INDUSTRIES
CAPITAL AND OUTPUT INTERESTING STATISTICS Official statistics as under were issued last~n!ght in regard to industrial establishments. EMPLOYEES.
More than 67 per cent, of the coal Used in maufacturing industries is consumed in the North Island. This is accounted for largely by the extensive use in the two main centres of the South Island of hvdro-electric power. The most remarkable differences appear in tramways, electric supply, and gasworks. Tramways use in the North Island 67,858 tons, as against 2534 tons used in the South Island; electric supply 79,174 in the North as against 14,066 in the Southand gas supply 170,500 tons in the North Island as against 76,985 in the South Island.
Industry. 1920-21 1921-22 Meat freezing and preserving Butter, cheese, and condensed milk factories 3,089 3,486 Sawmilling, sash & door factories 8,385 7,704 Engineering 3,274 2.666 Printing, publishing and bookbinding .. 4,126 4,041 UoachbuiTciing .... 1.102 976 Motor & cycle engineermg Tanning, fellmongering, and wool-scouring ... 1,069 1,191 Furniture and cabinetmaking 2,066 1,854 Woollen milling 2,176 2.464 Boot and shoo making 2,103 2,132 Clothing manufacture... 6.270 6.095 b lax-milling WAGES. Males. Females. Total. £ £ £ 1920-21 11,055,079 1,514,825 12,569,904 1921-22 10,453,513 1,066,462 11,519,975 MATERIALS. 1920-21 .... 53.426,649 1921-22 .... 39 909.824 VALUE OF PRODUCTS. 1920-21. 1921-22. £ £ Meat freezing and preserving 13,669,102 10,580,107 Butter, cheese. and condensed milk manufacture 19,002,047 15,003,958 Sawmilling and sash and doormaking 4,712,003 4,772,322 Engineering 1,837,651 1,454,438 Printing, publishing, and bookbinding ... 3,395,276 4,464,224 Coachbuilding ... 700,236 605,467 Motor and cycle engineering .... 975,937 1,047,131 Tanning, fellmongering and wool scouring 3,435,212 1,625,861 Furniture and cabinetmakinn- .. 1,238,539 1,028,144 Woollen milling 1,332,451 1,229,829 Boot and shoe making 1,496,474 1,810,059 Clothing manufacture 2,859,439 2,225,042 Flaxmilling 344,086 260,267 GOAL CONSUMPTION.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 177, 14 April 1923, Page 8
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269INDUSTRIES Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 177, 14 April 1923, Page 8
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