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No. 1.—Return showing the Value of the Principal Articles imported into New Zealand from Australia and Tasmania, &c.— continued.

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Article, and Countries whence Zealand imported. Tariff 1893. 1894. 1895. 1896. 1897. 1898. lesin — Victoria New South Wales £ £ £ £ 26 285 £ 438 301 £ 914 Free 311 739 914 tails — Victoria New South Wales Queensland Tasmania 11 62 25 248 40 620 97 362 532 429 709 130 1,758 1,572 1,712 Free 73 273 1,119 1,670 1,888 3,284 lice— Victoria New South Wales Tasmania 4,632 4,680 25 5,914 3,291 7,295 2,989 6,158 2,424 1 5,743 1,409 7,176 3,141 6s. per cwfc.; 2s. when converted into starch 9,337 9,205 10,284 8,583 7,152 10,317 tugs (All Kinds)— Victoria New South Wales Tasmania 2,645 424 5 678 552 554 572 20 210 645 2 351 1,271 7 175 1,189 20 per cent. ad. val. 3,074 1,230 1,146 857 1,629 1,364 laddlery and Harness— Victoria New South Wales 671 1,000 443 221 335 541 351 308 431 282 269 357 15 per cent, and 20 per cent, to July, 1895,then 20 per cent. 1,671 664 876 659 713 626 Sago (including Tapioca for 1896-98)— Victoria New South Wales 168 107 275 680 293 43 222 174 64 892 109 1,001 383 128 511 Free 265 238 973 lalt— Victoria New South Wales South Australia 10 627 1,926 2,563 265 1,812 1,114 3,191 2,422 6,856 4,198 13,476 3,309 3,881 4,926 1,234 4,175 5,705 1,352 4,325 7,lb0 10s. per ton 12,116 11,114 12,857 RockVictoria New South Wales 255 94 197 326 94 417 4 359 32 770 "736 Free 349 523 511 736 363 802 iausage-skins— Victoria New South Wales 422 415 285 3 2,347 2,213 1,377 316 2,338 2 20 per cent, to July, 1895, thereafter 3d. per lb. 837 288 2,347 2,213 1,693 2,340 Seeds : Grass and Clover — Victoria New South Wales 1,294 115 560 224 158 53 143 158 615 190 682 101 Free .. 783 1,409 784 211 301 805 Unenumerated — Victoria • New South Wales Queensland Tasmania '.. 484 635 716 375 1,021 572 9 43 600 589 312 594 2 " 16 581 864 6 4 1 Free 1,125 1,095 1,645 1,190 924 1,445