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Table 8. Return of the Quantity and Value of Gold entered for Duty* for Exportation from New Zealand from 1st April, 1857, to 31st March, 1913.

Table 9. Comparative Return for the Quarters ended 31st March, 1913 and 1912.

Produce of the ■oldfields in Durin Quarte: 31st Mai ;g the e ended ich,1913. Entered for Exportation to the 31st December, 1912. Total entered for Exportation from New Zealand to the 31st March, 1913. County or Borough. District. Qu'ntityl Value. Quantity, j Value. Quantity. Value. County of Thames Ohinemuri .. Coromandel.. „ Piako Borough of Thames Waihi Great Barrier Island .. -Auckland Oz. 1,467 17,775 361 1 £ 5,159 65,962 1,509 Oz. £ Oz. 3 27,599 3 115,826 Wellington 47,205 jl88,464 5,606,204 21,369,611 5,653,409 21,558,075 County of Marlborough 188 706 188 706 Marlborough 267 1,026 90,951 354,245 91,218 355,271 County of Collingwood .. , Murchison .. , Takaka I Nelson I 154 13 612 52 1,729,740 6,857,773 1,729,907 6,858,437 167 664 County of Buller Inangahua .. Grey Westland Borough of Kumara Hokitiki „ Ross I West Coast I I ( 998 13,040 3,870 3,010 3,853 52,259 15,477 12,084 120 479 Canterbury 21,038 84,152 5,758,515 22,892,393 5,779,553 22,976,545 County of Taieri „ Tuapeka Vincent , Maniototo Waihemo Waitaki „ Lake Wallace Waikouaiti .. Bruce Clutha Fiord Southland .. Stewart Island 99 387 99 387 1 [-Otago 302 5,040 4,126 2,345 314 1,065 451 707 1,311 20,101 16,612 9,182 1,097 4,237 1,811 2,850 168 397 2 6,897 672 1,622 8 27,850 29,118,182 Unknown 21,814 87,353 7,320,952 7,342,766 29,205,535 80 323 1,502 5,747 1,582 6,070 Totals .. I 80,961,026 90,571 361,982 20,508,151 80,599,044 20,598,722 * Duty payable on gold exported, the produci duce of the South Islaud, 3d. per oz.; duty payabti sections 1 and 2 of the Gold Duty Act, 1908, secti Amendment Act, 1912. a of the Ni 5 on gold e: ;on 16 of t irth Island, 2s. 3d. per oz.; duty payafc :ported, contained in jewellers' and dei tie Mining Amendment Act, 1910, and lie on gold expc ntists' sweepini section 2 of tl irted, the pro's, free. Vide le Gold Duty

Quarter ended 31st March, 1913. Quarter ended 31st March, 1912. District of Quantity. Value. Quantity. Value. Auckland Wellington Marlborough Nelson West Coast Canterbury .. Otago Unknown .. Totals .. Oz. 47,205 £ 188,464 Oz. 50,824 £ 200,309 267 167 21,038 1,026 664 84,152 79 699 22,071 316 2,783 87,156 21314 80 87,353 323. 135 110^869 447 90,571 361,982 101,375 401,880