PROGRESS OF THE COLONY.
Aα interesting Parliamentary paper has bera prepared by the Government in oonnectkm with the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, which shows in a striking form the progress mad* by the colony since its foundation. It contains, first of all, a table showing the. total values of imports and exports, amount of Customs revenue collected, and number and tonnage of vessels entered inwards said cleared outwards from the foundation Of the colony in 1841 to 1885. inclusive. Following is the table cf imports, exports, and Customs revenue:—
* Coßfanan duti*» wer* on the ■ Sib September, IS-it, by «a Ordinaac<> itnpotipg a r»ie upon rv*l property* which Ordinaere «as rep>Mtled oa tbe Bta April. I?* s - whea Cueioiae Jnties were strain lened. '
- The progrors ehovn in regard to the flipping is qn>tA m remarkable. In 1811 there were 06 rendu of 21,155 tons entered invert*, aed 82 veueU '*< 17,413 tone entered owtaode. In 1851 iheae numbers had about tretled; in 1861 they bad grown wr-fold; in 1871 there entered inwards 739 tm*«]« of 874,613 tons, and outward* 709 of 265 618 tons. In 1885 thw» number* bad grown to 786 veaeela of 519.700 tone entered inwards, and 780 rebels of 513.000 tons cleared outward.
Appended to theee returos is another tible of great interest, avowing the number of Kr» stock in Hew Z?aUad for the jean 1843 to 1881. In 184S there were only 533 hones, 4065 etttte, and 10,255 *bp«p in tbe entire! colony. Iα 1 851 Vμ™ *«« 2890 horse*, 34,787 c*tt3e. and 233,013 sheep. During tba next ten years an enormous in. create took pi***, tb* figeree in 1861 being 5&275 bones. cattle, and 2,761,583 ahem In 1881 there w«»r* 161,736 693 637 cattle, and 13.985.085 riieep. Tbe census rewntly taken, when rt-fapubKebed, will exhibit a stall f uTtter ma: ked mcreaee
Hβ. isioantof Cnetoms BeTenae. r mx. Imparts. I Exporte. A«« 841... Sβ8*4.^ CiC F45_ 846... air 84% M 819 flOl 850... Ml... 858 „. 8S3™ 855... 856 „ h57... 85S... 659... fce»™ 861... CAl fcAt... 133,358 191^07 1U419 116^01 155,475 S0&3S5 833.844 254.680 A>4 349340 367,805 £97.828 891.391 813.460 710,869 932.995 1,14078 1.55M>3n UtfS.333 8,4e3.8U 4.C«,0^ 7024674 7.000,655 5>94^77 5894.863 5344^»7 4.935.748 4.97S.1K6 4 639.015 4.07SJ9? 5.142.951 6,464.6 7 8»2 8 i>29.175 6/0517L 6973 4iR 8751,663 8,374585 6.162.011 7.4ri7 045 8 er*9.270 7 974 038 7 66I.»« 7 479 92t I j 13.717 25970 53,945 49.648 76.911 82«<6 45 485 44,215 13O,6fiB 215.416 £4460 81.230 303,282 880,8*1 865,868 318.498 869 ja»& 4se.cas 551484 588,9*3 1,370,84? 2,438.734 3««.4fl5 3,491,667 3,7132m 4.644.«78 4.429,198 422V60 4£22.7S6 5,2$2,<H4 6,190.665 5.610,371 5.251,269 5 828.627 5,873.465 6,827,472 6014,70) 5.743.126 6.352.692 6.060,86* 665S00S 7.W5.999 7.O5U 667 6*1<>«439 • JL -. 3,073 34.137 ■': 9.376 &i434* 8.77** 18g6S8 36,475 90^67 34.614 43,635 49,139 23^63 70J89 1O5.3U 105 05 J 101,059 131,781 151^36 1 16WU5 189.1M seaje3 399,436 592.050 5S2.S46 730,008 7*-8jfc2* 765^30 731,883 813.279 965.800 1,188.948 1,2S4^67 l^oe.791 1,2 3,479 1,344.943 1^57^59 1^58^62 1,421.609 1,515,916 1,414.182 1,4>3 3»3 8«_ 864... 865... see... e67._ 868... i«9... JMO.. 853 ». .873... £74 „. OTr 1875 ». LS77™ 1878™ t8»... taut L880™ 1881... 18*3 ... L8r3... 18S4_ 1885 „.
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