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 Number of factories 1892 1857 1893 2092 1894 1895 4109 1896 4647 1897 5177 1898 5601 1899 6286 1900 6438 1901 6744 1902 7203 1903 7675 1904 8373 1905 9023 1906 9881 1907 10788 1908 11586 1909 12040 1910 12302 1911 12768 1912 12847 1913 13375 1914 13469 1915 13937 1916 13214 1917 12455 1918 12485 1919 12444 1920 13490 1921 13661 1922 14013 1923 14535 1924 15009 1925 15868 1926 16311 1927 16619 1928 16782 1929 16677 1930 17082 1931 17019 1932 16253 1933 16176 1934 15598 1935 15900 1936 16434 1937 17126 1938 17559 1939 17842 1940 18141 1941 17940 1942 17421 1943 16408 1944 16010 1945 16537 1946 17289 1947 18291 1948 19102 1949 20324 1950 20573 1951 20863 1952 21179 1953 20945 1954 21111 1955 21038 1956 20808 1957 20656 1958 20488 1959 20616 1960 20202 1961 20146 1962 20206 1963 20273 1964 20340 1965 20439 1966 20635 1967 20929 1968 21091 1969 21000 1970 21087 1971 21046 1972 20969 1973 21090 1974 21128 1975 21466 1976 21590 1977 21885 1978 21749 1979 21823 1980 21958 1981 21953 1982 21764 1983 22546 1984 23114 1985 23221 1986 23957 1987 23171 Source: John E. Martin, Holding the balance: a history of New Zealand's Department of Labour 1891-1995. Christchurch: Canterbury University Press, 1996, pp. 378-380 Downloaded from Te Ara | The Encyclopedia of New Zealand www.TeAra.govt.nz