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 establishments
1881	1093
1886	1833
1891	2152
1896	2361
1901	3059
1906	3381
1911	3421
1916	3657
1921	3894
1926	4643
1931	5047
1936	5391
1941	6252
1946	6847
1951	8113
1956	8515
1961	8745
1966	9945
1971	10587
1976	9212
1982	11064
1986	15613
1991	19527
1996	21727
2001	22468
2006	24071
2009	23370

Source: Statistics New Zealand	and Official New Zealand Yearbooks			

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