During the quarter ended March 31, 1397, the quantity ot' irold pnr.ered for duty for exportation from New Zealand Was 69.4650 Z, valued at £i7l,Bil) Of this amount;. Auckland contributed 29,40502, valued at £HO «<2; Marlborough, ltfuoz, valued at MbMl ; Wests Coast, 25.2070 z, valued at .£100,829; and Ot.-t.go, 14j.i9tJoz, valued at .£59,512. For the quarter <-«nded 31st March, 1897. the quantity was 69 Giloz, valaed at £275,816 From April Ist, 1857, to March 3lst, 1898, the quantity entered for exportation was 13,d35,0200z, of the vilue of .£53,(514,444 "The whole of Northern Kwaugtuug and Southern'Fukien provinces are at present, in a state of unrest," Rays the North China Dxily New-;, " and the slightest thing may light tho torch of rebellion in that portion of the Chines? Empire. Already fi.iga and baunera containing mottoes treasonable to the present Manchu dynasty have noisted in several viilayfe.s sootue in the r among t<ie hilis, an i at tho lowest calculation eome 40,00'* h;iimou are ready to rise against, the i'arfcars kKay of (he villages hwe miUties of thc-'r own to maico m.i./.zieloading g<ns, and factories t-i manufacture gunpowder." \ urizQ of 10 guineas i* offered by the Board or govern th of Canterbury Agrionltucal uollegw for tho best design an official ssai for the rngtiiution.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 1367, 12 May 1898, Page 27
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