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APPENDIX. Comparative Statement of the Number and Value of Rabbit-skins exported from the Colony during the Years ended the 31st March, 1884, to 1891.

By Authority : Geobge Didsbuby, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1891. Price 6cl]

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Number. Value. District. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. 1884. 1885. 1886. 1887. 1888. 1889. 1890. 1891. I I 229,000 & & 4g £ £ &. 46 .. Auckland .. 1,408 3,336 j 5,309 " 2,182 12 33 Wellington 706,894 889,436 1,240,223 544,712 337,988 313,441 583,198 512,373 7,901 9,220 I 12,550 4,325 3,428 2,671 4,299 | 3,732 Blenheim .. 08,736 87,716 460,479 700,471 730,780 848 972 5,228 7,474 ! 7,467 ■ Lyfctelton .. 1,745,954 1,525,730 2,308,650 3,689,982 762,556 198,876 37,848 86,798 16,491 15,728 22,252 24,544 6,147 1,253 331 : 878 Oamaru .. 24,534 121,135 17,170 52,700 57,240 152,550 132,680 256 1,009 163 440 480 1,339 ; 1,407 Dunedin .. 6,514,884 7,014,993 4,787,600 4,376,228 9,986,752 10,801,641 ] 7,929,493 9,538,272 67,055 79,242 42,217 35,375 85,842 81,795 66,256 ! 83,891 Bluff 924,609 345,636 205,764 272,600 896,691 750,448 876,820 2,308,130 9,230 3,346 1,037 1,839 11,388 6,141 7,416 ! 21,090 Other ports 7,716 9,528 3,540 31 57 : 22 - i Totals 9,892,341 100,677 108,640 87,218 118,487 9,869,065 8,892,372 8,900,692 12,125,871 12,593,177 10,295,217 13,312,573 81,847 66,246 108,229 97,632