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No. 6. RETURN of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st December, 1898.

No. 7. COMPARATIVE RETURN of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand for the Years ended 31st December, 1897 and 1898.

Department of Trade and Customs, W. T. GLASGOW, Wellington, 25th January, 1899. Secretary and Inspector,

Produce op the Goldfields in During the Quarter ended 31st Dec, 1898. Entered for Exportation to the 30th Sept., 1898. Total entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st Dec, 1898. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntity Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity, j Value. Oz. 3,581 2,716 36,459 4 1,706 £ 15,110 11,440 133,549 16 7,187 Oz. Oz. £ County of Coromandel.. Thames Ohinemuri .. "„ Piako Borough of Thames I . ( j-Auckland 8,587,180 Wellington 44,466 167,302 2,235,887 8,419,878 2,280,353 188 706 188 706 County of Marlborough Marlborough 86,385 336,415 86,385 336,415 County of Collingwood .. Nelson 1,674,859 6,640,045 1,674,859 6,640,045 County of Buller Inangahua .. Grey „ Westland Borough of Kumara , Hokitika .. Boss -West Coast 4,831 6,213 6,001 5,756 118 53 965 19,326 24,850 24,002 23,022 471 212 3,860 17,418,394 23,937 95,743 4,355,701 17,322,651 4,379,638 Canterbury 24 96 24 96 County of Taieri „ Tuapeka „ Vincent ,; Maniototo .. Waitaki Lake Wallace Bruce Fiord I' Southland .. , Stewart I. .. j. Otago J 1,105 2,128 1,687 824 556 29 1,319 294 512 630 15 4,284 8,501 6,629 3,272 2,215 116 5,276 1,176 2,048 2,520 60 21,470,005 Unknown 9,099 36,097 5,415,059 21,433,908 5,424,158 122 484 122 484 Totals 77,502 299,142 13,768,225 54,154,183 13,845,727 54,453,325

Produce of the Goldfields in THE District of During the Quarter ended— Totals for Year 1898. Totals for Year 1897. 31st March, 30th June, 1898. 1898. 30th Septem- 31st Decern- n . lor , Hrv ber, 1898. ber, 1898. Q uantlt yValue. — i Quantity. Value. uuckland larlborough.. Telson Vest Coast .. )tago Oz. 29,405 160 Oz. 29,157 18 1,462 16,107 19,819 Oz. 39,355 603 258 14,697 11,729 Oz. 44,466 Oz. 142,383 781 1,720 79,948 55,343 £ 527,786 3,003 6,882 319,789 223,231 Oz. 105,477 810 1,892 58,817 84,649 £ 392,337 3,195 7,055 235,430 342,187 25*207 14,696 23"937 9,099 lotals for 1898 69,468 66,563 66,642 77,502 280,175 1,080,691 'otals for 1897 60,046 60,222 61,756 251,645 980,204 69,621 * Gold duty abolished m the South Island on the 31st March, 1891, by " The Gold Duty Abolition Act, 1890."