The New-Zealander. AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1853.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 759, 23 July 1853, Page 3

The New-Zealander.

AUCKLAND, SATURDAY, JULY 23, 1853.

Be just and fear vol : Let nil tile ends thou aim st at, be thy Country's, Thy (Sou's, ami Truth's.

In our last number wc gave a brief summary of the Quarterly Returns contained in the Government Gazelle which was issued on the previous evening. This day we transfer the principal of those Returns in csrlenso to oar columns: and in doing so we feel it a pleasing duly to call attention to the evidence of the continued progress of the Auckland district which these official documents supply. The Export;; of New Zealand Produce from the Port of Auckland, from the Gth of April to the sth of this present July, amounted in declared value to 24,4'59/. In the corresponding Quarter of last year, the amount was U,254/. In the Quarter ending- the slh of April 1852, it was only 6,152/. Thus it appears that our Exports of the Produce of the district during the Quarter just ended have exceeded the Exports of the J ulyjQuarterofl 852 by upwards of 10,000/.; and exceeded the Exports of the first two quarters of last year, taken together, by more than 4000/. To appreciate rightly the importance of this increase in relation lo its promise for the future, it should always be borne in mind thai the articles which contribute most largely to the sum total value are precisely those which are least contingent or temporary in their production, but which the district can continue lo supply for an indefinite period to come, in equal or augmented quantities. Ti.c Quarter's Exports of Potatoes and other agricultural produce (in which we include here not only Wheat, Oats and other grain, but also Hay, Butter, Cheese, Onions and other Vegetables) reached in value to upwards of \ 1,100; and this may safely be calculated on asa growing source of wealth, when we consider the rapidity with which land is being brought into cultivation—(so strikingly exhibited by the Police Returns for i 852, which showed (hat the number of acres in crop within a radius of fourteen miles of the City of Auckland, which in 1851 was 9,907, had been increased during 1852 to no less than 17,21)0 acres); —the large purchases of laud which have already been, and are likelv still further to be, induced by the reduction in price eflected by Sir George drey in his prompt and liberal exercise of the powers delegated !o him by the Queen under the provisions of the New Constitution Act; —the additions which our agricultural population is receiving by immigration ;—the improved skill and enlarged outlay devoted to fanning purposes ; —and the stimulus lo enterprise offered by the almost unlimited and abundantly remunerative market for our produce, which the (ioM Discoveries in Australia have opened

up and are likely to keep open. There is no hazard in predicting thai—although last year's cultivation far exceeded that of any preceding year in the history of the district, —yet this year will show a stiii further, and it may be hoped even a greater, advance. Similar remarks, apply to the Export of Timber. The item of Sawn Timber alone is . valued in the Quarter's Return at 7,977/. I Shingles and Palings add 267/.: Houses in Frame and Furniture (manufactured here) j add oilier 1,202 J.: making a total in this department of our produce of 9,4467. Now, the forests of the district present an almost inexhausible supply of the material ; and here again, it is to be observed, the demand in Australia, particularly at Melbourne, sets before the sawyers, carpenters, and cabinet makers, together with the commcr cial exporters, a held from which they may anticipate a large return of gold from the diggings. In evidence of the continued supply of these articles, it may not be out of place to remark that, in the short period since the Return was made up, (the sth of this month), the Spencer, the Moa, and the Marmora have sailed from our Port for Australia, with cargoes including (besides considerable quantities of other produce of the district) 155.000 feet of Timber, and 215 tons, 1,187 bags; and" 54 kits of Potatoes. Several other vessels are now taking in similar cargoes for the same destination. The Imports for' the Quarter also bear in their own way, an-encouraging aspect. Of the total 12,010/., Tea, Sugar, and Coffeearticles which, as they cannot be produced here, must of necessity be imported, and the consumption of which, moreover, is regarded everywhere as an index to the comfort enjoyed by the mass of population— these amount to considerably more lb.au half, or 7,415/. A large proportion of the remainder —2,590/. —is for sheep, an importation which is in itself an indication of prosperity, as these sheep are required to stock our enlarged pasturage, and the cost of them, although the money is in the first instance sent out of the Colony, yet returns to it again in a more advantageous shape and with a promise of ample recompense. The Quarter's Return of the Coasting Trade will speak for itself. It shows an increase in the estimated value of the Produce brought coast-wise to Auckland, as compared with the previous Quarter, amounting to i 2,320. The population of the district continues to increase. Nowkhslanding the accounts from the gold region of Australia—which although less dazzling than at first are still tempting —and the attraction which the reports of high wages at Melbourne hold out to artizans—(especially to those who look at that side of the picture, without duly considering the prices they will be obliged lo pay for the necessaries of life, and the many discomforts which they may probably encounter) —yet the departures from the Port of Auckland during the quarter have not only been made up for by the arrivals, but the Return shows 584 Immigrants against 290 Emigrants. By the Immigration Table we find that 294 "persons (287 of them adults) have come from New South Wales and Victoria lo Auckland. On the whole, these returns must be deemed of a highly gratifying character; and being the first that have appeared since the actual introduction of the New Constitution, we may congratulate the membe.s of the Provincial Council now in the course of election on their entrance into office under such favourable circumstances. The Province of Auckland never before exhibited equai'y manifest and decisive tokens of rapid prosperity in its commercial, agricultural, shipping, and general interests, with equally solid reasons for calculating, under the blessing of Providence, on a permanent continuance of the progressive improvement by wnich it has recently been distinguished, — particularly as its capabilities, and the superior inducements it holds out to settlers, are at length becoming adequately known and appreciated both in England and the neighbouring colonies. It will now devolve in a great degree upon the representatives of the people, so to watch over the welfare of our rising Province, as that, under a system of self-government, there may be no diminution, but rather—so far as their vigilance, disinterestedness, and zeal can secure the object—a still more rapid advance in that prosperity which at present is happily apparent on every side. '