IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
WHi-Liir&TON, April 30.
r J he official return of New Zealand imports and exports for the past quarter has just been made and will be gazetted shortly. The figures are so remarkable as to be in some respects absolutely phenomenal. New Zealand exports during the first quarter of 1889 amounted to the unprecedented value of £3,417,734. '1 his is not even approached by any previous quarter, and is by far the largest quarter's exports that ever left tbis colony. The imports during the same period amounted to only £1,721,988 as against £1,755,662 for the March quarter of 1888, although the first is usually the heaviest quarter of the year in respect of imports, mainly on account of the season's importation of drapery, etc. Thus the quarter's exports were as nearly as possible double the imports in value. For the year ending 3lefc March the imports were only £5,708,226, an exceptionally low total, while the exports were £8,201,609, the latter being the largest ever recorded in New Zealand for one year, exceeding the imports by nearly two and a-half millions sterling. The New Zealand imports for the last fifteen years (1874 to 1888 inclusive) amounted to £111,452,422, exceeding the exports by £15,227,307.
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Temuka Leader, Issue 1886, 2 May 1889, Page 3
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