Hawke's Bay Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897. AUSTRALASIAN TRADE.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 10626, 3 June 1897, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1897. AUSTRALASIAN TRADE.

exports wore greater than In 1895 by £1,076 564, ot 4 90 per cenr, and of this nurn £306,481 represented an Increase in the value of domestic produce, the rlne * n ptlfifis mote than counterbalancing the diminished production In the bad season, la the valdo of total trade Victoria also Hhowsd an lodrease, amounting In her oaoe to £1,733,279. or 641 per cent, Uoiifce New South Wales, however, VlocOrlß experienced a deollne In the value of her doMSltlo exports (according to the Oastomt tottitati) to the extent of £560,660, or 483 per cent, The derjreaoe io the total exports of domestic and foreign produce was £349,214, or 2 40 per oent ', «£o <U#erenoe between tbla sum and that previously given representing a greater exportation ! of foreign goods. Victoria's increase in ' the Import trade amounted to £2 062.493, , or 16 70 per oent, 07 all tba colonies , Queensland showed the emallest rata of Increase In tho value of total trade, namely, 1 per oent, the actual sum being £2,fosQ. The exports of the domestic produon of the western colony, however, were £58.248 greater than In 1895, and In this reepeob compared very favorably with thoso of Vlotorla and South Australia, the former oolony, as already stated, experiencing a decline In home produce of mote than hslf a million, while tbo latter province declined to the extent of over a quarter of & million. The fact la Queensland was the only colony wbloh did not add to her imports ab a high rate, even Tasmania showing ft rise in the import trade of 8-96 per oent, while the figote for Queensland wai T6B per cent. The Import trade ot South Australia showed the large lnoteaße of £1,584,050, or 28-08 pfif cent, while the re-export trade waa also aflfjmended to a considerable extent. With Victoria, however, this oolony experienced a falling off in the value of domestic exports, the amount of whloh has already beeu stated. At the present time the figures of Western Australia are par* tloularly Interesting, For 1895 there was an increase in the Imports to report Of £1,660,537 ; for 1896 it is found there was an Increase of £2,718,608 ; while dating these two years the total exports increased to the extent) of £31,140 and £317.672 respectively. These figured show the rate at whloh money is pouring into the country ; bat It cannot be said that tbe colony has yet justified the olalms advanced In her favor. In 1596 the exports of damestio produoe Increased by £330,110, or 2592 per cent ; but for tho same year the domestic exports of Tasmania inloreased by £188,272, or 12 89 per cent; and those of New Zealand by no less than £787,183, or 9 38 percent, The import trade showed an advance daring the year 0f £97,954 and £737,191, or 896 and 11-52 per oent respectively ; and tbe total trade £221,467 and £,1.508,072, or B'9B and 10-09 per oent lespeotlvely, Daallog with Australasia as a whole, her total trade in 1896 was £14 392,675 more than 1895, equivalent to a rice of 12 53 per coat, ob compared with a rise nf 2 90 per cant in 1895, and a fall of 670 per cent la the previous year. The greater activity was principally In the Import trade, which Increased by £11,884,562, The net increase in the value of tbe exports of domestic | produce was £792,057 ; the re-export trade I wai £1,716,056 hlf?her than In 1896. [ The valne of imports, exports, and total ' trade per head of population will be found as below :—

Wbeu tha trade figures are takau in conjunction with the population of the coloDlea they assume a different aspect from that presented by the total values, ' Western Auitralia, It will be seen, has a total trade of no less than £68 1» lOd pet Inhabitant, a earn whloh la more than doable thai) of New South Wales. Thin, ' of coarse, Is entirely dae to the Influx of foreign capital, the export trade of the colony beltiß exceeded by that of Queensland and New South Wales. The position ooonpled by Queensland, with the large export) trado of £19 13* per head, is the most satisfactory of all, for It la almosb wholly represented by shipments of domestic produce ; while South Austrnlia, although buowluk the highest average export, ones her position, of course, to the trade of the Banter district, New South Waloa rank* third in the relative valne of her trade, while Victoria, New Zealand, and Tasmania onme laab in the order named. A comparison of the domestic exports on a population basis will, however, afford the best means of gauging the present Blare of prodnotlon in each of the oolonleß, and the urogreea made In 18(16, and this wllj he found appended :—

It will be noticed that In 1896 tha only colonies which made a perceptible advance were New Zealand Bad Tasmania. New South Wales waa prccbically stationary, the reduced volume of exports bein(? balanced by the^ rise In prices. Victoria, QaeeDßland, Sunth (Australia, and Western Australia all show a heavy fall In average values. Queensland, how- , evor, easily maintains her position as the greatest exporter of home produce when the population is taken Into consideration. Now South Wales retaloß third plaoe, horn which sho ousted New Zealand io IS9S, although, this colony tana her very olose,

Mr Couhlan, tho Now Sonth Wales Government Statißt, baa just published the trade retnrns of the Anetralaslan oolODlea tor 1596. The totals work oat as follows ;—

1 It will be neeu that the Import and export trade of Now South Wales largely exceeded (hat of any other colony, amounting to a total of £43 571,859, or 33 72 pet cant of the whole trade of Australasia. Victoria came second with a total trade £28,573,355, or 2225 per cent of the whole ; and New Zealand, though far behind, was third with £16 458,425, or 12 73 per cent. Sonth Australia, with £15,017,152, or 11-62 pet cent, resumed the fourth position, whloh she vacated in 1895 Id favor of (^aeeaslaud, the total trade of the northern oolony In 1896 being £14,596,997, or 11 ao per cent of the Amtralaelan total. Wesbern Australia and Tasmania had the smallest trade of the group, the amount tor tho former colony being £8,143,783, equal to (i'3o per cent of the whole ; and far the latter, £2,688,087, or 2'OS per cent. For the fust time the exports of the western colony exoeeded those of Tasmania, the excess butng £153,650, as against £40,509 less Id 1895. A comparison of tho 1896 figures with those for 1895 brings onb some Interesting facts, Daring tho twelve months the total trade of Now Smith Wales was Id- [ oreased by £5,644,659, equal to 1488 per i cent, an compared wlih an inonaee of £1,547 586 In tbo previous yosr. Tha advance, ol couree, took place chiefly in the import trade, whloh showed an !n---crease e^aal to ?8;W r^t c§q(j The,

I Pftrhpafl n> Population. Colony! Hn- Kx^ lo.al ports, potts. Trade. fi b <!, £ a d T> b d ! Nflw South Waleß .. 15 W 117 17 633 16 9 1 Victoria .. .. 12 7 oil 2 > 021 8 0 i Queensland - .. 11 13 0 19 13 oHi(i 0 South Australia _20 5 721 U 6 11 17 1 Western Australia .. Si 5 11 13 15 11 68 11U Taamnnla .. _ 7 511 3 3 1 16 9 0 Nbw Healaid _ .. 10 2 113 3 11 33 6 0 Australia .. _. It 12 815 11 ~T 30 Tl

Colony. Imports. Kxporte. Total Trade, New Routh ™ Wales . £20,561 so £23 010,349 £13,57t 859 Viotorla .. 11651,8 V! 11.198,618 28,763355 Queensland 6,133.271 9,163.7211 14,598,997 booth Ana. tr&lia .. 7,275,830 7,741,313 15,017,152 Western Australia 6,41)3,657 1.650.926 8,143,783 Tasmania .. 1,102,411 1,496,676 2,688,087 New Zoaland „ 7,137,320 9,821,105 16,458,428 Australasia iC62.6J8.7ia £66,581,813 £120,230,538

Total Vnluo Value por head ot of Colony, Domestic Exports Population. "7895" i890.~ ~mir'~am~ & & t sddd New South Wales „ 16,135,210 16,742,691 12 19 II 13 0 0 Viotorla _ 11.616,193 11,051,821 9 10 10 0 7 8 Queensland 8,875.933 8,024,105 19 11 719 8 0 South Australia .. 3,711,139 3.4U.871 10 9 3 010 1 Western Australia 1.273.G3S 1.fi03,748 13 17 11 13 8 1 Tasmania 1,305,160 1,178,432 8 i 0 9 0 3 Now Zealand _ 8,390,183 9,177,330 12 2 11219 10 Auatralnsla 51,699,031 52,391,088 12 611 12 i 9