NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN TRADE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10621, 17 March 1896, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND'S FOREIGN TRADE.

The following figure? bear upon the information aeksd for by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, copies of which have b»en sent to the various Chambers of Commerce for farther information ftud details, and for their opinion as to the possibilities of trade in tho future, and ' as to the causes of inereaseo and decreases in the past. The table (says the New Zealand Times) shows tbe amount of imports into New Zealand from British possessions aDd from foreign countries dmiDg the years 188*, 1889, and 1894 .— Whence Imported. 18S4. 18S0. 188*. BSons .~P °Sa?f.' £7,009,5-11 £5,m,i79 £8,183,030 Foreign counFrance! ' ... 13,812 7,231 13,888 Spain ... „. 482 SOO 1,867 Portugal ... 1,759 3EO 1,100 Italy ._ ~ ■ 15* - 348 2,037 Austria ... 8 483 • E!>7 Switzerland™ - 1,602 4,010 (ireeco... „. 711 860 9f>6 Russia •.. — — 6*45 Germany „ , 6,517 18,984 08,1(3 Sweden - - 4,400 Belgium — 973 2.4T0 17,743 Holland .„ 2.222 633 G.072' . V. State 348,557 342,438 394 691 \V. Indies „ — — 857 Egypt ... ... 841 J.980 1,453 Canary Islands — — 1,133 fihina 67,738 88,233 5,«56 Japan ■ 10,393 8.2P7 17,526 Philippine Is. 1,471 M.239 5.450 Aria Minor „ - I.UO 2.558 .Tava . J38.899 44,02(1 85 I'acifio Inlands 57,428 2(5,213 52,197 Whale Fisheries 3,763 2,48(5 - Other countries ... ... 161 . 13 356 i £7.661888 £&2s?m £8^88,029