IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Comparative returns of the value of the undermentioned principal articles imported into New Zealand during the year ended 31st December, 1879 and 1878 : 1879 1878 £ £
Total 5,473,126 6,015,700 (a) Includes 5,384,506 rabbit Bkins, valued at .£46,759. (6) Includes 3,976,409 rabbit skins, valued at .£33,460. William Seed, Secretary and Inspector of Customs. Customs Department, Wellington, 20th April, 1880.
Apparel 294,366 253,201 Boots and Shoes ... 171,782 231,044 Bridge Material ... 3,34V 30 Butter ... ... ... 8,644 2,885 Candles 51,890 103,268 Cement 57,797 81,471 Cocoa and Chocolate 15,499 20,270 Cottons 115,544 142,085 Draper ... 1,179,115 1,223,947 Fish 36,602 47.524 Flour 46,399 49,909 Frnit, dried 39,501 48,646 Do, green ..• 67,445 49,011 Furniture 92,112 86,067 Grain, Bice 45,224 44,173 Do, Wheat 5,908 19,867 Haberdashery 75,589 73,719 Hardware and ironmongery 268,536 299,256 Hats and Caps 52,116 68,094 Hosiery 35,015 32,299 Iron Fencing 65,653 100,598 Do, Galvanised 92,850 193.028 Do, Bails 130,043 34,177 James and Jellies 49,490 44,660 Linens 13,423 19,405 Machinery, Agricultural 88,805 141,205 Do, other kinds 156 691 125,355 Matches and Vestas 23,010 34,456 Millinery 23,6^4 23,057 Oil—Kerosene ... 36,105 59,592 Oilmen's Stores 73,687 79,698 Paints and Paint, Oil ... 51,114 72,257 Bailway PlantLocomotives 66.826 35,544 Trucks 18,743 8 417 Other kinds 72,152 107,390 Saddlery and Harness ... 76,383 73,676 Salt 9,528 15,345 Silks 21,861 32,541 Specie—Gold, Silver, and Copper 351,075 333,140 Starch and Bine 9,390 10,458 Sugar, Molasses and Treacle, &c 518,110 529,656 Tea 197,997 303,858 Telegraph Material 22,548 8,509 Timber, all kinds 141,112 94,365 Vinegar 8,778 11,951 Watches and Clocks 31,720 25,211 Woollens and Blankets... 174,138 137,207 Total Imports, of all kinds 8,374,585 8,755,667 Comparative returns of the value of the | principal articles exported: the years 1879 and 1873 :— from New Zealand in 1879 1878 Gold 1,134,611 £ 1,244,192 Silver 4,512 5,755 Tallow 145,595 178,502 Flour 13,461 48,451 Butter and Cheese ... 2,360 21,484 Wool—(62,220,8101bs.)... 3,126,439 Do. (59.270,2561bs.).„ 3,292,807 Grain —Oats 111,742 59,130 Do. Wheat 520 806 423,032 Do. Barley 27,131 24,466 Phormium, N.Z 7,874 10.666 Kauri Gum 147,535 132,975 Timber, sawn 18,782 28.98i Hides 18,729 9,590 Shins {a) 71,927 (6) 51,125 Meats, preserved 54,772 74,449 Potatoes 8,829 36,908 Miscellaneous 148,320 137,994 Other Colonial, British, and Foreign Produce 179,671 235,192
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1925, 26 April 1880, Page 3
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351IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1925, 26 April 1880, Page 3
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