SECONDARY INDUSTRIES
PLACE IN NATIONAL
ECONOMY
THE NUMBER ENGAGED
Figures discussed at the meeting of the general committee of the Wellington Manufacturers' Association last night set out the remarkable increase in the scope and value of secondary industries.in New Zealand. According to the latest complete official' statistics, the numbers of persons engaged (including farmers, farm workers, and working members of farmers' families) in the four main classes of New Zealand primary and secondary industries are:— Dairy farming, 57,500 persons (33,301 farms). Sheep and cattle farming, 36,100 persons (17,255 farms). Mixed farming, 21,900 persons (9773 farms). Manufacturing industries, 66,700 persons. The value of output was stated as follows:— j ■£ Dairy factories, etc 17,911,000 . Meat works, etc 14,034,000 Manufacturing industries 31,780,000 Another table gave the position from another angle:— £ Exports of butter and cheese 15,574,000 Exports of mutton and lamb 10,843.000 Exports of wool 7,847,000 Output of manufacturing industries 31,780,000
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 11
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148SECONDARY INDUSTRIES Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 11
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