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Tables of Statistics, etc. — continued. Principal Industries, 1886.

Distances by Sea. East Coast — Miles. West Coast— contd. Miles. Auckland to Bay of Islands ... 160 Westport to Greymouth ... ... 47 Tauraiiga ... ... 130 Greymouth to Hokitika ... 25 Poverty Bay ... 300 Wellington to Wanganui... 98 Napier ... ... 390 „ New Plymouth ... 198 Wellington... ... 590 „ Picton ... ... 52 Wellington toLyttelton... ... 174 „ Nelson ... ... 92 Lyttelton to Port Chalmers ... 190 Auckland to Melbourne ... ... 1,650 Port Chalmers to Bluff Harbour ... 118 „ Sydney... ... ... 1,315 Onehunga to Sydney ... ... 1,180 West Coast — ' Wellington to Melbourne .. ... 1,400 Manukau Harbour to New Plymouth 133 „ Sydney ... ... 1,200 New Plymouth to Wanganui ... 100 Lyttelton to Melbourne ... ... 1,300 Nelson ... 147 Port Chalmers to Melbourne... ... 1,100 Nelson to Westport ... ... 165 I Bluff Harbour to Melbourne ... ... 987 Distances by Eailway. North- Island. North Island —contd. Miles. Miles. Auckland to Drury ... ... ■-• 22 Whangareito Kamo... ... ... 7 Mercer... %.. ... 43 Napier to Tahoraite... ... 38 Te Awamutu ... ... 105 Wellington to Upper Hutt ... ... 20 Onehunga ... ... 8 „ Featherston ... 50 „ Helensville ... ... 38 „ Mangamahoe ... 87

Value of all Manufactures or —— Produce (including Repairs) if or the Year 1885. Approximate Value of Land, Buildings, Machinery, and Plant. Hands Employed. & Sawmills, sash-and-door manufactories ... ... 1,177,713 Grain-mills ... ... ... ... ... ■ 754,830 Fellmongering, tanning, currying, and wool-scouring ... 634,915 Breweries and malthouses ... ... ... ... 421,197 Meat-freezing, preserving, and boiling-down works ... 543,878 G.old-quartz-mining works ... .... ... ... 374,837 Iron and brass foundries ... ... ... ... 351,739 Boot-manufactories .... ... ... ... 276,725 Printing establishments ... ... ... ... 273,886 Collieries ... ... ... ... ... 255,326 Clothing-factories... ... ... ... ... 237,781 Gasworks ... ... ... ... ... 194,653 Woollen-mills ... • ... ... ... ... 194,311 Furniture-making manufactories ... ... ... 162,375 Soap-and-candle works ... ,.. ... ... 130,745 Coach-building and -painting works ... ... ... 128,346 Agricultural-implement manufactories ... ... 111,823 Brick, tile, and pottery manufactories, and limeworks ... 108,725 Coffee, spice, and chicory works ... ... ... 98,234 Aerated water and cordial manufactories ... ... 94,098 Hydraulic gold-mining works ... ... ... 74,190 Bacon-curing establishments ... ... ... 58,799 Rope-and-twine works ... ... ... ... 56,123 Ship- and boat-building works ... ... ... 56, 413 Chaff-cutting works ... ... ... ... 54,440 Biscuit-factories ... ... ... ... ... 47,784 Cheese-and-butter factories . ... ... ... 43,094 Chemical works ... ... ... ... ... 34,283 Jam-making and fruit-preserving works ... ...I 32,292 Sail-factories and oilsk in-making ... ... ... 25, 574 Flax-mills ... ... ... ... ... 20,059 Other principal industries ... ... ... ... 407,452 964,095 329,304 138,750 384,056 442,962 211,021 239,938 70,935 331,723 148,773 37,530 656,405 203,279 ■ 93,032 75,928 106,238 50,205 184,701 32,439 93,478 224,787 26,709 49,821 17,094 64,969 43,805 47,513 30,409 20,520 15,370 18,016 343,312 No. 5,042 448 1,093 560 838 1,156 1,750 1,654 2,107 ■ 1,448 1.269 344 867 807 204 664 336 678 149 273 617 137 242 172 265 185 110 56 216 118 249 1,701 Totals ... ... ... ... 7,436,649 7,436,649 5,697,117 25,655