DOMINION INDUSTRIES.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVI, Issue 11629, 10 May 1912, Page 2

DOMINION INDUSTRIES.

FURTHER CENSUS RECORDS

REMARKABLE DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRYING.

(Per Press Association.) Wellington, May 8. A further batch di returns in'connection with the industrial census has been made available by the Government Statistician. These, covering twentysix industries and about half-a-dozen, trades, have yet to go through the statistical process before the grand totals can be ascertained. So far the figures show that industries closely associated' with tile primary industry have made excellent progress, this being noticeable n connection with dairy factories, bacon factories, and the manufacture of soap and candles, an industry which depends ■in the "main upon the by-products of the meat works. ■• The most important advance has been made in dairying, which provides a splendid record of progress since the previous census was taken in 1905. The wages of employees have increased by £38,938, while 'at the same time imimproved methods have enabled the dairy factory workers (who are only 48 more now than in 1905) to deal with an output valued at '£1.337,545 more than that for the year 1905. The homeseparator system is mostly found m 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 me individual.. 26 partnership o,r firm, 118 belong to registered" companies and 126 are co-operative. There a.re 1481 hands employed. The value of the out-put-and the wages paid a±. the factories last year in the various provinces were as follows : -

The remarkable development, of the industry is shown best by the amount of capital invested in dairy factories and machinery. This amounts to £953,922, having almost trebled in » decade.

SOME PROTECTED INDUSTRIES. -. One of the protected industries, that of clothing and wa'terproof-inaking shows excellent progress. _ Its output in a decade has advancedi in value by £345.000 and stands at £507,125. compared with £308,900 at the previous census: The capital invested' has more than doubled 1 in a decade, but the labor problem is plainly evident in the statis-r tics, for the workers only number 321 more than those of the year 1900. Howover, when wages ore examined 1 a big development is shown, the total annual wages for the last three census years being returned thus: —1900, males £39,585, females £65.516; 1910, males £38.045, females £67.516; 1910, males £52,957. females £116.695.

Engineering establishments, which have been demanding further protection, show fair progress during the last five years. They have exactly doubled in number, and the employees, totalling 2442, have increased by 596 and the wages bill has improved by £94,000. The output value includes repairs and shows an improvement of. £314,000, while the capital invested in plant and buildings is set down at £513,000.

A DISAPPEARING BUSINESS

Colonial wine-making appears to bo a rapidly diminishing occupation. The output went off by £4467 in five years, while the totals compared over the last* ten years show a diminution of £4B4S. GRAIN MILLS. The Dominion grain mills, 66 in number, pay £50,000 annually in wages and . have an output valued at £1,248,000, which is £190,000 in excess of the 1005 total. Canterbury leads with an output of £541,335. Auckland is next with £281,960, and Otago third n-ith £254,965. The following is a. summary of the value of outputs at the last two census periods:—

Province. Value of Wages output. paid. Auckland £ 961,721 £37.778 Taranaki 1.209^243 44.898 Hawke's Bay. 151,687 9^993 Marlborough 29,439 1,877 "Wellington .. 769.325 37,381 Nelson 13,746 2.958 Westland - 21,711 1,273 Canterbury .. 221,641 9,485 Otago 223.900 14,352 Southland .. 279,762 15,435

Output. Output. 1905. 1910. Industry. £. £. Butter and cheese 2,581,639 3,919,184 Bacon curing 253,937 371,621 Fish preserving ... 28,109 29,002 Grain mills ' ..." 1,058,180 1,248,001 Biscuit manufacturing ... _ ... ' 225,476 168,122 Fruit preserving... 98,032 135,506 Confectionery and sugar boiling ... 138,635 259,498 Aerated water and cordials ■ ... 189,561 250,571 Colonial wine ... 9,965 5.498 Soap and candles 178,556 268,635 Sauce, pickles, and vinegar 56,326 62,726 Clothing and waterproof 308,943 507,125 Furniture 328,185 497,681 Saddlery and harness' 140,813 220,364 Sail, -tent, and oilskin ... 45,321 92,249 Rope and twine... 100,753 104,325 Printing ... ' ... 1,067,827 1,377,926 Engineering 437,036 751,485 Iron and brass foundries 376^527 374,155 Tinware ... 127,150 160,584 Coachbuilding ... 294,818 396,102 Cooperages 38,124 73,807 Ship and boat building ... •66,572 . 143,019 Brick, tile, and potter y 216,550 235,220 Lime and cement 107,675 184,6S6