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Table IX. Return of Butter and Cheese Exported during Ten Years ended 31st December, 1892.

Table X. Quantity and Value of Butter and Cheese Exported from each Port of New Zealand during the Year ended 31st December, 1892.

Table No. XI Quantity and Value of Butter and Cheese Exported from each Port of New Zealand during Quarter ended 31st March, 1893.

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Bn iter. Chee: ie. 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 Cwt. 8,869 15,766 24", 923 23,175 17,018 29,995 37,955 34,816 39,430 53,930 £ 42,020 66,593 102,387 105,537 54,921 118,252 146,840 122,701 150,258 227,162 Cwt. 2,519 10,342 15,245 16,429 23,913 36,682 26,558 40,451 39,770 41,493 £ 6,892 25,074 35,742 45,657 54,562 78,918 67,105 84,986 86,675 91,042

Butter. Cheese. . Port. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Auckland Poverty Bay New Plymouth Wanganui Patea Wellington ... Napier Wairau and Picton Nelson Lyttelton Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Cwts. 5,291 £ 24,213 Cwts. 1,570 431 403 £ 3,500 917 883 19,351 66 167 16,869 32 6 359 6,257 24 4 5,187 318 82,708 324 616 68,703 105 28 1,584 23,644 95 16 23,780 1,820 5,095 9,981 4,106 41 181 24,883 4,785 7,666 91 396 56,176 11,432 Invercargill ... Total 53,931 227,162 41,495 91,042

Butter. Cheese. Port. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Auckland Poverty Bay New Plymouth Wanganui Wellington ... Wairau and Picton Nelson Lyttelton Timaru Cwt. 3,633 £ 16,202 Cwt. 572 3 680 £ 1,104 5 1,360 7,554 116 7,359 15 57 1,873 35,986 438 32,851 61 239 8,391 2,815 6,122 1,778 2 276 18,679 190 3,290 5 596 39,430 435 Oamaru Dunedin 2,271 39 9,382 146 Invercargill ... Total 22,917 103,696 24,995 52,347