KAIAPOI.
f JChe import of coal is very noticeable, being twice as touch in amount last as the previous -jear. It is consumed in fuel for cocro, flax, and threshing machines, and the coming ecarcifey of firewood is beginning to make it valuable for household purposes. The import of timber has been about equal to last year, •and affords evidence cf the steady increase of population and the necessity for additional house accommodation. Statistics are unmanageable by some people, Mid are in consequence avoided. Yet it is Peasant to notice the increase in the quantity of grain exported, the quantity of potatoes
produced, butler and cheeee manufactured/as j well as hams and bacon cured, over the totals for last year. Of wheat, a third more than the quantity ia 1867 was shipped last year; of oats twice, and barley fWa times as much. The wool season began later, and the quantity shipped in 18G7 is therefore larger than in 1868. Besides these returns I cannot be far wrong in stating that a quantity equal to at least onefifth of that exported is consumed within the localities where it is raised; and in all the ' items named a great deal that is produced is removed by land carriage to Christenurch, and of this no returns are procurable. In this year's returns it is hoped flax will be a prominent item; and in the other exports I hope- to see a proportionate increase, at least equal to that of last year over the previous year. In conclusion, I may remark that it has been ascertained from reliable sources that there ia only a slight falling off on the returns published by the General Q-overnment Enumerator of the grain crops in oats and barley through the drought, but that the late rains may do sufficient damage to make the estimated yield published in a foot note to his returns not far from the true average yield.
Our Kaiapoi correspondent has furnished u§ *?ith the following table :— IMPOBTS. 1867. 1868. Timber.ft 553225 ... 553,515 Coal/tons ... ... 8 s4 - 1140 Palings.no ... ... 950 ... 12,000 Shingles, bdls 120... 4£ Telegraph poles ... — ... bb Crockery crates ... lo ... xi do hhds — ... 1 S W tobacco, bales ... 20 ... 10£ Wines & spirits, qr-ceks 95 ... 96 Do do cases 556 ... 431 Bum, hlids — •■• 3 Wire,bdls 965 ... 303 Standards, bdls ... 2719... 37 m t drums ■"' 230 ... 105 Hour, tons — ... 12a Siieepehears, cases ... — ... 3 Firebricks ... ... 5000 ... — Cornsacks, bales ... 23... 70 Woolpacks do ... 74 ... 25 Tea, chests 196 ... 151 Tobacco, tierces ... 9 ... 8 Soap,boxes 82 ... 213 Currants, cake 11 ... 16 Eaisins, cases 5 ... 8 Nails, kegs ... ... 19 ... 146 Salt, bags 281 ... 593 Beer, cases ... ") — ( 93 Do ceks ... [ 141 X 4 Do hhds ... ) — ( 3 Irdn, bars ... ... 15,100 ... 191 Coffee, cases ... ... — ... 6. Cement, ceks ... ... — ... 13 8ogar,tons ... ... 53 ... .74 licft.csis ... ... — ... 20 Itiee, cages ;.. .-. — ... 2 Bice, bags ... ... — ... 5 Saltfd oil,cases... .... 24 ... 14 Caetpr oil, do — ... 6 Sardines, do .. ... — ... 4 Tar, brie ... ... — ... 20 Galvanised iron, cases 54 ... — Starch,do ... ... 4 ... 8 Whitelead, casks ... — ... 11 cases... ... — ... 5 bales... ... — ... 4 atotario>^ casea - — - jl Hops, pkts •" •" __ "• 10 228* °"? "' 30-". 24 Saddlery, pfcge "• •»"•••■ 3Mnt,c 8 ks 5 ... '- ~ '" I cases "' i €igare,do ... ... "~ — £ Pepper, do """' •" -< Miscellaneous pkgs, machinery, glassware, luggage, horseshoes, A1 fi paper, &c. ... ... 506 ... * ESPOETS. . 1867 I* *' 30 ' Wool, bales 4413 ... V°i? Wheat, bush ... ... 66,025 ... 96,9^ Oate, do ... ... 57,642 ... 104,930 ' Barley, do 4894 ... 26,910 Elour, tons 261 ... 65 Oatmeal, do 5£... 3 Potatoes, do ... ... 321 ... 440 Carrots, do 4H... 49 Onions, do ... ... 14... 6 Bacon and hams, do ... 11 ... 20£ Cheese, do 13 ... 29^ Bran and sharps, do ... 15 ... 34 Batter, do ... ... 34£... 46 Honey, do ... .. — ... 1 ?eas, bush ... ... 100 ... 110 Beaos, do 118 ... 994 %», caaea 21 ... 13 Hides . . — ... S63 i> ... ;:: ::. - ... e Fowla ... — ... 518 Beef,cwt ... ... — ... 123 Tallow casks ,.". ... 28 ... 16 Sheepskins ... ... — ... -28
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Press, Volume XIV, Issue 1833, 26 February 1869, Page 3
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