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Progress, Volume I, Issue II, 1 September 1906, Page 319

TEN YEARS' GROWTH. DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLONY.

A return compiled by the Registrar-General (Mr. E. J. yon Dadelszen) gives some interesting particulars of the country's growth during the ten years 189 5- 190 5. Some of the most important are given below .—. — 1895- 1905Population (excluding Maoris, etc.) .. .. 698,706 *882,462 Occupied holdings . . 52,790 69,942 Land in cultivation (ac.) 10,698,809 14,114,925 Live stock — Horses 237,418 326,537 Cattle 1,047,901 1,810,936 Sheep 19,826,604 19,130,875 Postal money orders .. £812,604 £1,541,712 Railways, Government — Miles open for traffic (1896-1906) .. .. 2,014 2,407 Receipts 1896-1906) .. £1,183,041 £2,239,704 Shipping — Tonnage vessels (inwards) .. .. 672,951 1,139,410 Tonnage vessels (outwards) .. .. 648,946 1,141,552 Exports of New Zealand produce — Wool, quantity in lbs. 116,015,170 139,912,737 Wool, value .. .. £3,662,131 £5,381,335 Grain (bushels) .. .. 2,381,837 2,282,855 Grain, value .. .. £215,783 £294,574 Frozen meat, in cwts. .. 1,134,097 1,690,684 Frozen meat, value .. £1,262,711 £2,694,432 Butter in cwts. . . . . 57,964 305,722 Butter, value .. .. £227,601 £1,408,557 Cheese, in cwts. .. .. 76,743 88,562 Cheese, value .. .. £150,909 £205,171 Phormium fibre, tons 1,806 27,877 Phormium fibre, value £21,040 £696,467 Gold, in ozs. . . . . 293,493 520,486 Gold, value .. .. £1,162,181 £2,093,936 Gum, Kauri (tons) .. 7,425 10,883 Gum, Kauri, value .. £418,766 £561,444 Provisions, tallow, timber, etc. .. .. £1,269,031 £2,167,616 Total exports New Zealand produce .. £8,390,153 £15,503,530 Imports .. .. .. £6,400,129 £12,828,857 Output of coal in tons . . 726,654 1,585,756 Banks — Deposits .. .. £13,544,415 £20,545,601 Assets .. .. .. £18,159,781 £21,770,525 Liabilities .. .. £1,491,627 £22,144,166 Savings Banks — _ Number of depositors 163,513 ',!■ 316,376 Amount to credit . . £4,620,696 £9,773,954 Life Insurance, Government — Policies m force .. 33,968 45,130 Amount insured (with bonuses) .. .. £9,345,229 £11,725,900 *Population, including Maoris, etc., at April, 1906, QQQ r-~Q 000,570-

Be sure you are right, and then — take another look. There's one business that never pays — everybody's. Automobiles are numbered so that those who are run over may read. The reason why charity begins at home is because she's charity, and the reason why she usually stops there is because she is busy. Here is what you owe them — Your mother took care of you, and your father paid the bills. You will never have such a snap again.

DELICATE INSTRUMENTS REPAIRED BY PRACTISED MECHANICIAN. Hitherto scientific instruments of delicate construction have had to be sent out of the colony for repair. Now, however, it is possible for students and professional men in the mathematical sciences to have their instruments repaired by an expert in Wellington. Mr. H. H. Coote, of 65, Willis street, Wellington, has had. in addition to fourteen years' practise in optical work and the care of optical instruments, a great experience in the repair of fine instruments of all descriptions. Mr. Coote is a mechanician-specialist of such long standing that it will repay those who contemplate repairs or alterations to any of their instruments to consult him, rather than to send out of the colony, or commission a local repairer who may prove inexperienced. — [Advt.]