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Return showing the Quantity and Value of the Exports of Rabbit-skins, Frozen Rabbits, and Preserved Rabbits, &c. — continued.

Department of Trade and Customs, . W. T. Glasgow, Wellington, 9th July, 1900. Secretary and Inspector. Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,200 copies), £2 Is.

By Authority: John Mackat, Government Printer, Wellington.—l9oo. Price 3d.~\

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Port. Rabbit-s: :ins. Frozen labbits. Preserved Babbits. 1897. Number. 422,677 3,129 Number. & Owt. £ Wellington Napier Wairau Nelson Christchurch ... Timaru Oamaru Dunedin 115,854 80,235 606 "593 210 8,058 245,940 402,714 1,572,134 21 606 4,657 7,501 33,613 167 2 '"l95 5 88,000 6,254,998 1,137,570 734 36,405 6,005 3,592 6,517 5,386 8,812 Invercargill ... Totals ... 8,099,334 47,472 2,229,056 46,398 10,278 14,398 1898. Wellington Napier Wairau Nelson Christchurch ... Timaru Oamaru Dunedin Invercargill ... 330,344 1,714 850 32 59,814 334 54,676 "387 844 44 7 11 23,658 5,578,601 560,841 259 45,251 3,662 571,041 732,306 2,946,555 14,697 9,184 69,879 2,056 1,736 2,'818 2,160 Totals... 6,607,934 51,607 4,251,596 93,836 3,799 4,989 1899. Wellington ... Napier ... Wairau Nelson Christchurch ... Timaru Oamaru Dunedin 343,664 32,816 1,620 40,908 2,508 246 23 313 4,617 56 411,990 1,706,192 2,757,639 347 4 10,565 40,767 61,749 23,800 6,570,889 877,951 329 70,528 7,171 1,414 4,480 1,747 5,756 Invercargill ... Totals... 7,891,648 81,118 4,880,494 113,432 5,894 7,503