IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8934, 26 October 1894, Page 6

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

SOME INTERESTING FIGURES.

(PBSSa ABBOOIAXIO9 SKWeBAM.) WELLINGTON, October 25. The value of the imports for the quarter ended September 30th was £1,903.169 as against £51,847,816 for the same petiod last year. , The following is the comparative return at the four principal centres: — 1894. 1895. Auckland ... £455,039 £441.256 Wellington ... 474,940 403,405 Lrtteltott and -~-«, Christchurch ... 376,246 313,472 Danedin 371,464 428,659 The value of exports for the September quarter was £1,291,834, aa against £1,425,157 for the corresponding period in 1893. The chief ports were :— 1894. 1893. Auckland .- £243,571 £274,098 Wellington ... 117,559 106,549 Lyttelton and „ Christchurch ... 319,647 322,405 Dunedin 167,349 216,423 Invercargill and Bluff ... ... 110,137 132,630 The following is a comparative return of the value of the articles exported during the quarter ending September 1894 and 1893:— 1894. 1893. The Mine ... £244,613 £265,600 Fisheries ... 2,581 2,393 Forest 135,842 146,007 At>if"*N and Produce 721,479 648,732 Agricultural Products 84,642 192,737 Manufacture ... 59,117 74,404 Specie 4,868 64,138 Miscellaneous ... 38,692 31,146 Total ...£1,291,834 £1,425,157 For the last quarter gold shows a decrease in value exported of £23,500, kauri gum £22,700, butter £30,000, rabbit akine £16,000, beans and peas £6500, oats £16.000. wheat £73,000, potatoes £9780, hemp £29,000, specie £59,000. The principal increases are coal £4500, timber £10,000, live stock £9000, preserved meat £5000, frozen meat £47,000, sheep skins £8000, tallow £15,000, wool £36,000. The number of vessels entered inwards during the quarter was 127, with a tonnage of 138,426 and crews aggregating 4777, as against 142 vessels, with a tonnage of 143,788 and crews 4,572 for tHe corresponding quarter in 1893. The veese's entered outwards were 136, tonnage 137,382, crews 4798. For the like period last year the totals were 143, 140,568, and 4455.