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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW ZEALAND
The following statement of the value of the products (including repairs) of the principal industries for the year ended March, 1919, is taken from the results of the first annual collection by Census and Statistics Office : —
Manufactories, Works, &c.
Total value of production in 1918-191 .
Principal Industries.
Meat freezing and preserving
Ham and bacon curing .
Butter and cheese factories
Grain mills
Biscuit factories
Fruit preserving & iam making
Breweries and malthouses
Aerated water .
Soap and candle works .
Boiling- down works & manure
works . . . , Sawmills, sash and door fac
tories, woodware Gasworks.
Electric light supply works Lime and cement . Brick, tile and pottery . Tinned-ware and sheet metal
works .... Iron and brass foundries
boilermaking, &c. .
Value of Products
Manufactories, Works, &c.
£
58,374,507
14,852,732 514,507
10,056,782 2,467,261 638,226 218,019 739.412 268,315 438,290
700,688
2,514,420
1,041,345
463,560
329,610
239,881
482,442
263,104
Jewellery
Engineering
Electrical engineering .
Range-making works
Printing and bookbinding
Agricultural machinery
Coach building
Motor and cycle works .
Saddlery and harness
Tanning, fellmongering and
wool-scouring Ship and boat-building yard Sails, tents and oilskins . Furniture and cabinet-making Woollen mills . Tailoring .... Dressmaking and millinery Chemical works Boot and shoe factories . Hosiery .... Clothing and waterproof fac
tories .... Rope and twine Flax mills Paper bags and boxes ,
Value of Products
£
117,612 1,123,300 64,643 86,694 2,159,217 380,044 308,121 571,074 237,134
3,662,659 305,622 174,670 692,993 956,434 914,170 652.1TO 95,594
1,199,897 103,401
1,498,132 J
172,070
681,869
71,487
1 Excluding the value of the output of the Government railway workshops and those industries of which there were less than four works, and 'one man ' factories.
III. Mines and Minerals.
The following table shows the quantity and value of the principal minerals exported from the Dominion in 1919, and the quantity and value of the coal consumed in the country in that year, the totals for 1918 being added for purposes of comparison : —
1918
1919
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
Gold oz.
Tungsten.ore .... tons r«.i /Exported „ W)ai \ Consumed.
11,987
87H.383
170
182,608
1,851,647
£ 42,319 171,456
tfr.wa
297,288
2,303,449
320,210
453,567
181
138,174
1,709,674
£
1,334,405
103,037
29,480
201,388
2,491,780
Commerce.
In 1919 the imports duty-free amounted to 16,665,186/. ; subject to duty, 14,006,512/. ; total 30,671,698/.