Imports and Exports.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume III, Issue 177, 10 April 1847, Page 3

Imports and Exports.

Exports to Great Britain and the Colonies: —

As it is not customary to declare to the value of goods sent coastwise, neither the value of our own produce here given, nor the imported goods so shipped, which was considerable in quantity, can be ascertained.

Vessels Entered Inwards. Vessels. Tons. 71 7,014

[The following correspondence from the Nelson Examiner, was alluded to in a former number, but we were obliged for want of room to defer its insertion. — Ed. A' .Z.S.~\ To the Editor of the Nelson Examiner. Sir — Having, in pursuance to one of the resolutions passed at the public meeting held at Nelson on the 30th of January, forwarded a copy of the same to the Company's Agent, to be by him transmitted to the Directors of the New Zealand Company, the following correspondence has taken place, to which I trust you will have the goodness to give a place in your paper. I am, sir, yours, &c. Nelson, March 16. C. A. Dillon.

Nelson Produce exports Coastwise :—: — Ale and Porter, 196 hhs. Hams, 1 case Ditto, 16 cases bottled Oats, 94 bags Bai-ley, 1 bag Peas, 23 bags Bread, 22 bags Pigs, 10 Bricks, 2,000 Potatoes, 19 tons Butter, 7 firkins Rope, 25 coils Cattle, 3 head Sheep, 50 Coals, 5 tons Sieves, 15 Curiosities, 1 case Snufl, 1 box Flax, 29 bales Timber, 34,500 feet Flour, 29J tons Vinegar, 5 barrels Grindstones, 8 Wool, 1 bale Hair, 2 bags Wheat, 100 bushels

To the Hon. C. A. Dillon, Nelson. Sir — lam requested by the Principal Agent of the New Zealand Company to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, dated the Bth ultimo, covering a copy of resolutions passed at a public meeting held at Nelson on the 30th January last, winch you request him to forward to the Directors of the New Zeala&d Company. Having inferred from the report of the meeting alluded to, published in* the Nelson paper, as well as from the resolutions themselves, that they were passed in ignorance of the real circumstances of the case, and under m&ny misapprehensions, the Principal Agent requests me to inform you that be considers it his duty to decline forwarding the resolutions, and I beg respectfully to return the same to you. I havelihe honour to be, sir, your most obedient servant, William Fox, Resident Agent. New Zealand Company's Office, Nelson, March Bth,, 1847.

To W. Fox, Esq., New Zealand Company's Resident Agent, Nelson. Sir — I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the Bth instant, in which you inform me that the Principal Agent " considers it his duty to decline forwarding the resolutions passed at a public meeting held in Nelson the 30th of January," and you accordingly return the same to me. As chairman of that public meeting, and delegated by it to transmit its Resolutions to the Court of Directors, I have to express extreme regret and surprise that the Agents of the New Zealand Company should do any act which has a tendency to keep the Directors of that body in ignorance of the state of public feeling towards them in the colony. 1 1 appears to me, and I believe also to the majority of the sjttlers, as the natural consequence of this state of ignorance, that the Directors will continue to commit those acts which have drawn down upon them the displeasure of the colonists generally, and of their creditors in particular. j Without wishing to appear to dictate to you what the duty of the Agents is, I beg respecfully to submit that I consider it your duty to forward any remonstrance or statement that may emanate from the settlers, you being at liberty to accompany them with any remarks of your own. With regard to the matter immediately before us, and adverting to that part of your letter in which you inform me that you " have inferred from the report of the meeting alluded to, published in the Nelson. Examiner, as well as from the resolutions themselves, that they were passed in ignorance of the real circumstances of the case, and under many misapprehensions," I beg to remark that you have made a great mistake in founding* upon anything published in the Nelson Examiner, which is well known not now to represent the opinions of the public. It is principally to rectify errors propagated by parties like the Nelson Examiner .interested in keeping up a delusion in favour of the New Zealand Gompany, that public meetings are necessary. Had the Principal Agent read more at length the resolutions which I did myself the honour to forward to him, he would have perceived that the expressions which at his request you made use of with regard to them, are inapplicable, inasmuch as only the two first are founded on questions of fact, the others being merely expressions of opinion ; and with respect to the two first, it does not yet appear that the alarm felt by the public was unfounded. As the Principal Agent, however, has considered it his duty to decline forwarding the resolutions, nothing now remains for us but to do so ourselves, giving at the same time all the publicity in our power to the matter. I am, sir, your obedient servant, C. A. Dillon. Waimea, March 14,

To the Directors of the New Zealand Company, London. Gentlemen — I beg to lay before you a series of resolutions passed at a public meeting held at Nelson on the 30th of January, of which I had the honour to be chairman. It will no doubt be a matter of surprise to you that the usual routine should apparently have been departed from in this instance, and that you do not receive the enclosed documents through your Agents in New Zealand. I beg, however, to inform you that this is owing to your own Agents, who have declined forwarding them to you. I shall leave it to themselves to explain their conduct. I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant, C. A. Dillon.

£. t. alue of Imports from Great Britain 4,680 17 litto from the Colonies 5,139 0 d. 0 4 Total value of Imports..jg9,Bl9 17 4

Jark, 2 tons Jarley and Malt, 1,107 bushels.. Jeer, 6 casks tatter, 11 casks j'lax, 5 tons and 266 bundles .... lams, 1 cask )il of Annis, 1 case Black, 1 cask > ork, 15 casks 'otatoes, 7 tons lope, 66 coils Seal Skins, 1 cask (pars, 257 itaves ["imber, 168, 120 feet Vool, 76 bales o v 322 0 18 0 23 0 783 10 25 0 15 0 2 0 54 0 21 0 54 0 2 6 120 0 11 10 497 0 730 0 v 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Value of our produce exported 2,683 Othergoods 395 6 5 0 0 Total value of Exi lorts £3,082 5 0