STATISTICS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 9490, 20 April 1894, Page 3 (Supplement)

STATISTICS.

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS. The cash returns for the railways for the 12 months ending 31st March, 1894, give a. gross revenue of £1,176,000. As the Commissioners expect not to exhaust the amount voted for expenditure by £5000, the nett cash result will be within £2000 of the return estimated at tho-beginning of the year (£448,000), or nearly three percent, on the capital value of the railways, which capital value was considerably increased during the year by the opening of unprofitable extensions. QUARTERLY GOLD RETURNS. The following is a statement of the gold purchased by the local banks during the quarter ending March 31 — County. Borough. Total, oz dvvfcgr oz dwt gr oz dwt gr B January .. 740 0 8 390 13 0 1,139 13 8 February.. 1,470 10 0 580 3 0 2,050 13 0 March .. 1,6~n 18 0 839 9 0 2,510 7 0 Total, 5,7n«0z 13d Bgr. January'.'il3 112 25 15 0 138 16 12 January .. 113 112 2a 1j 0 133 16 1February.. 95 IS 12 61 3 0 luj 1 0 March .. 52 14 12 20 0 j4 14 1Total, 3500z 12dwt Ogr. Thus making a grand total of 6,0510z sdwfc Bgr. Of the above 67£ per cent, was obtained from the mines in the county, and 37£ from the borough. QUARTERLY SHIPPING RETURNS. The following are the Customs returns of the number, tonnage, and crews of vessels entered inwards and cleared outwards at this port for 1 the quarter ending March 31, 1894:— Inwards. Outwards. Vsls. Tons. Crs. Vsls. Tons. Crs. K'ngd'm 5 12,553 259 .. 2 3,235 40 Victoria .. 1 261 7.. 6 1,052 36 N. South Wales 43 37,384 1,748 .. 33 35,798 1,803 S. Australia .. — — — 1 21& 7 Tasmania .. — — — .. 1 390 1C Norfolk Island 2 160 8.. I 205 12 Fiji .. .. 6 4,('69 190 .. .4 3,040 144 U.S. .. .. 4 7,953 375 .. 5 7,541 305 N«w Caledonia — — — ..X 157 0 Friendly Islands 4 2,142 105 .. 5 2,291 111 Cook Group .. 2 950 42 .. 6 1,804 103 Union Group.. 2 201 9 .. — — — Whale Fish'rles 1 252 31 .. 1 252 31 Totals ... 70 65,925 2,766 .. 65 66,640 2,617 The nationalities of the above vessels are as follow: — Inwards. Outwards. V*ls. Tons. Crs. Vsls. Tons. Cr. United K'ngd'm 6 14,334 288 . . 3 3.540 61 Colonial .. 53 41,644 1,975 .. 55 43,065 2,118 American .. 0 9,937 503 .. 0 8,935 426 German .. — — — .. 1 050 2 Totals .. 70 65,925 2,760 .. 65 66,64') *2,617 PORT OP KAIPARA. The following is the number, tonnage, and crews of vessels entered inwards and cleared outwards at the Port of Kaipara for the quarter ending March 31, 1894 : — Inwards. Outwards. Vsls. Tons. Crs. Vsls. Tons. Crs New South Wales 3 877 20 ..13 3,592 . 98 Victoria .. ■• } 7 .. 4 931 32 South Australia.. 1 781 13 .. — — — Queensland .. — — — " I it, .6 Cape Colony .. — — — •• J* _ Totals . .. "5 1.847 46 "19 4,903 136 The following is the quantity and value of timber exported during the quarter ended March 31, 1894 Undressed. Value. Baulk. Value, Feet. £ Feet. £ New South Wales 3,143,320 13,049 - - Victoria .. . • 699,564 2,634 73,968 106 Queensland ... 110,236 360 i ~7 *007 . Cape Colony: 47,9811 ft dressed, talue. £287; 132,971 ft undressed, 7alui» £865.