Untitled

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5271, 14 February 1878, Page 2

•The 'following is a return-of the value of imports and exports at the principal ports of the colony during the years 1876 and 1877

The value of the imports for the whole colony in 1877 was £6,973,418, against £6,905,171 for the previous year, being an increase of £68,244. There was a large increase in the value of exports, which in 3876 were valued at £5,673,465, and in 1877 at £6.327,472, or an increase of £654,007. It will be observed that there has been an enormous increase in the exports of Wellington, the exports of 1877 exceeding in value those of 1876 by £337,063, which is at the rate of nearly 50 per dent. With reference to the exports from Wanganui, Taranaki, and other outlying places, it must be remembered that most of the produce of the districts is sent to the principal ports for transhipment. The declared value of the exports and imports of the colony for 1877 was £13,300,990, against £12,578,63s for 1876.

Imports. Exports. 1S76. 1877. 1870. 1877. £ £ £ £ Auckland 1,232.881 1,136,318 074.003 734,330 Thames 36,030 15,535 4,449 003 N. Plymouth IS. 234 7,044 423 238 Wanganui 58,900 01.559 5 77 Wellington .. 1.151.740 1,309.280 000,084 1,033,752 Napier 102,513 152.024 177.526 344.90S Nelson 270,0(58 192,430 21.154 25.058 Westport 51,894 44.019 3,090 2 459 Greymouth .. 145,25)5 150,501 103,078 127,081 Hokitika 110.059 122.326 89.831 110,331 Lyttelton 1,184.903 1,278.089 1,775.405 1,800 418 TiiiWU 93,4>'0 (59,114 2(5,349 12.546 Oaraaru 48.250 48.003 33.303 12,484 Dunedin 2,080.356 £.209,408 1,521.017 1.035,7.0 Invercargill .. 218,923 13 -,801 371,227 332,201