TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.
SOME INTEEESTING- FIGURES. <
(By Telegraph—Parliamentary Reporter.
WELLINGTON, this day. •
In view of the interest excited bjf the Federation question the following! figures, compiled by Mr Tanner from! the Blue Books, showing the results oil twelve years' trade between this col*| ony and the six sister colonies duringjf the twelve years period, 1887-IS9B, are| of interest:— New Zealand's total exports to YiiAl toria in the above period amounted foi* £6,420,844, but our imports from tlijfiij colony in the same time show £514,-3 822, less a balance of over half-a-ntil-i lion in our favour. New South Wajes| has always been our best customer,'! taking from us £8,953,834 worth off exports, whereas our purchases frouvi New South Wales totalled but £6,726,!] 255, a. balance of over two millions orir ( the New Zealand side. With Souflr| Australia our trade has always been.?; much less, amounting to £358,46S in" the twelve years,, but, again, our im-": ports are £112,686 less. From Westu Australia the imports into this colony;! have never been more than nominal|| In the last seven or eight years our% exports to that colony have risen sg| satisfactorily that against a total b!| £340,374 exports we have only £21,493;! imports, the balance of £318,881 being^ again to the good. The case is dif-'i ferent with Queensland and Tasmania;! Our exports to the former have stead-:] ily decreased, and our imports have« increased till out of £856,765 repre-^ senting our imports, we are £211,143| to the bad, our exports being deficient^ to that amount. With Tasmania our,; trade has been steadily maintained;; with little fluctuation, our exports^ thither totalling £42,678, but our pur-*j chases exceeding that sum by £58.683.| Altogether our exports to the sixA colonies in the twelve years sum life to £17,139,819, and our'imports front; them £2,907,139 short of that aggre-^ .^te. •■ 'm
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Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 212, 7 September 1899, Page 4
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