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TABLE No. 11. Table showing the Imports, Exports, and Population of the Colony for the Years from 1872 to 1881.

TABLE No. 12. Land and Property-Tax Collections.

Land- and Peopeett-Tax Outstanding on 31st Maeoh, 1882. £ Land-Tax of 1879 and half-year 1880, say ... ... ... ... ... 50 Property-Tax of 1880-81, including penalty ... ... ... ... ... 220 Property-Tax of 1881-82, including penalty ... ... ... ... ... 9,000 £9,270 Taxable Value or Eeal and Peesonal Peopeett. Taxable value of real property ... ... ... ... £39,323,000 „ personal property ... ... ... 25,160,000 Total taxable value of real and personal property ... ... 64,483,000 Deduct 21,711 exemptions, at £500 each ... ... ... 10,855,500 53.627,500 Joint-stock companies ... ... ... ... ... ... 16,801,000 £70,428,500 Tax at rate of id. in the pound on £70,428,500 produces ... ... ... £146,726 Add insurance companies ... ... ... ... ... 2,100 £148,826

By Authority : George Diesbuet, Government Printer, Wellington.—1882.

Year. Imports. Exports. Mean Population. 1872 1873 1874 187S 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 £ 5,142,951 6,464,687 8,121,812 8,029,172 6,905,171 6,973,4'8 8,755.663 8,374,585 6,162,011 7-457,045 £ 5,190,665 5,610,371 5> 25'>269 5,828,627 6,327.472 6,015,700 5.743.126 6,352,692 6,060,866 273.273 287,753 320,687 358,858 387.465 408,348 423.465 448,124 474,296 495.422

Tax Collected during Item. Total. 1879-1880. 1880-1881. 1881-1882. Land-Tax of 1879 and half-year of 1880 ... £ 93,621 £ 56,641 £ 1,43° £ 151,692 Property-Tax of 1880-81, including penalty 219,721 37,8o5 257.5^6 Property-Tax of 1881-82, including penalty 213,167 213,167 622,385 Totals ... 93,62i 276,362 252,402