GOVERNMENT RETURNS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 33, 26 September 1868, Page 3

GOVERNMENT RETURNS.

We hare recehred "The Statistical Tables in anticipation ' of the Annual Volume of Statistics "of New Zealand for the year 1867," and gather the following items from its pages. The populations of the different provinces At the end^ of December, 1867, wore found to be — MALM. FXXALH. Auckland 27063 51258 Twanaki 2528 " 1131 Wellington 12401 9549 Hawk* li*j 3197 2086 NeUon 16435 .7389 Murlborough 2736 3635 -CiaUrbrxTj 13053 90783 Otago 29773 . 18804 Southland 4600 8354 Toteb 131929 M 7» L Joint"ToUlt 211683 PopuUtioa in 18C4 172153 N«t incr«w« of population 45510 It also appears that in 1867 tho immigration into the colony amounted to 11126, and the emigration from the different provinceß (chiefly from Auckland) was 5159, leaving a balaneo in favorofimmigrationof4Bs9. There were 4595 males and 4323 lemales born in tho colony agaiast 1621 male and 1031 female deaths during 1867, leaving a balance in favor of births equal to 6217; - the greatest excess of births over <leath» (1583) was found in Otago. Li 1867, there were 2050 marriages against 2038 in 1866. The Presbyterian -body stands first with 690, . followed closely by the Church of England, with 514, the Eoman Catholic standing next with 308, then the Wesleyans, 194, and registrars, l&i. 944 vessels, of 309,568 tonnage, and carrying 16,899 as crews, visited the ports of the colony during last year ; of these: 283 were British, 632 colonial, aad 22 American, while France, Denmark and Germany claimed one each, Mid- XLussia and Tahiti two apiece. The total imports for the year were valued at £5,344,607, and the exports, £4,644,678. Of this Otago imported £1,597,143, and exported £1,082,313. The following are the gold exports : — oza. valui. Auckland 6637 £20700 Marlboroagb 501 1949 Helion 139,963 557,219 V Lyttleton 381,149 1,526,377 - Otago 149.349 514,962 Southland 9154 55.117 " : Tof»b 686,763 £2,727,353 y> The revenues (ordinary and territorial) of the several provinces were as follows:— Auckland, £196,667; Taranaki, &15639; Wellington, £166,444; Hawkea Bay, £47,919; Nelson, £170,634 ; Marlborough, £23,106 ; Canterbury, £652,870; Otago, £503, 755 ; Southland, £99,943 ; Chatham Islands, £277, which, with £76,851,, incidental receipts and reembursements is £1,864,155, or £114,556 less than the revenue in 186& ' The sums paid into the Colonial Treasury amounted to £3,779,472; and other disbursements for the year were. £3,530,635. The General Governmcntdebt amounts to £3,848,843 ; and the amount of Sinking THind accrued, £1067646, infested in securities of a nominal value of £187,496, the annual charge being £242,079. The number of foreign letters received by $he several post-offices were 559,390; of inland, 1,848,943, giving a total of 2,408,331, as compared with 2,4p4,78a>i» 1866. There were;fo>spatched, 638,565 foreign, l»d 1864^44 letters in the. same ; jear, showing an increase of 47,043 on the preeeeding year. .973,885 foreign newspapers, and 696,635 inland, were recseired* by the several ; post-offices ; and foreign, and 1£43;455 Jnland, were, despatched during the Year, a marked decrease on the amount in* 1866. "We have received several other reports, but cannot glean from them anything likely > stem* our