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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 69

Local Industries

Local Industries.

As already stated, the particulars of the various industries can only be obtained at census periods, and those of that time must be used at the present occasion. It will be most satisfactory to place the details in a tabular form after the manner of the Registrar-General, adding such information after the table as is most expedient for the full appreciation of the work done:—

Number of each kind. Number of handsemployed. Estimated value of land, building, machinery, and plant. Estimated value of produce and manufactures. £ £ Printing establishm'ts 135 2,107 331,723 273,886 For machines, tools, and implements 22 326 66,025 126,663 Coach buildings and painting .. .. 89 664 128,346 106,238 ship and boatbuilding 53 72 17,094 56,132 Furniture manufactories 75 707 93,032 162,375 Chemical works .. 6 56 30,409 34,283 Hematite paint manufactories .. .. 5 19 5,175 2,178 Woollen mills .. 6 867 203,270 194,311 Boot factories .. .. 42 1,654 70,305 276,725 Clothing factories .. 11 1,269 37,530 237,781 Hat and cap factories 8 118 14,790 13,059 Flaxmills .. .. 30 249 18,016 20,059 Rope and twine works 21 242 56,413 49,821 Sail factories 32 118 15,370 25,574 Cheese and butter factories .. .. .. 36 110 47,513 43,094 Grain mills .. .. 121 448 320,304 754,830 Breweries .. .. 98 475 323,756 325,182 Boiling-down, meat-freezing, and preserving works .. .. 44 838 442,9 image not readable 2 543,878 Soap and candle works 18 204 75,928 130,475 Fellmong'ring, ta'ning, and wool-scouring .. 97 1,093 138,750 634,915 Sawmills .. .. 268 5,042 964,095 1,179,713 Collieries .. .. 79 1,448 148,773 255,326 Brick, tile, and pottery works .. .. .. 126 598 151,411 91,797 Iron and brass fo'ndries 58 1,748 239,938 351,837 Gold and quartz mining works .. .. 101 1,156 211,021 374,190 Hydraulic goldmining 124 617 224,787 74,190 Other industries 563 3,310 1,310,742 1,099,312 Totals .. .. 9268 25,655 5,697,117 7,436,649