THE INDUSTRIAL CENSUS

Grey River Argus, 16 May 1912, Page 7

THE INDUSTRIAL CENSUS

BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES THE WAGES OF EMPLOYERS. The industral census recently taken, included the butter and chee.-e factories of the Dominion. As a result, some important facts as *o the workers and thevr r wages in relation to 'the KXitput are available. Since the previous census was taken in 1905, the wages of employees have increased by ,£38,---938, while at die same time improved methods abled the dairy If actory work ers (who are only 48 more now 'than in 1905) to deal with the output, valued a: £1,337,545 more than that for the year 1905. The home separator system is mostly found in Auckland, -where there are 1763 out of a total of 2418 recorded for the Dominion. There are 338 factories, an increase of 74 in five years. Of these 68 are individually owned, 16 partnership or firm, 118 belong- to- registered companies, and 126 are co-operative concerns: There are 1,481 hands employed. The value of ithe 'output and the wages paid at the factories last year in the Various provinces were as follows:— Auckland province ,output £960,721 ; wages £37,778. • Taranald-, output £1,209,243; wages £44,898. Hawke's Bay, output, £151,487; wages £9,993. Wellington, output £769,325; wages, £37,331. Marlborough, output £29,439 ; wages £1,887. ; .„. . „.-.■■ Nelson, output was^s, £'2,---958. Westland, output, £21,711; wages, £1,263. ; Canterbury, output £221,641; wages £9,489. , Otago, output £223,500; wages £11,352. Southland, output £179,762; wages. £15,435. , - The remarkable development of the industry is best .shown by the amount of capita in "Hairy factories and machinery, which amounts to £953,922, having- almost tripled >m a decade. Otherwise there is -nothing particularly encouraging" about the figures in the 'industrial census.