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Table H (2). COMPARATIVE RETURN of CUSTOMS REVENUE at the several Ports of New Zealand for the Financial Years 1870-71 and 1871-72.

Table H (3). RETURN of the GROSS CUSTOMS REVENUE for each Quarter, from September Quarter, 1860, to the Quarter ended 30th June, 1872, inclusive.

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EINANCIAL STATEMENT

Ports. Financial Year, 1870-71. Financial Year, 1871-72. Increase. Decrease. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland Thames Russell Mongonui Hokianga Kaipara New Plymouth ... Wanganui Wellington Napier Wairau Picton Havelock Kaikoura Nelson Westport Greymouth ... Hokitika Okarito Lyttelton and Christchurch Akaroa Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill and Bluff ... Riverton Chathams 146,273 6 6 9,339 18 4 1,599 15 10 624 16 10 1,815 15 3 Nil. 5,566 5 2 16,347 3 10 57,840 19 4 25,324 14 3 4,196 3 5 1,278 17 4 599 18 1 805 5 6 27,938 4 6 20,190 15 3 41,667 11 7 45,453 10 4 1,877 19 11 85,826 19 6 174 8 7 11,810 17 2 6,464 18 6 190,758 15 8 22,805 17 7 6,686 16 8 63 18 10 163,793 19 1 14,541 6 3 1,521 14 7 719 8 8 1,646 14 6 Nil. 5,506 12 6 16,789 1 11 58,233 8 11 22,383 2 5 4,135 5 10 1,230 1 11 707 6 1 788 19 4 31,402 17 2 20,110 12 10 40,465 15 8 41,534 16 0 . 1,623 16 7 91,303 11 5 Nil. 12,046 1 6 6,432 13 4 212,923 10 0 20,861 14 8 5,278 3 10 17,520 12 7 5,201 7 11 78 1 3 94 11 10 169* 0 9 441*18 1 392 9 7 59*12 8 2,941 11 10 60 17 7 48 15 5 107* 8 0 16 6 2 3,46412 8 80 2 5 1,201 15 11 3,918 14 4 254 3 4 .5,47611 11 174," 8 7 235* 4 4 32 5 2 22,164*14 4 1,944 2 11 1,408 12 10 63 18 10 Total 733,333 13 9 775,980 15 0 55,099 11 3 12,452 10 0 Increai 42,647 1 3

Financial Year 1860-61. September Quarter £45,790") December „ ... ... 51,350 f «„„, el , March „ 52,236 _ iz(M 'fa:u Juno „ 55,227; Financial Year 1866-67. September Quarter £199,452 _ December „ 227,253 ( noaiaao March „ 220,183 _ i8b'i >bb8 June „ 217,780; Financial Year 1861-62. Financial Year 1867-68. September Quarter £196,916") December „ 209,118 _ „_„„ „ Q . March „ 194,618 C *''J6-6J4' June „ 192,742; September Quarter ... ... £66,935") December ,, ... ... 86,466 f j,„on ono March „ 98,050 ( * ddy.dyd June „ 87,942; Financial Year 1862-63. September Quarter £94,754") December „ }l S/3[ £488,522 March „ 127,46o I ' June „ 147,777 J Financial Year 1868-69. September Quarter £191,607") December „ 209,862 / #sn , 9n4 March „ 189,590 _ *80*.204 June „ 213,145 ) Financial Year 1863-64. September Quarter £145,594") ?/ ce,"ber " ]lli°hlr £617,002 March „ 147,778 C ' June „ 152,629; Financial Year 1869-70. September Quarter ... ... £205,100") December „ 215,677 f x.o nS / 99 March „ 199,664 _ i8UB3422 June .„ 187,981; Financial Year 1864-65. September Quarter £140,872') December „ ... ... 150,995 f x>ga<> n a >7 March " 167,690 ( £e4>3 >29? June „ 183,740; Financial Year 1870-71. September Quarter £190,499") December „ 187,752 f „_„„ March „ 171,479 _ i6 >i{M June „ 183,570 ) Financial Year 1865-66. September Quarter £180,160") December „ ... ... 198,418 f r?Hn a on* March „ 208,794 _ *7ab»^7 June „ 208,855; Financial Year 1871-72. September Quarter £183,722") December „ 193,077 ( „,„,„, March „ 196,283 C *'775 'J81 June „ 202,899^