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	Manufacturing workforce
1878	10604
1881	13922
1886	19653
1891	23761
1896	25397
1901	38651
1906	45198
1911	42142
1916	44673
1921	62972
1926	70212
1931	70625
1936	78701
1941	104784
1946	118886
1951	138435
1956	158238
1961	181346
1966	222851
1971	229104
1976	298692
1981	296751
1986	304748
1991	238922
1996	253507
2001	234830
2006	263490


Source: Statistics New Zealand and New Zealand Yearbooks			

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