REVENUE RETURNS AND STATISTICS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXI, Issue 7225, 26 April 1884, Page 5

REVENUE RETURNS AND STATISTICS.

-, + [Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, April 25. The following returns are published in the Gazette: — Customs Bevenue The following is a comparative statement for the quarters ending March: —

1884. 1883. £ £ Auckland 89,056 81,720 Thames 1,672 1,054 Eussell 501 866 Mongonui 61 44 Hokianga 89 261 Kaipara 468 600 Tauranga 677 1,043 Poverty Bay 3,062 2,621 New Plymouth ... 1,506 2,294 Wanganui 3,463 2,761 Foxton ! 199 222 Wellington 64,418 59,408 Napier 10,618 1,175 Wairau 1,806 1,589 Picton 25 61 Nelson 10,581 12,152 Westport 2,345 2,528 Greymouth 5,823 7,177 Hokitika 4,559 4,345 Lyttelton ... ... 51,733 58,475 Timaru 5,576 5,248 Oamaru 3,496 3,730 Dunedin 99,340 106,548 Invercargill 8,944 10,386 Eiverton 577 458 Total £362,505 £377,767 For the financial year ending March the revenue was as follows: — £ Auckland 311,498 Thames 7,198 Eussell 2,930 Mongonui 188 Hokianga ... ... 626 Kaipara 1,974 Tauranga 3,870 Poverty Bay 12,286 New Plymouth ... 6,535 Wanganui 12,839 Foxton 659 Wellington 225,266 Napier 40,880 Wairau 7,005 Picton ... 154 Nelson 41,795 Westport 10,807 Greymouth 26,862 Hokitika 20,452 Lyttelton 202,381 Timaru 20,418 Oamaru 12,283 Dunedin 384,687 Invercargill 41,636 Eiverton 2,786 Grand total ...£1,398,920 The following are the returns from the principal ports for the quarters ending March: — IMPORTS. 1884. 1883. £ £ Auckland 522,752 528,749 Thames ... ... 5,406 3,179 Eussell 717 ?47 Mongonui 53 Nil. Hokianga 2 23 Kaipara 1,175 2,293 Tauranga 1,261 2,537 Poverty Bay 10,896 6,643 New Plymouth ... 6,634 8,973 Wanganui 16,274 18,125 Foxton 629 376 Wellington 424,841 368,705 Napier 56,289 56,839 Wairau ... • ... 6,573 5,683 Picton 220 203 Nelson 49,502 46,698 Westport 4,013 7,688 Greymouth 17,317 26,258 Hokitika 8,606 11,221 Lyttelton 351,413 477,339 Timaru 24,640 29,140 Oamaru 22,679 24,740 Dunedin 531,418 747,680 Invercargill and Bluff 40,350 53,181 Eiverton 304 36 Totals ... £2,103,976 £2,447,540 EXPORTS. 1884. 1883. n £ Auckland 239,030 251,478 Thames ... ... 725 Nil. Eussell .... - 291 Nil. Whangaroa 2,570 80 Mongonui 1,727 1,548 Hokianga 1,647 3,691 Kaipara 15,587 16,701 Poverty Bay... ... 51,555 32,430 New Plymouth ... 484 Nil. Wanganui 2,669 2,820 Wellington 486,392 510,325 Napier 315,806 213,409 Westport 289 252 Greymouth 2,031 1,059 Hokitika 1,237 Nil. Lyttelton 606,226 594,006 Timaru 49,921 63,769 Oamaru 72,789 40,545 Dunedin 688,128 817,657 Invercargill and Bluff ,„.„►,* Harbour ... ... 121,104 104977 Eiverton 337 Nil. Total ... £2,660,545 £2,654,747 Shipping. Number, tonnage and crews of vessels respectively entered inwards at the principal ports :- No. Tonnage. Crews. Auckland ... 68 44,749 2161 Wellington ... 33 3,315 1000 Lyttelton ... 27 16,829 403 TiWu ... 5 L 249 41 Oamaru ... 2 545 lb DuneTn Z 28 19,064 506 • Bluff Harbour 20 17,349 927 The total for the Colony was 213 vessels, 138,144 tons, 5350 crow; corresponding quarter, 1883-221 vessels, 147,713 tons, 5003 crew. , , . ~ - Those entered outwards during the same year were:- Q^. Auckland ... 62 33,223 1702 Wellington... 22 22,0 0 661 Lyttelton ... 30 2 ,3 6 7 9 Timaru ... » fiR Oamaru ... g 2.J5J 65 Dunedin ... 1? 12,177 292 Bluff Harbour 21 18,089 912 Total for the Colony-221 vessels, 131,619

tons, 4941 crew; corresponding quarter, 1883—218 vessels, 129,666 tons, 4557 crow. TeLECIEAI'H Retuens For the quarter ending March-31:— r ] No. of Value. I'clcgrains. £ a. d. Genoral PoHt Office... y 2 5 411 Auckland G2,4C0 4104 15 6 Christchurch ... 42,489 3127 8 6 Dunedin 48,557 3554 0 0 Invercargill 17,015 1151 3 3 Napier 17,398 1145 19 6 Nelson 10,484 C 92 19 0 Tiinaru 9,443 622 19 8 Wellington 67,075 3081 3 0 Total . for C010ny—362,405 telegrams, value, .£23,407 16s 2d; corresponding quarter 1883—3G0,429 telegrams, value, .£23,914 19a lOd. The Government telegrams were:— Auckland 9,385 935 1 4 Christchurch ... 4,895 390 7 9 Dunedin 7,302 735 1 0 Invercargill 2,632 213 7 6 Timaru 666 68 2 9 Wellington 16,021 1635 0 0 The total was 58,036 telegrams, value, .£5543 3s lid; corresponding quarter, 1883—57,357 telegrams, value £5758 3s. Postal Revenue. £ s. d. General Post-office 7,349 9 ¥ 3 Auckland 6,162 0 1 Christchurch 6,042 18 9 Dunedin 6,040 0 2 Invercargill 2,876 3 6 Timaru 2,240 0 11 Wellington 4,488 13 4 Total for the C010ny—£47,379 8s 2dj corresponding quarter, 1883—£39,872 8s 3d. Monet Oedebs. Issued. Paid. £ b. d. £' s. d. Auckland ... 26,322 17 9 24,336 12 7 Christchurch 16,283 14 2 12,687 15 5 Dunedin ... 20,824 14 3 26,926 12 3 Invercargill 8,306 10 2 5,005 7 4 Timaru ... 4,563 8 2 2,330 19 10 Wellington 17,342 4 9 15,458 17 0 The total issued was 45,749 —£140,837 19s 8d ; paid, 37,932—£116,373 4s Bd. Corresponding quarter 1883, issued 39,423 — £124,753 103 9d; paid, 33,154—£103,737 10s lid. Savings Bank Transactions. Deposits. Withdrawals £ s. d. £ s. d. Auckland ... 54,710 11 0 54,799 3 3 Christchurch 65,969 11 6 68,365 13 11 i Dunedin ... 54,999 0 8 60,567 14 0 Invercargill 11,217 410 9,097 19 9 Timaru ... 9,015 16 2 7,481 12 6 Wellington 48,130 1 2 47,518 3 2 The total of deposits was £315,599 15s 7d; corresponding quarter, 1883, £316,063 lis 9d. Of withdrawals, £331,704 12s Id ; corresponding auarter, 1883, £389,191 Os sd.