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THE statesman's YEAR BOOK, 1913
UNITED KINGDOM.
FINAL RESULTS OF CENSUS OF PRODUCTION, 1907.
The chief particulars furnished to the Census of Production Office are summarised as follows : —
Group of Trades.
Mines and Quarries .
Iron and Steel, Engin eering and Shipbuild ing Trades . . .
Metal Trades, other than Iron and Steel . .
Textile Trades . . .
Clothing Trades . .
Food, Drink, and To bacco Trades . .
Chemical and Allied Trades
Paper, Printing, Sta- tionery, and Allied Trades
Leather, Canvas, and Indiarubber Trades .
Timber Trades ....
Clay, Stone, Building, and Contracting Trades
Miscellaneous Trades .
Public Utility Services
Factory Owners— Power only
Total U.K. . . .
England and Wales . .
Scotland
Ireland
Gross Output,
Selling
Value or
Value of
Work
Done.
(1)
Thous. £ 148,026
375,196
93,465 333,661 107,983
287,446
75,032
61,308
34,928 46.390
116,692
8,288
77,051
1,765,366
Materials Used.
Cost,
(2)
Work Given Out.
Amount
Paid
to other
Firms.
(3)
Thous. £ 1 Thous. & 28,495
1,490,749
207.840
66,' 7 77
212,224
81,.341
235,038
58,185
197,734
53,466
26,611
26,229 24,780
49,679
3,778
30,786
9,890
231
4,189 2,125
198
1,047
81 166
6,557
67
325
1,028,346
24,885
Excess of
Col. (1)
over Cols
(2) & (3).
(4)
Net Average
Output. Number of Persons
868,319
116,937
43,090
19,436
4,539
910
Thous. £ 119,531
153,082
11,893 94,334 47,673
89,514
21,557
33,650
8,618 21,444
60,456
4,443
45,940
712,135
Employed (excluding
Out- workers).
(5)
602,994 8(),364 22,777
Horse- power of
Engines
at Mines,
Factories,
&c.
(<3)
Thous. Thous. h. p. 965 2,495
1,539
114
1,253
756
464
128
826
85 239
725
47
343
6,985
5,808 886 291
2,437
£4 1,988
85
380 215
238
55 174
433
9
2,060
102
10,755
9,098
1,398
259
The number of outworkers (excluded from col. (5) of the table) was about 100,000, in- cluding jirobably some duplicates.
The table excludes the output of Agriculture and Fisheries, the value of which was about 2OO,OOO,O0OZ. for Agriculture (employing about 2,820,000 persons, including occupiers), and 12,000,000/.. for Fisheries (employing about 110,000 persons).
The gross output given in the above table involves a large amount of duplication. It is estimated that the " factory value," or value at the works, of the outjiut in 1907, free from all duplication, was about 1,440 millions sterling (including Cu.stoms and Excise duties), and the value after adding the estimated cost of transport and distribution was from 1,782 to 1,917 millions sterling, of which 1,318 to 1,453 millions represented goods sold for consumption in the United Kingdom, and the rest represented export goods. If the goods imported not for further manufacture but for consumption be added, the total cost to con- sumers of the goods consumed (including buildings, &c.) in the United Kingdom in 1907 is estimated to lie between 1,603 and 1,833 millions sterling.
