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Table 6. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st December, 1912.

Table 7. Comparative Return for the Years ended 31st December, 1912 and 31st December, 1911.

During the Entered for Quarter ended 31st j Exportation to the December, 1912. 30th September, 1912. Total entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st December, 1912. Produce of the Goldfields in County or Borough. District. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. County of Thames Ohinemuri.. Coromandel „ Piako Borough of Thames .. Waihi Great Barrier Island .. j i .^-Auckland ( Oz. 3,030 26,823 1,307 £ 11,841 102,281 5,486 Oz. Oz. £ 413 i^734 21,869,611 Wellington 31,573 121,342 5,574,631 21,248,269 5,606,204 County of Marlborough 188 706 188 706 Marlborough 351 1,291 90,600 352,954 90,951 354,245 County of Collingwood Waimea Takaka MurchiEOn .. ) >- Nelson ( 1 327 1,308 . , • 1,729,740 6,857,773 12 48 339 1,356 County of Buller Inangahua.. Grey Westland .. Borough of Kumara .. Hokitika .. „ Ross 1,729,401 6,856,417 ) -West Coast i 1 I i 1,145 8,235 2,504 2,562 4,600 32,381 10,035 10,341 "583 2,333 22,892,393 15,029 59,690 5,743,486 22,832,703 5,758,515 Canterbury 99 387 99 387 County of Taieri Tuapeka Vincent Maniototo .. „ Waihemo Waitaki Lake Wallace Waikouaiti .. „ Bruce Clutha Fiord Southland .. Stewart Island -Otago - 151 1,319 5,164 702 157 130 746 1,123 605 5,306 20,628 2,818 616 518 2,995 4,490 222 34 3 6,608 889 139 12 26,667 29,118,182 J 16,359 65,683 Unknown 7,304,593 29,052,499 7,320,952 129 486 1,373 5,245 1,502 5,731 Totals 63,780 249,848 20,444,371 80,349,180 20,508,151 80,599,028 *Duty payable on gold exported, the produc South Island, 3d. per oz.; duty payable on gold er ;he Gold Duty Act, 1908, section IB of the Mining : of the Nortl ported, conti Amendment, i Island, 2s. lined in jew Let, 1910, am 3d. per oz.; dut; fellers' and dent d section 2 of th< j payable on g ;ists' sweepin.s e Gold Duty A: old exported, the ,, free. Vide secti nendment Act, 19; produce of the ions 1 and 2 of 12.

Produce of THE Goldfields in THE District of During the Quarter ended Totals for Year 1912. Totals for Year 1911. 31st March, 30th June, !30th Septem- 31st Decem1912. 1912. I ber, 1912. ber, 1912. I i Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. •luckland Marlborough.. kelson .Vest Coast .. Dtago Jnknown Oz. 50,824 79 699 22,071 27,567 135 Oz. 52,693 1,727 23,900 19,373 213 Oz. 44,773 9 469 7,269 27,310 272 Oz. 31,573 351 339 15,029 16,359 129 Oz. 179,863 439 3,234 68,269 90,609 749 £ 693,949 1,643 12,911 270,580 363,240 2,792 Oz. 263,791 229 2,149 92,403 96,148 506 £ 1,049,204 867 8,586 368,545 387,614 1,966 Dotals for 1912 101,375 97,906 80,102 63,780 343,163 1,345,115 Cotals for 1911 117,598 105,049 125,531 107,048 455,226 1,816,782