ADDITIONS AND COKRECTIONS
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Production. — Factory production
in
Australia in 1910
and 1911 is e.stimaled as
follows :—
1910 No.
1911 No.
Factories
13,822
14,455
Hands employed .
•
286.96B £ 23,870,000
311,772 £ 27,532,000
Salaries and wages paid
Fuel used
.
2,635,000
2,753,000
Materials used
72,796,000
79,042,000
Value added in process
of
manufacture
48,064,000
54,145,000
Output ....
120,800,000
133,187,000
Land and buildings
29,512,000
32,499,000
Plant and machinerj^ .
28,951,000
31,599,000
A 'Factory' is defined as an industrial establishment in which four or more hands are employed, in which power other than hand power is used.
Mineral Output in 1912:-
QUEENSLAND.
1911
1912
—
(Actual)
(Estimated)
Quantity
Value
Quantity
Value
£
£
Gold .
. fine ozs.
381,845
1,021,973
346,390
1,471,370
Copper
. tons
20,383
1,151,351
23,819
1,766,341
Silver .
.
. ozs.
549,015
50,305
495,711
58,324
Lead .
. tons
1,771
23,460
2,646
48,944
Tin .
,,
3,091
307,847
3,133
352,439
Coal .
11
891,568
323,998
813,600
294,930
Other m
nerals . Total value
—
157,779
—
127,328
—
3,642,713
—
4,119,076
NEW ZEALAND. Trade. — The principal exports in 1911 and 1912 wei'e as follows : —
—
1911
19]
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£
£
Potatoes tons
1,254
6,339
19,984
150,209
Rabbits
cwts.
97,370
80,112
66,837
55,578
Tow .
tons
8,285
25,760
3,427
32,083
Hops .
cwts.
l,fi31
11,214
2,449
21,101
Butter
302,922
1,559,345
378,107
2,094,789
Cheese
439,193
1,184,082
576,843
1,683,592
Beef, frozen
244,897
296,112
^ 2,432,050
Mutton, frozen .
873,454
1,155,390
3,830,448
Lamb, frozen .
)>
1,030,533
1.934,663
Grain and Pulse
bushels
1,760,688
335,024
5,339,231
753,294
Hemp
tons
19,360
314,835
19,272
380,093
Kauri gum
7,587
395,707
7,908
401,305
Hides and Skins
no.
15,253,496
881,854
17,116,227
1,058,457
Tallow
tons
20,702 •
608,760
23,046
688,129
Timber
sup. ft.
90,105,442
440,270
95,323.833
491,842
Wool .
lbs.
169,461, 78i
6,548,509
188,361,083
7,092,932
Gold ....
ozs.
455,186
1,816.989
343,162
1,344,754
