.. 4,561 1,026,161 4,079,104 5,862,564 1,783,460 31,745,616 1934-35.. 4,637 1,058,884 4,170,349 6,004,384 1,834,035 34,214,699 1935-36.. 4,789 1,143,208 4,248,815 6,248,748 1,999,933 33,609,706 Group 3. Group 3 includes such industries as fish-curing ; log-sawmilling ; lime-crushing and burning, &c. ; brick, tile, and pottery making ; concrete block or pipe and fibrous-plaster making : flax-milling ; pumice-products preparations. 1933-34.. 7,148 1,187,510 998,907 3,445,324- 2,446,417 3,651,266 1934-35.. 8,523 1,477,768 1,147,420 4,225,557 3,078,137 3,649,326 1935-36.. 9,965 1,823,952 1,570,068 5,340,289 3,770,221 3,774,949 Group 4. Group 4 includes industries of a type not included in the above classifications, such as grain-milling, iron-smelting, motor engineering, &c. 1933-34.. 47,657 7,289,282 13,661,987 28,335,770 14,673,783 20,085,269 1934-35.. 53,468 8,149,815 15,307,136 31,881,279 16,574,143 20,482,461 1935-36.. 58,659 9,128,847 16,562,177 34,913,144 18,350,967 20,975,877 The following is a summary of the principal variations in the comparison of the figures for 1935-36 with those of 1934-35 as affecting individual industries : — Number of Establishments. Increases.—Coachbuildihg and motor engineering, 73 ; clothing, 28 ; furniture, 23; joinery, 15 ; printing and publishing, 11 ; sawmilling, 10. Persons employed. Increases. —Coachbuildiilg and motor engineering, 1,258 ; clothing, 902 ; sawmilling, 882 ; general engineering, 554 ; furniture, 388 ; butter and cheese, 275 ; biscuit and confectionery, 271 ; electrical engineering, 262 ; boot and shoe, 247. Decreases, —Printing and publishing, 352* ; tinned-plate and sheet-metal working, 68 ; mattress making, 68 ; tobacco and cigarette making, 57. Salaries and Wages paid. Increases.—Coachbuilding and motor engineering, £249,535 ; sawmilling, £235,294 ; general engineering, £100,550; meat freezing and. preserving, £98,659 ; furniture, £98,180; butter and cheese manufacture, £75,114 ; clothing manufacture, £72,666. Decreases. —Very few decreases were recorded, the two largest being —tinned-plate and sheetmetal working, £10,800 ; mattress-making, £9,762.

* Figures for previous year included an unknown number of part-time distributing staff.

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