H.—34.

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PREFATORY NOTE.

The folloxving report on the condition and prospects of British trade in Nexv Zealand is based upon materials collected by Mr. R. J. Jeffray, in Nexv Zealand, and information drawn from other sources. Mr. Jefiray visited Nexv Zealand in 1906, as Commissioner on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Commercial Intelligence, and in the course of his investigation visited Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Nelson, Westport, and Greymouth. He received much ready and valuable assistance in his inquiries from the Government of the Dominion, from the Chambers of Commerce, and many private individuals. The material thus collected has been amplified in the present report, xvhich contains the latest available information as to the course of the trade of the Dominion. Board of Trade, Commercial Department, December, 1907.