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THE BRITISH EMPIRE: — NEW SOUTH WALES
III. Manufactures.
The following classification of manufactories, number of hands employed, and capital invested is compiled from the returns of 1897, as far as the number of establishments and hands employed is concerned, and from the Census returns of 1891 for the capital invested : —
Classiflcation
No. of Works 1
Hands
Capital Invested
Treating raw pastoral products Preparation of foods and drinks Clothing and textile fabrics Building materials .
- Metal works, machineiy, &c.
Docks, slips, ship-building, &c. Furniture, bedding, &c. Paper, printing, binding, &c. Vehicles, harness, saddlery Light and heat . Other works
Total .
213
723
372
569
286
32
85
■ 273
182
63
205
3,213 9,055 9,409 5,652 10,418 1,387 1,309 4,901 1,706 938 2,835
£
729,908
4.899,007
1,550,415
2,007,716
2,893,429
262,475
298,684
1,089,319
545,598
569,132
804,021
15,649,704
3,003
50,883
1 Exclusive of small establishments emplojing less than 4 hands, in which no steani or other power is used.
Commerce.
The following table gives the values of the total imports, the total exports, and the exports of home and of foreign produce for the last five years : —
Year
Total Imports
Home Produce Exported
Foreign Produce Exported
Total Exports
1893 1894 1895 1896 1897
£ 18,107,035 15,801,941 15,992,415 20,561,510 21,744,350
£ 17,094,213 15,904,961 16,436,210 16,742,691 17,057,543
£ 5,827,010 4,672,712 5,498,575 6,267,658 6,693,529
£ 22,921,223 20,577,673 21,934,785 23,010,349 23,751,072
The total revenue from import duties in 1897 amounted to 1,250,176^., or 5*77 per cent, of the total value of the imports.
Wool is the staple export of the colony. The following is a table of the total quantities and values of wool exported in the last ten years : —
Year
Weight
Value
Year
Weight
Value
Lbs.
£
Lbs.
£
1888
243,256,253
9,358,515
1893
344,982,876
10,449,911
1889
266,229,029
10,785,070
1894
354,165,446
9,628,123
1890
243,738,266
9,232,672 !
1895
329,992,675
9,976,044
1891
340,691,382
11,312,980 1
1896
306,824,358
9,897,332
1892
323,052,014
10,540,147 !
1897
285,797,725
8,920,285
