IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10752, 13 May 1898, Page 4 (Supplement)

IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

to values of tho imports atJ> *JLing the quarter, ending March, 1693, and March, 1897, were'as follow:- . ■tana 1031. £597 200 ... £521,012 Auckland tmm . 586,426 Wellington ... .... MP 1 ... Lyttelton and Christ- 374,839

, , i ""mi? 486 .£2.248,719 Totals for colony hi^Ufl 00 •"" '. '. , The values of tho exports for similar periods were:- 18g3 _ 1897

Auckland' Wptil' - £412,915 Auckland «&»! 764,783 Wellington ;.. .-• 1,053,418 ... "», Lyttclton and Christ- mm c 1 " 1 ™' 1 is^gs::: 354,400 Dunedin «*,"» " 587690 Napier WW O3 - '

Totals for colony £4,5 M,425 ... £4,125,054 The values of the chief items of export were:_ 1898. 1897 pSturalproUuca- jfjj jjjg Forest 1 "*""

* Moans, t Moans for the same month for the previous 31 years. Remarks.-Aii unusually fine and dry April, the total rainfall being under an inch, and considerably less than one third of the average fall for the month. Barometric pressure slightly under the average, mean temperature closo to the average. T. F. Cueesbmax, Observer.'

The Government is considering the question of establishing a magnetic observatory in New Zealand.

Tito returns for this year show a decrease of 17 legal practitioners in the colony, the numbers being 557 as against 574.

The telephone receipts for the March quarter reached £3009 8s 3d, as against £2602 16s Id for the corresponding period of last year.

New Zealand has 557 practising solicitors. This gives one to every 1378 of the population, or, on an estimate, one to 345 male adults.

The sale of stamps at all offices in the colony for the quarter ended March 31 amounted to £50,297 8s lid, or, £958 Is 4|d more than last year.

The Savings Bank returns show an excess of deposits over withdrawals in the last quarter of £13,618, as against £83,525 for last year's March quarter.

The Postal Department estimates that between £18,000 and £19,000 worth of the new issue of stamps have been sold in the colony up to the present time.

The New Zealand frozen rabbit trade is reaching enormous proportions. It is estimated that the output this season will 'be between 5,000,000 and 6,000,000.

The cargoes of the Alice and the Abiel Abbot, now on their way from Auckland to America, with kauri gum, are valued at £50,000 and £40,000 respectively.

In the period from April 1, 1897, to March 5, 1898, there were 4,308,139 passengers carried on the New Zealand railways, as compared with 4,037,129 for the preceding year, being an increace of 271,010. The goods traffic showed an increase under every head, with a total increase of 177,773 tons.

On March 31 last, the estimated European population of the colony was 731,713, consisting of 385,979 males and 345,734 females, an oxcess of males over females of .40,245. The Maori population was estimated at 39,854, consisting of 21,673 males and 18,181 females, showing an excess of males over females of 3492. The total estimated population of the colony, including Europeans and Maoris, was 771,567, in which there was an excess of 43,737 males over the females.

One of the most striking features of the' New Zealand wool industry (says the, Melbourne Age) is the condition of the operatives. There is none of the pallid, halfstarved look so often found in the same class in the English manufacturing districts, but a bright, healthy, well-dressed community, bearing on their faces ample evidence of prosperity. • The condition of the operatives in New Zealand may be said to be the best answer to those who are persistent in attributing their want of success to the labour laws which restrict the hours of working ijoth worker and employer have benefited, it is clear, for whilst the former is contented the latter is making a fair return for the investment of his capital.

The number of postal notes sold during the Si«" °* the resent year was 100,899, representing £33,306 19s sd, the departments commission being £669 2s 5d On he o her band, 100,287 were paid £. roW £32,736 2s. Of money orders th ? were f3,ll 6j i ssn ed for £244,510 «s 9d th number pard. being 56,334 for £217,179 19 M. Ihe number of savings-bank accounts opened to 10,116, 7145 being closed Thp "'° f deposits was £841,442 5s 10d If 19,045 4s lOd more than hurt year) and Sb wmW . re P rese " le <l 8s (£88,951 • 13s 9d in excess). In Auckland the withdrawals were £10,629 3s above t£ the case to the extent of £8307 3s 6i.

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