IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
Wellington, August 15th. Tha following ia a return of .the value of the exports and imports for the several ports of New Zealand during the quarter ending June 30th, 1879, and a similar period last year :—
v Ifc ??i 116I 16 rßCollected that a motion was brought before the Harbour Board some weeks ago with the object of Bending Mr D. L. Simpson, the Board's engineer, to England. The S10!?S10!?. 011 wa9 8* 1 We understand that Mr H B. Fish has given notice that he will move a re. solution at next meeting practically revivine tha aubject,and posribly, M there have beei some changMu the personnel of the Board, the wcwrt deobioa will b» rtvwsfd, wxwwa 'roe,
1879. £ Auckland 102,117 BuiueU 1,881 Hokianga ... ... — - Gisborn* ... ... — ' Mongonui ... ... 237 " Kaipara 2,962 Tauranga ... ... 6 Poverty Bay ... 8 Wangaroa ... 1,165 Wellington ... 70,685 Napwr ... ... 28,979 Nelson ... ... 840 Greyraouth ... 34,580 Lytteltoa ... ... 437,655 Oamaru ... ... 42,449 Weßtporfc ... ... 184 Hokitika ... ... 45,065 Timaru ... ... 58,330 a Dunedin ... ... 426,217 I Invercargill & BlufE 33,218 \ Totals ... £1,292,579 1878. £ 104,478 2,759 1,050 80 95 4,765 140,028 77,326 6,802 23,524 406,442 6,807 1,025 46,311 16,388 292,684 15,544 £1,186,412
Auckland ... Grahamstown Rnsaell Hokianga ... Kaipara ... Tauranga "* Porerty Ba7 New Plymouth Wanganni "Wellington Napier Wairau Picton Nelson . ... Kaikoura ... ... Weitporfc ... Gr«ymouth Hokifcika... Lyttelton Akaroa ... Timaru . . Oamaru ... Dunedin ... Inveroargill & Bluff Riverton ... Chatham Islands ... 1879. £ 265,468 3,783 1,U7 20 3,172 990 1,372 6,735 18,899 342,876 17,767 1,066 754 48,514 40 7,750 22,837 15,895 397,949 348 32,221 16,909 523,142 59,269 2,272 1878. £ 284,476 2,533 140 1,612 262 6,261 5,050 15,349 230,610 33,068 964 496 35,768 28 14,350 3,470 27,595 327,355 370 21,443 14,229 447,307 48,051 845 4 Totals £1,791,264 £1,550,273