RETURNS.
The New Zealand Gazette of the 18th ultimo contains the June quarterly Returns of Exports of the Colony.: These Returns are issued from the Treasury, and appeared for the first time for the quarter'ended 30th September, 1857. , They are as follows::— " Quarter ended' September 1857... ~£79;851 8 4 • „ December „ .... .. 73,521 13 1 ■-~:"> March 1858.. ..... 92,168 4 ,5 ~ June „ .. .. ..254,726^0 10 Of the latter sum wool and gold dti6t-contributed no less than j£197,805 O«u i6d. The Treasury returns are elaborately compiled, I>ut by slightly transposing the items (as leUm'J the -Ports and the articles of export are presented to the reader in the order in which they contribute to the general total. Ports. Lyttelton .. ~ • .. ~ £92,338 12 '0 Wellington „. -,\ .. 66,6-6 0 8 Ot/.go ... „ „ ... "31.661 0 0 Auckland 30,545 3 10 Nelson .. .. - .. .. .24,604 13, 8 Hokiansra -3,590 0 0 . New Plymouth „ ... .. -2,310 10 4 Chatham Islands 1,240 0 0 Kaipira 1,115 0 0 Russell 622 18 0. Alongonui 72 2- 4 Total.. £254,726 0 10 Articles op Export. Wool 181,622 6 S - Gold.dust ■ ... .. ... .■■■..- ■15,882 13-10 Potatoes .. \ ... ... .. 13,003 10 0. Kauri gum .. ~ 5.033 0 0 Oats t .. 4,081 11 6 Timber ... ... .. - .. 3,586 4 0 Fish oil .:. :■.... .. .. 3,000 8 0 Cheese .. .. ... .. 2,494 17, 0 Copper ore .. .. .. .. 2,300 0 0 Butter.. .. ... .. .. 1,603 1 6 Spars 1,500 0 0 Wheat .. ,„ ... .. .1,655-6 0 Whdebone .. ... .. .. 1,086 0 0 Sheepskins 6!H 0 0 Jtatn 465 16 0 Fax ..' ... .. .. .. 463 0 0 Tallow .. .. .. .. 430 0 0 Onions.. .. * .. .. ■■ ..■ 414 13 4 Hides ..■ .. .. .. . ~, 306 0 0 Cordage 230 0 0 Shells ' .. .. 195 0 O Flour 180 0 0 bheep 150 0 0 Barley.. .. ... .. .. 120 0 0 Curiosities .. .. ... ' .. 86 0 0 Horns and bones .. .. .. sft. 0 0 Hay 30 0 0 Chrome ore ~ .. .. .. 25 8 0 Plants and seeds '.. 20 0 0 !3»>rk ■•.. .. 5 0 0 Not classified ' 126 0 0 242,03-t 15 10 British, Foreign, and other Colonial produce and manufactures .. 13,691 5 0 £254,726 0 10 The following statement of imports and exports will shew the commercial relations of the colony during the same period :— September Quarter 1857—Imports 245,795 0 2 Exports 79,850 14 10 £168,944 5 4 December ' „ M Imports 268.514 8 5" Exports- .73,521 18 l, £194,992 15 4 March „ 1858—Imports 22i,690 9 5 . Export* 92,168 4 5 £132,023 .3 0 Juna „ „ Imports 306,803 19 5 Exports 254,728 0 10 £52,077 18 7 Total Imports for 12 months ended 30th June, 1858 .. ..£1,048,803 17 5 „ Exports „ ... .. 600,266 13 $ These figures denote prosperity and progress.-^ TaranaM Herald;
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One of the Sheep.—A young.man from, the country came to the city to see his intended wife, and for a long time could think of nothing to say. At last, a great snow falling, he took occasion to tell her that his father's sheep- would nil be undone. " Well," said she kindly, taking Lien by the hand, ■■'.* I'll keep-one of them?'
RETURNS.
Colonist, Volume II, Issue 121, 17 December 1858, Page 3
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