The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Primary sector (%)	Secondary sector (%)	Tertiary sector (%)								
1848	30	25	46								
1858	40	22	38								
1867	54	14	32
1878	42.1	24.1	33.9
1886	38.6	25.5	36
1896	41	24.2	34.9
1906	32.7	29.5	37.8
1916	32.2	26.3	41.5
1926	28.5	30.5	40.9
1936	30.6	30.1	39.3

Source: Statistics New Zealand

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