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BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES.

A comparison of the results shown by returns collected at the census of 1903 wi.a that of 1901, shows great development. Not only did the number of factories increase from 247 to 264 between 1901 and 1906, besides skimming stations in connection with them—469 against 202—but the value of the output rose to £1,046,489 over the amount for 1901. The figures are £2,581,639 for 1905, against £1,535,150 for 1900. The produce of factory made butter for 1905 was set down at 51,818,6071 b, and for 1900 at 29,758,3101 b, while cheese made similarly increased from 139,687 cwt to 150,061 cwt in the same period. By far the greater number of factories for making butter are in. the North Island, the number having been 196 out of a fotal of 264, which turned out 40,300,0001 b of butter in the year 1905, leaving nearly T1,500,0001b as the output for the Middle Island. Taranaki is the provincial district in which the operations are by far the largest, 16,400 0001 b of butter being the result of the factory operations, and over 42,500 cwt of cheese. Wellington factories show for 1905 a total of over 12,100,0001 b of butter and 34,700 cwt of cheese. Otago makes _ more cheese (49,600 cwt) in her factories than any other district. The butter was found to be a little over 5,600,0001 b , for the year. The money invested for purposes of this industry in land, buildings, machinery, and plant, has largely Increased. Full particulars are given, in the subjoined table:— Census .Year.

1906. 1901. Number of factories 264 217 Number of hands employed 1,484 1.188 Amount paid in wages . £131,123 £36,433 Amount of horse-power . 3,759 2,339 Approximate value of laud .... £56 003 £38,780 Approximate value of buildings £215,178 ’ £147,307 Approximate value of machinery and plant £345,080 £202,663 Produce for the years 1905. 1900. ElllUr— Quantity (lbs) 51,818,607 29,758,310 Value .... £2,195,681 £1,203,520 Cheese — Quantity (tons) . 7,503 6,981 Value . . .' £363,684 £303,758 Other produce—Value . £23,274 £27,872 Total value of all produce £2,581,639 £1 535 150 In addition to the above registered factories, there were 384 private dairies, of which Taranaki pofxrsses 228.

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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14285, 1 February 1907, Page 10

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BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14285, 1 February 1907, Page 10

BUTTER AND CHEESE FACTORIES. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 14285, 1 February 1907, Page 10

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