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Return of Imports for 1905— continued.

B. Cook and other Islands Administration.—Port of Rarotonga.—Return of Exports for the Year ended 31st December, 1905.

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Article. Whence. . Value. Total. £ £ Pine, port .. f oodenware oods, miscellaneous .. New Zealand .. j> >> ' • • ' United Kingdom New South Wales . - France United States America.. Tahiti 71 4 96 5 4 65 4 51 » >> >> >j • • 245 >> >> » » » » • • £36,993 Total Values. New Zealand Niue United Kingdom Victoria Canada British Columbia France Germany Sweden United States of America Tahiti New South Wales ... 1905. 1904. ... 27,686 514 777 4 19 69 42 110 32 2,365 3,012 2,363 £36,993 £33,399 Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 15th January, 1906. W. J. Stevenson, Collector of Customs.

Article. Where exported to. Quantity. Value. Total. Quantity. 1904. Value. £ 8,225 684 £ £ Bananas New Zealand 46,358 cases 10,768 bunches 8,909 39,588 cases 9,324 bunches 7,400 Oranges 76,080 cases 9,364 9,364 79,330 cases 9,600 Pineapples t> •' 4,378 cases 616 616 5,275 cases 680 Fresh fruit (not otherwise enumerated) Cocoanuts 49 49 10 76,900 nuts 194 194 187 Dried bananas 1 cwt. 2 2 20 Coffee 12,656 lb. 212 212 58,050 lb. 973 Nil 8 Cotton Vanilla 3 Whale-oil .. 16 Fungus New Zealand 58 58 9 Candlenuts ,» * • New South Wales .. 20 cwt. 290 „ 7 73 80 25 cwt. 7 Curios United Kingdom .. 310 „ 4 4 15 Kumeras, yams, and taro New Zealand 65 65 330 Copra New South Wales .. United States America 228 tons 216 „ 243 „ 2,622 2,484 2,795 972 tons 10,950 687 „ 7,901