STATISTICAL.
[Per Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Oct. 25. The following is a comparative return of the quantity and value of gold entered for duty during the quarters ending September, 1894 and 1893: Quantity Value.
The value of the imports for the quarter ended Sept. 30 was .£1,903,169, as against .£1,847,816 for the same period last year. The following is a comparative return at the four principal centres;— 1893. 1894. Auckland ... ... 455,039 441,256 Wellington ~.. ... 474,940 408,405 Lyttelton and Christchurch 376,246 313,472 Dunedin... ... 871,464 428,650 The value of the exports for the September quarter was £1,291,834, as against £1,425,157 for the corresponding period in 1893. The chief ports wero :
The following is a comparative return of the value of articles exported during the quarters ending September, 1894 and 1893 1894. 1893.
Total £1,291,834 1,425,157 For the last quarter gold shows a decrease in the value of the exports of £23,500, kauri gum £22,700, butter £30,000, rabbitskins £16,000. beans and peas £6500, oats £16,000, wheat £73,000, potatoes £9700, hemp £29,000, specie £59,000. The principal increases are: Coal £4500, timber £IO,OOO, live stock £9OOO, preserved meat £SOOO, frozen meat £47,000, sheepskins £BOOO, tallow £15,000, wool £86,000. The number of vessels entered inwards daring the quarter was 127, with a tonnage of 138,426, and crews aggregating 4777, as against 142, 143,788 and 4572 for the corresponding quarter in 1893. The vessels entered outwards were 136, tons 137,382, crews 4798. For the like period last year the totals were—l 43 vessels, 140,568 tons, crews 4435. .
The postal revenue for the September quarter was £48,523, •against £47,962 for the same period last year. The telegraph revenue was £22,423, against, £24,239, exclusive of the value of Government telegrams, which amounted in value to £5994 and £6472 respectively. Money orders were issued to the value of £192,888, as against £190,823 for a like period in 1893. The following are the Savings Bank transactions for the quarter ended Sept. 21: With- ■
Sept., 1894 ... 545,880 541,680 Sept., 1893... 650,853 547,454 During the quarter 82,083 postal notes were issued, of the value of £29,885, while for September, 1893, there were 74,385 notes issued, value £26,449. The notes paid were 81,491, value £28,523, and 73,905, value £25,710 respectively. The following are the bank returns for tbe quarter ended Sept. 30:—
Auckland, 1894 »»• ozs. 11,717 JB 48,613 1893 15,720 63,455 Marlborough, 1894 • •« nil nil 1893 1,100 4,392 Nelson, 1894 ... 349 1,291 1893 ... MC 445 1,670 West Coast, 1894 22,772 91,105 1893 25,788 103,153 Otago, 1894 ... 39,609 79,081 1693 ... 18,225 78.022 Totals, 1894 ... 54,447 220,090 1893 ... 61,278 245,692
1894. 1893. £ ft Auckland ... ... 243,571 274^098 Wellington 117,559 106,549 Lyttelton and Christchurch ... ... 319,647 322,455 Dunedin 167,349 216.423 Invercargill and Blnffi 110,137 132.630
£ £ Wines ... ... ... 244,613 265,600 Fisheries ... ... 2,581 2,393 Forests... 335,842 146,007 Animals and Produce 721,479 648,732 Agricultural Products 84.642 192,737 Manufactures... 59,117 74,404 Specie ... ... 4,868 64,138 Miscellaneous 38,692 31,146
Deposits. drawals. £ £ Auckland 79.561 80,035 Blenheim 10.351 9,435 Christchurch 101,860 106,988 Dunedin ... ... 78,266 75,243 Gisborne... 10,550 9,340 Greymouth 9,713 7,714 Hokitika 6,714 5.805 Invercargill 20.423 16,819 Napier ... 25,692 28,386 Nelson ... ... 12,971 11,996 New Plymouth 14,533 16,991 Oamaru ... 8,885 8,527 Thames ... 11,742 10,613 Timaru ... 14,135 14,015 Wanganui • •• 22,989 25,001 W ellingfcon 110,215 108,278 Westport ... 6,271 6,486 Totals —
Capital Paid Up. Beset ve. Liabilities. i seats. r , .£900,000 Bank of New Zealand ... i 4 per cent guaranteed stock, £86,661 0 0 £5,498,564 0 11 £6,886,357 7 8 ( £600,000 Union Bank of Australia 1,500,000 1,059,743 18 0 2,968,639 9 6 2,382,604 6 0 Bank of New South Wales ... 1,786,800 1,118,375 0 0 2,176,350 8 6 2,581,360 11 6 Bank of Australasia 1,600,000 811,903 0 0 1,299,547 7 4 1,627,632 15 2 National Bank of New Zealand 250,000 21,425 8 5 1,216,975 10 10 1,733,131 7 7 Colonial Bank ... 400,000 87,227 11 9 1,658,538 17 4 2,384,733 14 8 Total ... ... ... £14,818,615 14 5 £17,595,820 2 7
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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 10487, 26 October 1894, Page 5
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