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No. 184. g IR; Niue Island Adminstration, Niue, 3rd April, 1906. I have the honour to enclose to you herewith a Return of Imports into Niue for the Quarter ended the 31st March ultimo, together with a summary of imports for the year ending the same date, showing amount of duty collected thereon. You will gather from this return that the value of imports for the last quarter totalled £1,178, of which goods to the value of £1,086 were imported from New Zealand proper, the duty collected thereon amounting to £127 10s. 10d. Comparing these results with the return for the same period of last year, there is a falling-ofi of £24 in the imports, and £16 11s. 10d. in Customs duty collected. This latter deficiency is attributable to the fact that the bulk of the imports for the period came from New Zealand, chiefly duty-paid. In the circumstances which have prevailed during the past year, of which you are aware, it is not surprising that imports should have fallen off to some extent. I have, &c, C. F. Maxwell, Resident Commissioner. The Hon. C. H. Mills, Minister in Charge, Cook and other Islands, Wellington.

Enclosures. Summary of Customs Return for Niue for Year ending 31st March, 1906.

New Zealand ... ... •■• ■■■ ••■ ••• ••• 4 > IBB New South Wales ... ... ••■ ••• ••• •■• 318 Samoa ... ... ••■ ••■ •■• ••■ •■■■■ 591 England ... ... •■• ••■ ■■• ••• ••• 248 Maiden Island ... ... ... ■•• ••■ ••• •'•'• 166 Tonga ... ■•• ••• ■•• •■• •■• ••■ 145 Cook Islands ... ... ■•■ •■• ■•• ••• ••• 21 Tasmania Germany ... ... ■•■ -•• •■■ -■■ ■•• a 5,674 C. F. Maxwell, Resident Commissioner, Niue.

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Imports. Duty received. Country. Value. 1905— June quarter New Zealand Cook Islands .. New South Wales Maiden Island Tonga £ 1,242 21 98 166 2 £ £ s. d. September quarter 1,730 248 437 172 80 1 1,529 165 19 2 New Zealand England Samoa New South Wales Tonga Tasmania 237 8 7 December quarter Samoa New Zealand New South Wales 154 97 48 2,668 1906— March quarter .. 299 165 10 6 New Zealand Tonga Germany 1,086 63 29 127 10 10 Grand totals 1,178 6,674 696 9 1