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Total Values of Imports and Exports from the Year 1902 to 31st December, 1916. imports. Amount. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ 1902 27,623 1903 .. .. .. .. .. 34,866 7,263 1904 .. .. .. .. .. 33,399 .. 1,487 1905 .. .. .. .. .. 36,993 3,594 1906 .. .. .. .. .. 41,437 4,444 1907 .. .. .. .. .. 50,756 9,314 1908 .. .. .. .. .. 55,021 4,265 1909 .. .. .. .. .. 67,737 12,716 1910 .. .. .. .'. .. 83,759 16,058 1911 .. .. .. .. .. 89,623 5,828 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 93,812 4,189 1913 .. .. .. .. .. 110,283 16,421 1914 .. .. .. .. .. 91,132 .. 19,151 1915 .. .. .. .. .. 65,590 .. 25,542 1916 .. .. .. .. .. 58,478 .. 7,112 EXPORTS. Amount. Increase. Decrease. £ £ £ 1902 34,821 1903 .. .. .. .. .. 34,740 .. 81 1904 .. .. .. .. .. 38,248 3,508 1905 .. .. .. .. .. 34,890 .. 3,358 1906 .. .. .. .. .. 45,925 11,035 1907 .. .. .. .. .. 51,578 5,653 1908 .. .. .. .. .. 60,652 9,024 1.909 .. .. .. .. .. 73,653 .13,001 1910 .. .. .. .. .. 90,749 17,096 1911 .. .. .. .. .. 91,076 327 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 101,708 10,632 1913 .. .. .. .. .. 109,926 8,218 1914 77,512 .. 32,414 1915 .. .. .. .. .. 63,057 .. 14,455 1916 .. .. .. .. .. 68,146 5,089 Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 17th April, 1917. W. J. Stevenson, Collector of Customs.

Principal Exports from each Island in the Cook Group during the Year ended 31st December, 1916.

Island. Banal MB. it & § it 9 8 .5 5 % S EH 05 d a' g B I 1 n u S u i o i a a o 45 O O 05 S 'a a 05 05 e o O i o a 3 Cases. 40,963 894 1,120 Kits. 405 Cases. 73,348 2,106 6,089 5,716 6,427 Cases. 161 3,026 27 Cases. 35,523 Cases. 116 Cases. 344 Tons. 170 99 18 27 86 Cases. 1,249 505 1,903 No. 255,480 5,200 Gals. 360 Lb. 17,000 Cases 55 Rarotonga Aitutaki Mangaia Atiu Mauke .. Mitiaro .. Manuae Penrykn Rakahanga Manihiki Palmerston Suwarrow Pukapuka 2 1 1 62 201 173 261 24 34,200 I •• Totals 42,979 405 93,686 3,214 35,5241 117 344 ll ,121 3,657 260,680! 360 51,200 65 Rarotonga, Cook. Isli W. J. Stevenso: Collecti •r of Customs. -nds, 17th April, 1 a 7.