STATISTICS.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 65, 3 January 1846, Page 3

STATISTICS.

The following Statistics are extracted from the Cook's Strait Almanack just published, and are obtained either from Official Returns or collected from private information. We are sorry we have been unable from the want of the necessary data to add the Statistics of Nelson, to those of the other settlements in Cook's Strait : — Total amount of oil and bone, the produce of the different stations belonging to the Port of Wellington, for the years 1843, 4, and 5 :—: —

Formerly casks were imported at an expense of £3 to ;£3:los. per tun ; now they are made in Wellington; this is a saving of £2,000 to j£3,000 to our industry. * From a return published in the New Zealand Gazettet From a return published in the New Zealand Spectator, Dec. 1844, collected by actual census % Do. in Dec. 1845, collected by actual ceniui.

Number of Houses and Buildings in the Town of Wellington : — Brick Houses 50 Wooden Do 417 Clay Do 213 Stores (mostly brick) 38 Public Houses 12 Buildings not included in the above account : — 6 places of fublic Worship (2 of brick), 1 Gaol (brick), 1 Bank, 1 Custom-house, 1 Post-office, and 2 Barracks (1 of brick). There are two Flour Mills in Wellington (1 a Windmill, and the other worked by Steam), each with one pair of stones. There is also a Windmill in the Hutt district with two pair of stones ; and a Water Mill at Kai Warra with two pair of stones is nearly completed. In addition to these, Messrs. Kebble's Steam 'Mill at Manawatu will shortly be converted into a Flour Mill.

Total Amount of Live Stock in the Settlement of Wellington, including the Stock at the Stations at Wairarapa :—: — Horses 270 Cattle •. 2,429 Sheep 11,880 Mules 40 Asses t> , 10 ToTAiiAMouNTof Livestock at Otakou,Port Cooper, and'the Stations to the Southward :—: — Horses 147 Cattle 1,187 • Sheep 5,880

An account of the number and tonnage of vessels that have entered inwards and cleared 1 " outwards at the Port of Wellington, from the 6th January 1845, to 6th January 1846, inclusively :—: —

A list of the number of vessels registered at the Port of Wellington, from 10th May, 1845, (the date of re-establishment of Customs) to 31st December, 1845.

The Three Brothers has been registered de novo, from having been transferee! to other owners. The Sarah Jane, Isabella, and Fisherman were built in the course of the past year.

WANGANUI. Amount of Population at Wanganui : — 1843, 192 1844, 197 1845, 186 Number of Acre 3 in Crop: — Wheat, , 54 Oats, 9 Barley, „ 14 Potatoes, 12 Total, 89 Amount of Live Stock :—: — Horses, 10 Cattle, 310 Sheep, 174 Goats, 159

We are informed that the Royal William in her last trip to Hawke's Bay was rushed by the natives, who took out of her whatever articles of trade they required, and ]eft in return what they considered an equivalent in pigs. This may be free trade, but we should think it would be desirable to place such a trade under proper restrictions.

843*-1,058 tuns oil (<fl £19£20,1U2 50 tuns bone @£l 10 5,500 25,602 844t-1|215 tuns oil @ £17 20,655 49 tuns bone @ 6,125 26,780 845J— 937do.blackoil@£l6 14,992 33 do. sperm, £52:10 1,732:10 36 do. bone £132:10 4,770 21,494:10 Total in 3 years £73,876:10 Annual average £24,625:10

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Year ending sth Jan., 1845 "1 121 tons at 50s J From 6th Jan. to 10 Oct., "I 1845, 32^ tons at 50s / £302:10:0 78:15:0 Statement of flour imported into the Poit of Wellington, in the following years :—: — From 25th Aug., 1841, "1 Tons, to sth May, 1842 / 104 £2,216 Year ending sth Jan., 1 1704* 1843 / vu t **a „ „ 1844 857| 7,246 From 6th Jan., 1 844, to "1 - 30th Sept., 1844 / 532 6>0686 > 068 From 10th May, 1845,1 . to 10th Oct., 1845 / 217 1j869 2,708 34,642 While the Customs were") abolished (from 30th Oct. I 1844, to May, 1845, 274 f 32883 ' 288 tons J £37,930

Export of Bark from the Port of Wellington.

Vessel's name. Where built. Tonnage. Rover's Bride Sarah Jane Isabella .Henry Eliza Fisherman Three Brothers Wellington Wellington Wellington 36 19 10 11 33 11 33 7 153

Vessels. Tons. Men. Inwnrdsfrombeyondseasdirect3s. . . . 5,101. . . . 373 . . Coastwise 190 6,464 681 Total inwards . . 225. . 11,565. . 1,054 Outwards to beyond seas direct 40 . . 5,382 336 . . Coastwise 194 .. 7,053 685 Total outwards 234.. 12,435.. 1,075 John Macarthy. " Wellington, Jan. 9, 1846.

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