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Table No. 14. Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand. Vessels. Tonnage. Average Tonnage. 1884 ... 583 ... 92,696 ... 159 1894 ... 475 ... 99,588 ... 210 1904 ... 579 ... 157,334 ... 271 7-44 per cent, increase in tonnage of vessels for year 1884 as compared with 1894. 57-98 , . 1894 . 1904.

Table No. 15. Increases for Two Decennial Periods, 1884-1894 and 1894-1904. 1884-1894. 1894-1904. Population (excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific Islands) ... ... ... 121,824 No. 171,411 No. Occupied holdings ... ... ... ... 16,862 „ 22,004 „ Land in cultivation (including sown grasses) ... 3,577,677 acres 3,739,998 acres. Horses ... ... ■■■ •• 50,036 No. 76,904 No. Cattle 110,676 „ 772,816 „ Sheep ... ... ... ••■ ••■ 6,174,563 „ -1,950,023*,, Postal: Money-orders issued ... ... ... £204,117 £700,104 Telegraph revenue (including telephones) ... £13,028 £135,553 Railways (Government) open for traffic ... ... 514 miles 331 miles. receipts ... £105,139 £1,058,379 Dray-roads constructed ... ... ... 2,597 miles 4,329 miles. Shipping—Vessels (inwards) ... ... ... 101,912 tons 523,469 tons. „ (outwards) 97,008 „ 513,514 „ Wool ... ■•• 63,156,1261b. 352,2221b. Frozen meat £849,455 £1,599,054 Butter ... ... ■■■ £184,687 £1,129,180 Cheese £90,129 £70,283 Phormium fibre £42,781 £644,025 Gold ... ... ... ... ... -£101,088* £1,099,636 Provisions, tallow, timber, &c. ... ... ... £975,610 £1,005,946 Exports, New Zealand produce ... ... £2,142,662 £5,548,124 Imports ... ... ... ... ■•• -£875,868* £6,503,674 Output of coal ... ... ... ... 238,715 tons 818,292 tons. Banks : Deposits (average of four quarters) ... £4,284, 003 £5,147,743 Savings-banks deposits £2,139,835 £4,772,713 * Decrease.

Authority: John Mackay, Government Printer. Wellington. 1905.