THE GOLD RETURNS
♦ v The returna of gold exported, from Now Zealand during the quarter ended 31a t nit., are gazetted. There has been a marked decrease all over the colony as compared with the corresponding quarter of 1880, the total diminution of export being nearly 40 per cent. The value of the gold exported in the March quarter of 1881 amounted to .£202,232, as against .£318,208 in the same Suarter of 1880. Auckland exported gold to ac value of .£23,779, or about 50 per cent, less than in the March quarter of the previous year. Nelson J>100(F, or 75 per cent. less. West Coast" or nearly 30 per cent, less ; Otago, .£82,167, or nearly 4Q j>er cent, less. Harlbor/mgh exported*- none at all, whereas in the corresponding quarter of 1880, the export was .£B5O. Wellington was accredited with as. export of one ounce, which is valued at .£6, the value in all other cases being taken at £4 per ounce. It might perhaps be rash to assume that all Wellington gold is worth 50 per cent, more than that obtained elsewhere, but this certainly would seem to be implied by the return quoted. The total export of gold from New Zealand from Ist April, 1857 to 31st March, 1881— a period of 24 years— has reached the large value of £37,532,865.
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Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 99, 29 April 1881, Page 2
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222THE GOLD RETURNS Evening Post, Volume XXI, Issue 99, 29 April 1881, Page 2
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