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Table No. 15. Registered Vessels belonging to New Zealand. Vessels. Tonnage. Average Tonnag*. 1886 ... 571 ... 94,196 ... 165 1896 ... 492 ... 105,553 ... 215 1906 ... 608 ... 180,124 ... 296 12 06 per cent, increase in tonnage of vessels for year 1886 as compared with 1896. 70-65 „ . 1896 . 1906.

Table No. 16. Increases for Two Decennial Periods, 1886-1896 and 1896-1906. 1886-1896. 1896-1906. Population (excluding Maoris and residents of Cook and other Pacific islands) ... ... ... 124,776 No. 194,564 No. Occupied holdings ... *. ... ... 25,572 „ 13,434 „ Land in cultivation (including sown grasses) ... 4,704,898 acres 2,832,712 acres. Horses ... ... ... ... 62,431 No. 92,795 No. Cattle ... ... ... ... ... 284,709 , 713,683 „ Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 2,573,898 „ 969,978 „ Postal: Money-orders issued ... ... ... £354,405 £784,072 Telegraph revenue (including telephones) ... £13,969 £177,886 Railways (Government) open for traffic ... ... 297 miles 440 miles. „ ' receipts ... ... ... ... £287,390 £1,338,442 Shipping—Vessels (inwards) ... ... ... 111,525 tons 629,555 tons. „ (outwards) ... ... ... 139,328 „ 610,555 „ Wool ... ... ... ... ... £1,318,877 £2,373,807 Frozen meat ... ... ... ... ... £824,800 £1,625,038 Butter ... ... ... ... £176,179 £1,278,519 Cheese ... ... ... ... ... £84,509 £210,836 Phormium fibre ... ... ... ... £17,063 £743,121 Gold ... ... ... ... ... £101,780 £1,229,476 Provisions, tallow, timber, &c. ... ... ... £267,446 £1,202,213 Exports, New Zealand produce ... ... £2,790,654 £8,663,010 Imports ... ... ... ... ... £378,307 £8,074,083 Ouiput of coal ... ... ... ... 258,498 tons 936,685 tons. Banks: Deposits (average of four quarters) ... £3,911,116 £7,931,416 Savings-banks Deposits ... ... ... £2,932,003 £6,104,161