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SUMMARY.

These figures do not include the varioua Government railway workshops and the Government Printing Offioe in Wellington. Total number of faotories registered. 1903-4. 1902-3. Increase. 8,373 .. 7,675 .. 698 The gross total of factories shown in statistics above is 8,504. This is owing to different trades being carried on under one factory-license. The actual number of factories registered under the Act is 8,373. Apiiroimate Cost of Paper. -Preparation, not given printing (1,925 copies exclusive of diagram), £139 10s.

Price 2d.] By Authority : John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9o4.

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toile's. Males - Females. torie's. Mttles - Females. Food Trades. Fruit-preserving and condi-ment-manufacturing Aerated-water and cordial manufacturing Brewing, malting, and bottling Coffee and spice manufacturing Tea blending and packing .. Sugar-refining Bread, biscuit, and confectionery manufacturing Baking-powder manufacturing Flour-milling .. Butter and cheese manufacturing Sausage-casing preparing Meat-freezing, fish-preserving, and bacon-curing Wine and cider manufactur ing Oilmen's stores packing, &c. 23 111 91 18 23 1 768 177 437 814 93 148 212 2,667 111 7 2 3 13 520 Miscellaneous. Ammunition-making Brick and pottery making .. Broken road-metal preparing Brush and broom making .. Basket and perambulator making Chaff and firewood cutting .. Cement and lime manufacturing Cork-cutting Carpet - weaving and quiltmaking Cigar and cigarette making.. Dentistry Drug and herbal - remedy manufacturing Dyeing and cleaning Engraving and electroplating Fireworks-manufacturing .. Fire-kindler making Flax-milling Fly-dressing (for fish-hooks) Fibrous-plaster manufacturing Gas-manufacturing Glass bevelling, blowing, and glazing Glue manufacturing Grain and seed cleaning and wool-dumping Gum-sorting .. .. | Gunsmithing Incandfscent- lamp mantle making Ink-manufacturing Lapidary-work Laundry-work Manure-manufacturing Mat and rug making Monumental masonry Organ-building Optical-work Paint and varnish manufacturing Paper-milling and paper bag and box manufacturing Photographing Piano-repairing, &o. Picture-frame making Printing, bookbinding, and stationery-manufacturing Pumice-grinding .. .. j Plaster-figure making .. Rag - sorting and bottlecleaning Rope and twine manufacturing Sheep-dip manufacturing and oil-refining Sail, tent, and oilskin-clothing manufacturing Soap, tallow, and candle manufacturing Scientific - instrument manufacturing Tanning, fellmongering, and wool-scouring Toy and ping-pong racquet making Watchmaking and jewelling Wire-mattress making Wig-making Wax-vesta making 1 108 8 17 35 37 11 2 1 21 995 88 113 206 141 260 5 111 2 "50 15 1 3 4 70 451 18 471 1,190 2 43 8 115 31 20 374 166 27 17 57 11 153 140 3,002 58 17 11 1 3 228 1 2 32 5 46 51 2 13 2,637 26 8 21 1 8 50 47 2 2 2 Iron Trades. Engineering, &c. .. Ooachbuilding and blaoksmi tiling Plumbing, tinsmithing, gasfitting, lamp-making, ann lead-headed nail making Cycle-engineering and sewingmachine repairing Agricultural-implement manufacturing Wire-working .. Electrical engineering and lighting Bange-making Cutlery-grinding Iron - bedstead and fender making Tool-makmg 179 899 279 167 33 3,046 3,560 1,641 686 669 1 4 2 9 2 70 34 12 2 8 605 55 8 276 217 38 2 9 23 3 11 3 2 3 19 120 107 6 33 1 2 199 13 4 30 6 3 7 2 21 214 100 21 133 23 7 25 3 1,031 "20 2 9 2 1 Leather Trades. Saddle, harness, and belr making Boot-manufacturing Portmanteau-making 261 388 6 1,047 2,333 43 46 748 20 13 96 11 37 234 143 191 36 90 2,429 114 209 Clothing Trades. Shirt-making Tailoring and clothing-manu-facturing Dressmaking Hat and cap making Hosiery-knitting Plain-sewing and undercloth-ing-manufacturing Calico-bag making Woollen-milling Flock-milling Corset and belt making Umbrella-making 63 568 820 3,692 3 561 39 2,274 1 1 5 19 2 12 864 23 26 27 110 20 9 5,282 188 259 203 ! 9 148 3 4 6 9 10 4 4 11 17 727 13 48 965 1 21 22 40 289 99 21 232 26 20 2 7 Wood-working Trades. Cabinetmaking and upholstering Wood-turning and box-making Joinery, sash and door making, and sawmilling Coopering Boatbuilding Venetian-blind making Billiard-table making 306 23 723 1,906 198 6,356 69 2 100 3 154 17 2 2 2,146 21 601 63 4 28 1 1 5 4 3 141 17 19 13 4 76 153 71 13 .. '.. 3 Totals 8,504 48,182 15,786 These figures do not include the various Government railway workshops and the Government Printing Offioe in Wellington. Total number of factories registered. 1903-4. 1902-3. Increase. 8,373 .. 7,675 .. 698 The gross total of factories shown in statistics above is 8,504. This is owing to different trades being carried on under one factory-license. The actual number of factories registered under the Act is 8,373. Approimate Cost of Paper. -Preparation, not given printing (1,925 copies exclusive of diagram), £139 10s. Price 2d.} By Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer, Wellington.—1904.