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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/.