The following table proves that the colony is able to supply from her own factories many of the wants of the people. It shows

Nature of Industry.	Number of each kind.	Number of hands employed.	Amount paid in wages.	Estimated value of land, buildings, machinery, and plant.	Estimated value of produce and manufactures in 1890.
			£	£	£
Printing, &c., establishments	142	2,569	214,185	341,683	354,559
For machines, tools, and implements	43	556	46,887	76,783	148,364
Coach-building and painting	108	678	52,601	96,225	139,660
Tanning, fellmongering, and wool scouring	104	1,196	92,442	153,592	1,026,349
Ship- and boat-building	37	145	10,831	10,172	35,847
Sail and oilskin factories	32	124	6,335	16,799	31,083
Furniture factories	94	585	42,743	96,543	131,314
Chemical works	8	55	5,754	23,766	41,568
Woollen mills	8	1,175	79,040	259,955	279,175
Clothing factories	19	1,290	52,754	59,735	166,579
Hat and cap factories	16	112	6,276	26,005	21,628
Boot and shoe factories	47	1,943	124,990	82,137	403,736
Rope- and twine-works	24	222	13,658	36,086	76,711
Flax-mills	177	3,204	116,168	146,792	234,266
Meat-preserving, freezing, and boiling-down works	43	1,568	138,459	476,151	1,464,659
Bacon-curing establishments	33	84	6,696	14,180	83,435
Cheese and butter factories	74	269	14,928	100,453	150,957
Grain-mills	129	499	52,384	391,828	991,812
Biscuit factories	22	331	17,199	48,960	127,147
Fruit-preserving and jammaking works	15	117	4,742	10,042	27,255
Breweries	102	476	54,825	236,825	66,764
Malthouses	27	87	7,875	42,442	80,341
Aerated-water factories	112	261	17,021	73,147	91,691
Coffee- and spice-works	17	81	6,562	30,850	64,024
Soap- and candle-works	19	209	21,391	74,443	155,714
Saw-mills	243	3,266	271,814	500,272	832,959
Chaff-cutting establishments	63	205	7,330	36,300	41,455
Gas-works	27	249	31,700	730,490	178,947
Brick-, tile-, and pottery-works	106	494	25,190	119,780	56,830
Iron and brass foundries	68	1,727	152,687	262,042	390,943
Spuoting and ridging works	12	100	7,981	29,670	33,140
Gold- and quartz-mining-works	135	1,971	183,582	241,715	278,893
Hydraulic gold - mining and gold-dredging	74	495	32,904	154,270	73,713
Collieries	95	1,655	173,538	155,671	279,777
Other industries	295	1,881	117,415	671,172	860,851
Totals	2,570	29,880	2,209,859	5,826,976	9,422,146

page 15 the number of the principal manufacturing industries at the end of 1890, the number of hands employed, the amount of wages paid to them, the estimated value of capital invested in land, buildings, machinery, and plant, and the value of the products or manufactures in that year.