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No. 9. RETURN showing the QUANTITY and VALUE of the under-mentioned ARTICLES EXPORTED from New Zealand to Queensland, and IMPORTED into New Zealand from Queensland, during the Year 1873.

No. 10. The Chief Secretary, Victoria, to the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand. Sir, — Chief Secretary's Office, Melbourne, 9th June, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th ultimo (Circular No. 14), enclosing a memorandum upon the subject of intercolonial reciprocity between the colonies of Australasia, and to inform you that it will receive the careful consideration of the Government of this colony. I have, &c, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary, Wellington, N.Z. J. G. Francis.

No. 11. The Colonial Secretary, Western Australia, to the Colonial Secretary, New Zealand. Sir, — Colonial Secretary's Office, Perth, 2nd June, 1874. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th ultimo, enclosing for the consideration of the Government of this colony a copy of a joint memorandum by the Colonial Treasurer and Commissioner of Customs of New Zealand upon the subject of intercolonial reciprocity between the several colonies of Australasia, which memorandum has been assented to by the Governor in Council of New Zealand. I have submitted your letter and its enclosure to the consideration of His Excellency the Governor of this colony, and I am directed to express a concurrence in the view therein put forth, that there is at the present time little probability that united action could be anticipated from a conference of representatives from the several colonies, and it seems hardly probable that great results will speedily follow negotiations between different colonies, in each of which local circumstances vary so greatly as to render it difficult to enter into reciprocal arrangements which would work equally, or, in other words, which would not confer great advantage in one colony with a corresponding disadvantage to another.

iicles proposed to be admitted Duty Free into New Zealand and Queensland. Br >orted from ] Queeni If ew Zealand to iland. lorted from Queensland to New Zealand. Quantity. Value. Rate of Duty in New Zealand. Quantity. Value. Bate of Duty in Queensland. £ f 4s. per cwt. ( 10 per cent. C Is. & Is. 3d. per I gal. Id. per lb. Lrrowroot Id. per lb. de and Porter l,500gls 150 ...} Is. per 6 bottles. 9d. per gal. 2d. per lb. $acon Sutter )heese 130 cwt. 364 j» » i'ruit f 2s. per cwt. 110 per cent. f Id. per lb. \ 10 per cent. Is. per 100 lbs. 9d. per 100 lbs. ...} 5s. per cwt. 2s. per doz. lbs. 2d. per lb. Is. per doz. lbs. Free. 6d. per bush. (lour irrain—Barley „ Beans and Peas Malt... „ Oats... "Wheat lops ams 'hormium (N.Z.) 27J tons 140 bush. 310 35 si Is. 6d. per bush. 9d. per 100 lbs. jj )> )> iugar 203 cwt. 461 3d. per lb. 10 per cent. Free Id. per lb. 2s. per 100 ft. 8s.) 4s. [ per 100 2s.) 2s. per 1,000 4s. per gal. 2d. per lb. Is. per doz. lbs. Free. 6s.8d.&5s.percwt. timber of all kinds Not stated. #"ine —Colonial 6d. per gal. Total Value £1,320 William Seed.