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Census of Production. 



769 



progress that in the next few years the cultivation and treatment of 

 agricultural produce may be undertaken by this means. It is already 

 possible to plough and thrash, to saw timber, to clean grain, and to 

 cut turnips and beetroot by electrically-driven machines, and electricity 

 is also extensively used in dairy farms, distilleries, factories, carpenters' 

 shops, smithies, limestone factories, &c. 



Preliminary tables summarising the results of the returns received 

 under the Census of Production Act are now being issued, and Part V. 



(Cd. 5397, price 5-jjd.) contains figures relat- 

 Census of Production- ing to several industries dealing with agri- 

 cultural products. 

 The following short statement, extracted from the report, shows 

 for the United Kingdom as a whole the gross output, the cost of 

 materials used, the amount paid for work given out to other firms, 

 the "net output" and the persons employed, for the industries dealt 

 with in the above publication : — 





Gross 





Work 

 Given 

 Out. 



paid to 

 Other 

 Firms. 



Net Output. 







Output. 

 Selling 

 Value or 

 Value of 

 Work Done. 



Materials 

 Used. 

 Cost. 



Excess of 

 Column (1) 

 over 



Columns 

 (2) and (3). 



Persons 

 Employed. 

 Total. 





(1) 



(2) 



(3) 



(4) 



(5) 





£ 



£ 



£ 



£ 





Grain-milling Factories 



65,255,000 



58,885,000 



2,000 



6,368,000 



36,207 



Bread and Biscuit Factories and 













Workshops. — Private Firms 



38,840,000 



27,250,000 





11,590,000 



110,168 



Cocoa, Confectionery, and Fruit- 













Preserving Factories and Work- 













shops ... 



16,137,000 



11,162,000 





4,975,000 



60,735 



Factories and Workshops Manu- 











facturing Farinaceous Prepara- 













tions and Household Articles for 













Cleansing and Polishing (except 













Soap) 



4,284,000 



2,275,000 





2,009,000 



11,536 



Cattle, Dog, and Poultry Food 













Factories and Workshops 



1,385,000 



1.082,000 





303,000 



1,879 



Ice Factories 



383,000 



122,000 





261,000 



1,251 



Sugar and Glucose Factories 



12,315,000 



9,026,000 





3,289,000* 



6,491 



Brewing and Malting Factories and 









Workshops ... 



67,110,000 



25,774,000 



196,000 



41,140,000* 



85,222 



Spirit Distilling Factories ... 



4,833,000 



3,352,000 





1,481,000 



6,510 



Spirit Compounding, Rectifying, 

 and Methylating Factories and 





















Workshops 



4,011,000 



3,613,000 





398,000 



1,121 



Bottling Factories and Workshops 



12,803,000 



9,687,000 





3,116,000 



20,601 ' 



Aerated Waters, Cider, British- 











made Wines, Non-Alcoholic Bev- 













erages (Brewed), and Vinegar 













Factories and Workshops 



6,060,000 



2,476,000 





3,584,000 



28,653 



Tobacco Factories and Workshops 



23,799,000 



17,988,000 





5,811,000 



37,456 



Total ... ~: ... 



257,215,000 



172,692,000 



198,000 



84,325,000 



407,830 



* In these 



cases the net output inclu 



des duty. 







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