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Globe, Volume I, Issue 70, 21 August 1874, Page 2

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Abstract of the Trade and Kcvpiiue Returns of the Colony of New Zealand for the Quarter ended on the 30th -lime, Ix7l : Value. Value. Total imports £1,860,701 | Total exports £1,515,515 Quantity and value of gold Ounces. \ aluc. exported 91,178 £30(5,327 Quantity and value of silver exported 21,600 5,400 Quantity and value of tallow Tons. Value. exported 092 £26,233 Quantity and value of wool Lbs. Value, exported* 12,086,939 £776,847 Quantity and value of grain exported— Bushels. Value. Oats 81,462 £18,757 Wheat 551,011 139.2*5 Barley 59,309 15.153 Quantity and vuiue ni' Ni \v Zealand pliorniiuiu expor- Tons. Value. ted ... 520 .£0,210 Quantity and value ol kauri gam exported 5275 27,200 Quantity and value of pre- Cwts. Value. served meats exported ... 14,236 £19,314 No. Tons. Ships entered I*o 85,362 Ships cleared 201 91,645 European population (estimated), December 31, 1873Males 170,406) ~, . 295 916 Females ... 125,510 $ '" ~ h ''- nh Revenue £ s. d. £ s. d. Customs 200,880 13 3 Stamp duties 27,11:! 7 5 Postal 15,908 10 0 Telegraph 13,446 10 4 Other receipts ... 27,891 3 2 Land Sales 229,912 1!) 10 Depasturing licenses and assessments ... 47,848 15 5 Miscellaneous 12,029 3 3 Gold fields revenue ... 17,890 11 0 Cold duty ... ... 9,117 10 5 Fees and duties, Native Laud Court ... 1,272 15 10 003,73 s 5 11 •Quantity and vain.' of wool exported, from Ist January. 1873, to 31st December, 1873—40,577,3071b5i value, £2,000,901. CT.BATKW, Secretary to the Treasury. Treasury, Wellington, 12th May, 1874,

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