STATISTICAL.
■ ' - ♦ ■ ——... , IMPORTS AND EXrOBTS. The value of imports for the quarter ended. September 30 wsb £1,903,168, as against £1,847,816 fortha same period last year. The following is a comparative return at the four
Total; ... ...£1,291,834£1,425.157 ~ For the last quarter the gold exported shows ». decrease in value of £23,500; kauri gum, £22,700; butter, £30,000; rabbitskins, £16,000; beans and pease, £6500 ; oats, £16,000; wheat, £73,000; potatoes, £9700; hemp, £29,000; specie, £59,000. The principal increases are:— Coal, £4500; timber, £10,000; live stock, £9000 ; preserved meat, £5000; frozen meat, £«,000; sheepskins, £8000; tallow, £15,000 ; woel, £36,000. SHIPPING RETURNS/ The number of vessels entered inwards daring the quarter was 127, with a tonnage of 138,426 and crews aggregating 4-777, as against H2 vessels of 143,788 toes and crews aggregating 4572 for the corresponding quarter in 1893. The ; vessels entered outwards wore 136, with a, tonnaga of 137,382 and crews aggregating 4798, For the like pnriod last year the totals were 14-3, with a tonnage of 140,568 and craws nurabsriag 4335, POST AND TELEGBAPHS. The postal revenue for the September quarter • was £48,523, against £47,962 (or the same period ' last year. The telegraph revanae was £22,423, ■ against £24,239, exclusive of the value of i Government telegrams, which amounted m value to £5994 and £6472 respectively. i for the quarter ended September money orders were issued to the value of £192,838, as ' against £190,823 for the like period in 1893. : Tha following were the' Savings Bank transactions for the quartet ended September 30 :—
The totals for the September quarter of 1693 ' were: — Deposits, £650,853 ; withdrawals, ' £537,153. « Darin* the quarter" 82,083 postal tietes were ( issued of the value of £29,185; while for tlio ( September quarter 1893 there were 73,385 ' issued of the value of i 526,4-39. The number ' of notes paid was 81,491 of the valhe of £28,523, f agaidßt 73,905 of the value of £25,710 for the ' same period in 1693. I
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 10193, 30 October 1894, Page 7
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315STATISTICAL. Otago Daily Times, Issue 10193, 30 October 1894, Page 7
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